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Manitowoc crane pics
Here are a few pics of Manitowoc cranes -
Tadano ATF 400G-6
Picked up a limited edition All crane model. Used but never displayed.- catkicker
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P&H company pins
Couple shovels a drill rig and I think the other is drag line? Not sure. Not big in to mining equipment but I’m guessing there is someone out there that would enjoy having these in there collection- catkicker
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- Forum: Mining/Aggregates
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P&H company pins
- catkicker
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- Forum: Mining/Aggregates
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P&H company pins
Anyone familiar with this set of pins might be tie tacks?- catkicker
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- Forum: Mining/Aggregates
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Big crane collapse in Manhatten
On this LS-298 Linkbelt I had 190' main boom/luffing boom and 200' of luffer. In order to knife this luffer down I had to set main boom @ 65 degrees and then I could knife the luffer down. The critical thing about this Linkbelt is at a certain point it is necessary to bypass computer to get the... -
Hoist drums
Have a question about which drums you use for your load lines. If you have to drums with the exact same cable which drum should you use for you main and which for you whip/aux.? Reason I ask is 99% of the cranes I have run wether it be R/T's, truck or crawlers the front or most forward drum is... -
accidents we don't here about
Was talking with a operator who I use to work with. He told me they had a 999 Tip over. Don't know details yet. There is no info out there about it. makes me wonder how many incidents go unreported. -
Speechless
Lashlander, I don't mind your sarcasm or ego. were talking to different situations your pictures show a setup that has been approved or even engineered for the a certain application or came from the manufacturer setup that way. There is no issue with operating a crane with engineered and... -
Speechless
That is how they set the crane up. The pin in the beckett was to big to connect to the dead end. The crane was not put in service till the crane rental company sent us the proper beckett. -
Speechless
So were on a job and a crane rental outfit brings 4 crawlers in and builds them for us. Our company crane tech and I start doing inspections on the crane and this is how they put one crane together.:jawdrop -
What sample test would you recommend I take?
NCCCO sample tests http://www.nccco.org/nccco/certification-programs/mobile-crane-operator/written-exam/sample-test-questions -
Off the road
:tong I drink a lot of water over a 12 to 14 hour stay in the crane. All the levers and switches gauges and lights can be a bit intimidating at first, it does not take long to figure it out. It's also nice to have a company crane tech with 30 yrs in the seat and setting cranes up there with... -
Off the road
Setup time? It's a refinery:D Took a full week to set up the rig. On the wind farms we could setup a 18000 with 300+ of main boom in a couple of days. -
Off the road
Took a 250T Mobile to build the rig because the crane could not track in or out of the hole it was in there was enough room to swing 360. The current config. On the screen is not for the superlift tray. this Demag is awesome. The lifts are a bit hecktic. 2 levers fot the sister block working... -
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Off the road
We had a couple large vessels on a refinery in Lima Ohio. Heaviest was 435,000 at a radius of 94'