GrainBinMan
Well-Known Member
I just found out that we have the green light for a project that will take a fair amount of crane time. About 20 days out of the 35 day project length. With our type of work, we need a crane for about 3 hours in a day, then we don't need him again until the next day. Or we may need him for an hour, then we'll need him for 2 hours later in the day. That 20 days is figuring 6 hours a day.
It is a lot of work 40' - 80' above grade, anywhere from 500 to 5,000 pound. The biggest issue that we may run into is radius. It is going to be about a 50' radius. And this is another question: There is an office building between where the crane would have to sit and where we would be working. What would you do about that office building? We have never yet dropped anything that high (I cut some straps on a piece of equipment when we had it about 2' off the ground). It's a working feed mill, so they can't really shut totally down. Do we just tell the secretary to get out while we are making lifts? Is it practical to cover the roof with something?
There is no shortage of crane services around. I'm just trying to decide if I can justify buying a crane, then selling it when we are finished the project. Right now, I don't have the cash cushion to hang onto it and keep making payments if it is not running, and I don't really have a man to put in it as a full time operator.
Thanks for any advice ya'll have.
It is a lot of work 40' - 80' above grade, anywhere from 500 to 5,000 pound. The biggest issue that we may run into is radius. It is going to be about a 50' radius. And this is another question: There is an office building between where the crane would have to sit and where we would be working. What would you do about that office building? We have never yet dropped anything that high (I cut some straps on a piece of equipment when we had it about 2' off the ground). It's a working feed mill, so they can't really shut totally down. Do we just tell the secretary to get out while we are making lifts? Is it practical to cover the roof with something?
There is no shortage of crane services around. I'm just trying to decide if I can justify buying a crane, then selling it when we are finished the project. Right now, I don't have the cash cushion to hang onto it and keep making payments if it is not running, and I don't really have a man to put in it as a full time operator.
Thanks for any advice ya'll have.