I can get the rubbish skips that are right behind me, so the concrete bucket won't be an issue. It's not getting used, however.That looks like fun. Nothing like skip box work with all of the jib out. Looks like they might have the concrete bucket sitting a little too close to you to get a hold of it, once you have your stick out.
On the main boom, I can boom back to 82° and get to about 6m radius (20'). With the fly/needle at 40° radius like it is, my minimum radius is 18m (60') and maximum is 54m (just over 175'). Thats with a 170' main and 60ish' fly.How close can you get to yourself with all the boom out and that jib with offset? My 70 ton with 126' main and 60' jib I can't get within 40' of myself. If I have all the offset, I think its more like 70' away. Which is a pretty narrow range when you're only good to about 120' of radius. But it only booms up to 77 degrees, and doesn't have near the counterweight that the newer AT's do.
I can get the rubbish skips that are right behind me, so the concrete bucket won't be an issue. It's not getting used, however.
It was suggested, but the outlet in the bucket wasnt big enough for the drainage metal they were using, so it wouldn't really have worked.Nice work Kiwi!
I am surprised they didn't use the concrete bucket to place stone between the storm water chambers. If I had a job that a crane was in the budget, that's how I would do it. Unfortunately we have to do it with a full grown excavator and CTL.
It was suggested, but the outlet in the bucket wasnt big enough for the drainage metal they were using, so it wouldn't really have worked.
After they backfilled, it all needed to be dug out again as the specs called for the excavation to be "tanked" with polyethylene and joins welded. Unfortunately, those specs weren't given to the contractors actually doing the job, so they used filter cloth. Oops!
From what I can gather, it's all reclaimed land, and they've already had issues with foundations settling, so they don't want any more water entering the ground than necessary.Interesting spec on the welded poly instead of filter fabric. Is the site soil contaminated and the engineers were afraid of off site migration through groundwater or just a dumb spec.
Note to all budding PM's - check all the specs and get shop drawings approved by the engineer before installation.
Yes, with this 60 ton crane I can haul my full counterweight and be fully self sufficient.So do you haul counterweight on your tandem axle set up on the rear of the crane? It doesn't look tall enough to be a actual boom dolly like we use in the states.
We had a 70 ton Grove truck crane, but that was set up the same with removable counterweight and a trailer. It would outlift the 60 ton all terrain, but the 60 outreaches it. What I love about it is the small footprint, it's only got a 21ft let spread, but will reach to 120ft radius. And if course it's much more comfortable to ride in.That's super handy. My 70 ton doesn't have removable counterweight, so its self contained too. I'd like to see a picture of it broke down and ready for travel sometime, if you have a chance. Its always interesting how other areas do things.
Here in Missouri, anything that requires a extra travel permit (issued by our state- for state roads), must be a irreducible load. Most any crane over about 60,000lbs is going to require a permit. If it can come off (the weights), it comes off, and goes on a trailer. No axle can weigh more than 20,000lbs. And then you can't drag the weights behind you on a trailer.