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Recent content by Blmreject

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    Cranes or compaction or skydiving

    The last thing to go through that guys mind would have been his shoes!
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    LSI Crane Instrumentation

    Also, next time you are in a situation like that, don't have your helper stand that close to the out Riggger. If you were to come light and that pad came off the ground he could wind up with a foot or something much worse under it when it comes back down. Crazy unexpected things happen when...
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    Is this overkill?

    As much as I agree and watch my gauges, 99% people don't even know what they are for. They don't know what to do if temps start to climb, hell they don't even notice. Idiot light work because people notice the light come on all of a sudden.
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    LSI Crane Instrumentation

    I had a wireless LSI setup on a link belt that worked well. It was a little slow to react but it's not slow to the point that it's an issue. The load cell went threw batteries ever month or two. All in all a good setup. Have you looked into Hershman. I don't know if they make a stand...
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    Interested in becoming a non union crane operator

    Not that I want to sway you toward the Union, just wondering why you are looking for a non Union crane?
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    Do you know where I see the biggest crane?

    I ran one with an inclosed cab for a few weeks. I'm 6' 1" and at the time I was 315 lb. I'm now down to 298 Thank you. It was very very tight with the door shut. Yes the boom swings on the one I posted. I didn't run it, I was walking through a mill and saw it parked next to a standard cab...
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    Murphy Diesel

    From what I've heard they were popular in tug boats I have run a 50 ton little giant with a Murph. It sounded awesome. Sadly I don't have any info for you, sorry
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    Do you know where I see the biggest crane?

    Paper Mills. That's where the big stuff is!
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    3406B low turbo psi need quick help.

    If it's "rolling coal" then it's getting more fuel than it needs. The fact that it's not making boost and smoking would hint at an air intake or compressor issue. Hate to bring up the obvious but have you checked the air filter. I don't know big diesels all that well, does it have a waste...
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    Recommendation For A Crane To Load Logs On A Barge

    My 285T crawler can gross 112k @ 65 feet with 154 foot of boom. I'm not trying to call you out or anything but that math doesn't really seem to work.
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    VICON questions for you 4100W hands

    4000w were great machines, but the early ones that had the VICON bar that had to be pulled to transfer power through the converter could be a handful. Holding that bar back made for a long day. Then anytime you needed some boom it would lock the boom and hoist together. I love them, but you...
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    hoist line spooling

    You need to put about ten percent of you total line pull on the hook and do it again. Get it to lay correctly then run it up and down slowly and keep an eye on it. After that it should be fine. If they put it on wrong it will alway be a problem but I wouldn't think that's it. Usually people...
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    Crane lifting dozer and capsizing

    I just watched it again, i thought i remembered him swinging across the wall. I think it went over to fast for it to be line weight. He must have boomed down a little for it to turn over that quickly, but i wasn't there.
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    Crane lifting dozer and capsizing

    Dime for a dollar, he picked over an out rigger. had it out where it started getting light, then swung square over the back. Alot of guys don't realize you can pick a whole lot more when you are in line with an out Rigger because your tipping axis is farther from your center pin. Think of a...
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    Crane lifting dozer and capsizing

    What i don't get is why he was lining down so slow. If you know you're way out of chart, get after it! Get that thing over the edge and line down for all your worth. He held that thing there for ever, he could have had two feet off the ground by the time he started going over then it wouldn't...
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