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Recent content by boomguy

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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    I will try to get some close up pics if i can. All it really is a 60"tandem pete airtrac with 1 extra axel added. I am sure there is a little more to it than that but really not much.
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    Rigged and ready, including signs,radios slings tire chains all the equipment needed was just under 550,000
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    Ours has a 60" pete air track suspension its one of the first that has been put on a tridrive i have been told so we will see. The Western Star in the fleet has 56"spread with airliner tridrive rear axels and have had no problems with it and it is over 5 years old now Even though its going to...
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    I was very happy at the final weight, it came in under 65000lbs fully rigged. When u think of it, its amazing as the crane has almost the same lifting capaciting as a 38 ton Manitex we have on a tandem tandem Autocar.
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    here it is done, ready for its first job
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    It was supossed to have the new headlights but they never came.. o well.
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    Simard Suspensions out of Stony Plain AB did this one. They do most of the Pete tandem steer's from factory.
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    more pictures of the truck just before it goes in for paint.
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    New Pete tridrive and PK100002 Knuckboom

    New pete we are rigging up will add more pictures right away.
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    OIl Field Trucking

    Detroit dont have the what? lol
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    What do you guys think?

    I might be wrong but i think it is just a tandem tandem t800.
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    Dreams/Nightmares

    :spaz
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    union, non-union and self employed poll

    no problem Tiny...face to face any day i have an opinion of union's and sorry its not positive. i have delt with both and the non union employees i have i would love too see them get treated any better being union.. They put out and get rewarded for it. i have guys that have been working with...
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    please answer an age-old question.

    All 4 manitex's of ours have them from factory, So does our knuckleboom. Heavy cycle work is not an issue with us.
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    please answer an age-old question.

    Respected...Maybe Hard headed ohhh yeah Oh and guess what Cranes aint Boom trucks. lol
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