crane operator
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When I crested over the hill with the last box, I got a little grabby on the brakes, the whole forklift slid about 15' before it flattened out, I got in a hurry because it was the last trip down.
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When I crested over the hill with the last box, I got a little grabby on the brakes, the whole forklift slid about 15' before it flattened out, I got in a hurry because it was the last trip down.
crane operator
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Got to set some trusses yesterday with the 25 ton.
crane operator
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Steel stud trusses today with the rt. I've got to look into it's swing brake, it seems like the solenoid on the brake is acting up, making it drag when you start to swing. It's always something
crane operator
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Went to a track today to put up a new press box/announcers booth. We were supposed to put this up back in march, but it was way too muddy. I got the rt up in there today, but I drove about 4' too far, and the front tire started to sink out of sight. I backed up real quick, and set it from back a little further. I was worried about my front left corner sinking away, so I double matted it.
crane operator
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Got the rebuilt steering box installed in the white/ red 25, and went for a little test run this afternoon. Drives and steers much better now. It was at the point where I didn't want anyone else driving it because it wandered around so bad. Then I thought "if I don't want anyone else driving it, what the world am I doing still driving it around myself?" Pulled the box and it went to Texas to get rebuilt. I had it back in just over a week. Some outfit down there specializes in just rebuilding steering boxes, about $1,000 with shipping.
It's mounted right behind that headlight, not quite like mounting it on the side of a frame rail in a conventional truck.
The headlight plate comes out and we snaked a strap in there and used the engine puller to support it when removing and reinstalling.
It's mounted right behind that headlight, not quite like mounting it on the side of a frame rail in a conventional truck.
The headlight plate comes out and we snaked a strap in there and used the engine puller to support it when removing and reinstalling.
crane operator
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I'm trying to work smarter, not harder. But my stupid side somehow makes its way out, now and again.
New winch cable on the red and white 25 today. It used to be you could save the old spool from new cable, and wind your next old cable on them. Spools now are plywood and junk, so I repurposed a 55 gal drum to spool up the old cable on.
We were short a man when spooling the new cable up. I usually like one guy to control the new spool, one guy to hammer the cable tight on the drum, and one operator to run the winch. 3 men.
I decided to leave out the least important- the operator
. Strung up a line to run the lever, while I was seating the line on the winch with a hammer, and had jim control the cable spool. Try that with your joysticks. I suppose if I had radio remote- inter locked with my bluetooth- to my phone .
Junkyard
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At least you heeded the warning and weren't within 10' of high voltage lines. That's a particular type of ingenuity that political correctness and good sense keeps me from naming . But hey a win is a win!
. But hey a win is a win!
kshansen
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Shepard steering box, had to change a few of them over the years on the DM and R model Macks at the quarry! Seems like everyone was mounted different or had a different input shaft so it was hard to keep a spare on the shelf.
I'd say 90% of the problems we had with them was leaking input shaft seals. Managed to fix many of them with various means over the years, spry welding and regrinding seal area and speedi-sleeves on some.
Best version of those boxes had an added piece that slipped over the input shaft and had a grease fitting in it. As long as someone kept up on giving it a shot of grease now and then it would keep the dirt and water away from the real seal.
crane operator
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First video post!
Just so everyone can remember what a 6-71 sounds like........
crane operator
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Had to set a unit this morning at the hospital, more Saturday work. Didn't take long though, so that was nice.
crane operator
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Pics from yesterday too. Unit at a strip mall, and then the roof and furniture on a houseboat. The houseboat was 90' long, they were guessing 80,000lbs.
boaterri
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Lovely music from that 6-71. Got a pair of them on my boat.
Rick
Rick
I stuck a 3-53 Detroit with a 5 speed Allison in an International pickup back in the '70's, and it made that same sweet sound. It easily got 22-24 MPG and pulled like a Chevy 350 that got 12. Back then the local ready mix plant was using Detroit's in their mixers, and one time I was pulling a hill into a construction site, and the concrete guys were freaking out thinking the mud was showing up early and they weren't ready, when they saw me come around the corner they couldn't believe it. The thing was a blast to drive around with the windows rolled down (manual window cranks and no AC, of course), nowadays driving my Prius back and forth from the crane yard just ain't the same ha ha.
basspro
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Yes sir. You are not alone. Last week with one of our 265's...i'm the short guy...and we still rigged in in 90 minutes
crane operator
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Looks good basspro- the leveling suspension really helps out in a crooked spot for setting up. How do you get by with no fenders? The trailer in the picture to the right of the crane.
Some people shouldn't be allowed to dream up their own house projects. This site is over a hour and a half from me in the middle of nowhere. They want to place these conexes on the steel rails, on the blocks. I think they want to weld them in place and then make them into a house.
I wouldn't want to live in a 40' x 50' steel box, with dividers every 8'. plus I can't imagine the hassle of insulating, wiring, installing windows, cutting in doors. Seems to me to be more work than its worth. I don't know yet how I'm moving them. You have to cross a creek that has a pretty steep crossing to get there, and I don't see getting the rt within 5 miles of there on a lowboy.
Some people shouldn't be allowed to dream up their own house projects. This site is over a hour and a half from me in the middle of nowhere. They want to place these conexes on the steel rails, on the blocks. I think they want to weld them in place and then make them into a house.
I wouldn't want to live in a 40' x 50' steel box, with dividers every 8'. plus I can't imagine the hassle of insulating, wiring, installing windows, cutting in doors. Seems to me to be more work than its worth. I don't know yet how I'm moving them. You have to cross a creek that has a pretty steep crossing to get there, and I don't see getting the rt within 5 miles of there on a lowboy.
crane operator
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I'm such a cheap ba$%^d. The t handle on the oil dipstick on the cummins broke. Yep- I just drilled a small hole in the plastic remnant that has the oring, and ran a screw into it. Still works, and I don't have to hassle with ordering three of them to get the right one.
crane operator
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Manbasket work. The roof on the other side of these condo's has eave trough and downspout issues. Spent the morning at 90' in the blind on three different buildings. There is no access to the other side of the buildings, just trees and the lake and a hillside.
I just left jib and dead stick out, and left my training wheels out (outrigger beams), to move down the row of buildings. I only do that in a nice flat area, you don't want to do it on a hillside because it would tip pretty easy with jib and dead stick still out.
I just left jib and dead stick out, and left my training wheels out (outrigger beams), to move down the row of buildings. I only do that in a nice flat area, you don't want to do it on a hillside because it would tip pretty easy with jib and dead stick still out.
crane operator
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In other news, the swivel that we rebuilt in december in the rt, decided it wanted to start leaking from the very bottom seal again. I swear that crane takes up more of my time repairing, than anything else I own.
It came out thursday morning, and went to the shop that afternoon. They got it sealed up friday, I made them pressure check it, and it was still leaking after their first attempt friday morning, they got it on the second try.
I can't get it back until wednesday, so I think we'll try to put it back together then. It's a whole bunch of hydro in a little spot, so its fun to rehook up.
It came out thursday morning, and went to the shop that afternoon. They got it sealed up friday, I made them pressure check it, and it was still leaking after their first attempt friday morning, they got it on the second try.
I can't get it back until wednesday, so I think we'll try to put it back together then. It's a whole bunch of hydro in a little spot, so its fun to rehook up.
crane operator
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I was tootling along in the 25 friday morning and I came across a blown out tire on the road. Thinking it couldn't be one of my guys, because he had a longer job than mine and I was sure I'd beat him home. No such luck, it was the other 25. After changing the tire, we went back up the road to get the big pieces off the highway, I first found the hammer, a old estwing, then right where the blow out happened, the crowbar. I think the front drive tire flipped the crowbar up, then it blew out the back drive running over it. Expensive crowbar for me.
But my day wasn't as bad as the guys with the manlift. They got a little close to a new retaining wall, and sunk it in 3' or so, axles and all. I'm sure the double wrecker's weren't cheap.
But my day wasn't as bad as the guys with the manlift. They got a little close to a new retaining wall, and sunk it in 3' or so, axles and all. I'm sure the double wrecker's weren't cheap.