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  1. Dmconstruct

    Help: Cat TH580B white smoke powerloss

    Hey guys, Cat th580B tele handler with 5500hrs Most of the the problem is with higher throttle/rpms Between 1500and 2500rpm the engine bogs down and A puff whitish bluish smoke from the exhaust. Any suggestions on what causes this? Cat diesel engine 3054E Dita
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    Hydraulic powered air conditioning

    Hey guys I'm running an older grove. 1997 55tonner. Powered by cummins. She's equipped with a hunter heater. The heat is powered by the hydraulics but I want to know if this crane does in fact have air conditioning. The dash says AC. The mechanic told me that if it says AC in the dash...
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    Any Local 478 members here?

    Wondering what type of lattice boom cranes are available at the training site? I have to take a practical exam in Ct in the near future.
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    Crane operator friendly site

    Hey guys, I have established my first website, it consists of two of my passions, crane operation and this thing called the inter web. Please stop by and leave me some feedback if u could, craneop.com Thanks http://craneop.com Derek
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    looking for some top answers for these crane questions

    Hello Im retaking a state exam and am trying to pass it this time around. Some of the questions that stood out from the last time are 1. What would happen if the boom cylinder line failed while a load was suspended? 2. What are steps to reduce "cabling"? 3. What needs to happen when...
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    Is this common practice in setting pads/mats?

    Watching this video I notice the operator retracts the outrigger while loaded and lowers the pad into place. He does this for all 4. Is this a big No or am I overeacting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fi-mFgCeKfE
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    Grove RT 855 drum movement indicator situation

    Hey guys I finally got my first job as a full time crane operator. Im working for a concrete company setting gangforms and flying rebar. By next week I should be flying in the concrete with bucket. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Rt Grove 855b 115' main + swinagway and stinger 55 ton...
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    How to get 20' long tin studs to fit through a doorway sideways

    Me running a Bobcat S130 with a grapple attahcment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rET21J644M
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    Skid steer Rodeo or heavy equipment competitions

    Hey Guys, Im searching for any county fairs in the north east USA that have any equipment competitions? I've seen some on youtube and would like to enter myself in a couple of them. Anybody here been in a bobcat rodeo??
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    John Deere 410E wheels turned but machine goes straight

    I was traveling with the machine over the road in 4th gear, when turning onto the side street the machine wanted to keep going straight. The hoe was in tight and locked for travel. It felt like I had a flat tire or something to that effect. Put her in neutral, downshifted and cycled the...
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    Lull 844, 944 Why does rear end lock?

    Why does the rear end lOck above 20*? When you boom down and release the brake the machine jerks violently as the rear end unlocks. IMO JLG makes a primo telehandler compared to their sister company lull. I cringe when RSC shows up with a lull just for that very reason. Does anybody else...
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    What info is needed in taking the Connecticut Crane hoisting exam?

    I have taken the exam in states RI, MA crane licenses aswell as NCCCO certified. I have heard that the CT license is really hard to acquire. I am concerned about the questions on the CT exam in solving the weights of random loads. This is what it says on the state website FOR THE WRITTEN...
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    Your Results on the CCO practical.....

    Well I received my results today on the small, large hyrdraulic and lattice boom. I passed the squirt booms but failed the lattice. I tested on an older bucyrus erie 30B 50 tonner. The only motion I messed up some, was on the forward zigzag by knockin over 4 cones and 3 tennis balls...
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    Bridge Pour Pics various equip

    approx 130 cubic yards concrete, Bidwell, Concrete pump truck, front load concrete trucks
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    Close Calls?? Here one on the merging lane of I -195

    Well to explain it, I was hauling the formwork away from the abutment. The carpenters and laborers were behind barrier but myself, telehandlerand the state trooper were behind a few scattered 18" orange traffic cones. I was standing by the ladder you see in the pic just before the Volvo lost...
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    Demo of Fitness Center Terex 225 Cat 312 long stick

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    NCCCO Training I passed the written now the practical......

    I've been putting in some seat time since getting laid off for the season. I've been runnin a govt issued 84 Pettibone fixed cab squirt boom for the fixed cab small hyd, test. an 87 R/T P&H omega 30ton for the large hyd test and mother of them all.... early 80's Bucyrus Erie all terrain...
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