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[pdqdl]

There was no advertising involved. The truck was on its side, and nobody could read the company name! No news crews, no bad press.

Actually, we got it set back up pretty quickly once the funeral was over. Tractor with loader on one side lifting on the crane boom, bobcat on the other side pulling it over with a chain. The only damage was the bolts holding an outrigger on were sheared off.

The cemetery still calls me for every tree they cut down, and I recently saved them big time when a tree blew over and crushed a visitors car. We were on-site within 20 minutes of the call. The tree was gone and the drive was blown clean in about an hour & 1/2. I don't doubt that my old chipper/crane truck shuddered nervously when we pulled into the main drive though. I'm sure it remembers the place.

Note: some of the guys thought I should put the bobcat on the lifting side, since it has a stronger loader, and the tractor on the pulling side, since it is MUCH stronger than the bobcat for pulling a load. NOPE! It was quite possible that something would go wrong, and I did not want even the remote possibility of the crane boom coming down through the window of the bobcat and killing the operator. There was no chance of that happening if the bobcat was on the other side of the truck.

 

[HappyTreesLLC]

Nice iCrane

 

[treevet]

Way to go on the crane Ghillie. I am picking mine up tommorow, 8t 60' RO Stinger on a Ford 7000. 16' flat rack with a boom cradle on the back. I think it's gonna be the bomb for getting in and out, loading logs and whatnot.

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[treevet]

congrats on the crano. just like my second one. you can do a lot with it. I had a jib fabbed for it and it is still in my vicinity and guy doesn't use it if you interested. Best of luck with it.

 

[mattfr12]

Way to go on the crane Ghillie. I am picking mine up tommorow, 8t 60' RO Stinger on a Ford 7000. 16' flat rack with a boom cradle on the back. I think it's gonna be the bomb for getting in and out, loading logs and whatnot.

Did you get it from united rentals? not sure if you even have them where you live. But they sell that setup a lot and its usually at a pretty good price.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Did you get it from united rentals? not sure if you even have them where you live. But they sell that setup a lot and its usually at a pretty good price.

No, got it from a private guy.

 

[Ghillie]

Way to go on the crane Ghillie. I am picking mine up tommorow, 8t 60' RO Stinger on a Ford 7000. 16' flat rack with a boom cradle on the back. I think it's gonna be the bomb for getting in and out, loading logs and whatnot.

Having your own is a game-changer for sure. Congrats to you.

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[Ghillie]

congrats on the crano. just like my second one. you can do a lot with it. I had a jib fabbed for it and it is still in my vicinity and guy doesn't use it if you interested. Best of luck with it.

How big of a jib?

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[Ghillie]

Did you get it from united rentals? not sure if you even have them where you live. But they sell that setup a lot and its usually at a pretty good price.

A construction company who had it since new got bought out and the new company had no use for it.

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[Ghillie]

Nice iCrane

Hahaha

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[mattfr12]

A construction company who had it since new got bought out and the new company had no use for it.

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Ya that crane will move some good sized wood around even with the 8t cap. you will be surprised with the size of logs it will pick. once you use the same truck everyday you can really get a feel for its capacity and get the most out of it.

 

[treevet]

How big of a jib?

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think I had it made about 17' lattice . I can find out more if you want. Hate to see it not being used and so does my welder guy prob.

 

[HappyTreesLLC]

Remember:
sucking boom in - is the only way to prevent tipping over when you on the way to flip. Obviously without dropping the load.

 

[dbl612]

operational advice

Remember:
sucking boom in - is the only way to prevent tipping over when you on the way to flip. Obviously without dropping the load.

its impossible to comment on advice like that!

 

[no tree to big]

Remember:
sucking boom in - is the only way to prevent tipping over when you on the way to flip. Obviously without dropping the load.

cause any crane that is made in this whole wide world is going to boom in fast enough to avoid tipping maybe its just our crane but to get it to start retracting it takes 5-6 seconds before it even starts moving. IF I was was brave enough to stay on the crane as it was going over I think I would cable down at warp speed to try and get the load on the ground. In all honesty I think I would just run like a scared little girl:help:

 

[superjunior]

Remember:
sucking boom in - is the only way to prevent tipping over when you on the way to flip. Obviously without dropping the load.

Is that based on experience?.. How often to you suck the boom in before almost flipping over the truck?..

 

[mattfr12]

Is that based on experience?.. How often to you suck the boom in before almost flipping over the truck?..

I would have to guess never. Its almost impossible to recover from cabling down. Once your up high enough its game over. years ago i had to much on an oak trunk and sat the trunk back down after it was cut, the crane only lifted it a few inches. i re tied into the crane and took 1/4 off of it to make it not so borderline capacity. but thats about as close as i ever came.

 

[pdqdl]

... maybe its just our crane but to get it to start retracting it takes 5-6 seconds before it even starts moving. ...

You probably have some air in your cylinders, and your check valves are not allowing movement until the pressure equalizes. When was the last time you checked the hydraulic fluid level?

Try running the problem cylinder all the way out and all the way in several times (horizontally or downslope if possible). See if it gets better. If not, you still probably have a problem with the check valves. They can be serviced and made to release pressure better than they are.

Movement of any hydraulic cylinder should exactly match the control lever at the valve; there should be no delay. That sounds dangerous to me.

 

[treevet]

couple of you guys sound like maybe some unsafe practices going on...If any movement is not functioning properly it is time for a fix. Somebody could get hurt out there. As for what to do while tipping over...don't let yourself get so marginal as to have to come to that point.

While chatting about crane repairs a public thanx goes out to Tom, dbl12. Turned off my crane by the console switch with someone blabbing out of hearing range a couple of days ago. Would not restart and suspected the kill switch locked blocking the start as it cranked just fine. Tom gave me advice on the fix and more information than I could find in my NewYorkCity telephone book size manual on the functioning of this part. We are all back together and operational yesterday. I am sure he is a highly proficient crane mechanic.

Good man to know.

 

[superjunior]

couple of you guys sound like maybe some unsafe practices going on...If any movement is not functioning properly it is time for a fix. Somebody could get hurt out there. As for what to do while tipping over...don't let yourself get so marginal as to have to come to that point.

While chatting about crane repairs a public thanx goes out to Tom, dbl12. Turned off my crane by the console switch with someone blabbing out of hearing range a couple of days ago. Would not restart and suspected the kill switch locked blocking the start as it cranked just fine. Tom gave me advice on the fix and more information than I could find in my NewYorkCity telephone book size manual on the functioning of this part. We are all back together and operational yesterday. I am sure he is a highly proficient crane mechanic.

Good man to know.

the same thing happens with our crane, if shut off by the console switch the engine cranks but doesn't restart..would like to know more about the fix tv