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  1. classictruckman

    Mobile crane operator apprenticeship

    You may find a non union crane rental company to get on with, but in Ontario and most of Canada you will still have to go through the apprenticeship program. In Ontario the non union school is Durham college.
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    Mobile crane operator apprenticeship

    Well you’ve already begun to take the right steps, continue on with the 793 and you’ll get a great education in this industry.
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    Just some work pics

    Damn, looks like they had Wolverine pulling that cylinder apart
  4. classictruckman

    new ride

    Yep, I may have been able to carry in that drywall when I was younger and stronger, but after parking my ass in a crane cab or truck cab for the last few years I’d definitely have a hard time after just a few sheets.
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    Just some work pics

    Also 2010 was the last year that sterling was produced, I think there were even some 2011’s made from left over parts.
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    Just some work pics

    Interesting boom angle indicator on that boom truck, relative to the truck not gravity.
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    new ride

    Especially north of the border.
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    new ride

    I’m not 100% sure but I think that the ASME standard says this is the proper control layout, Grove keeps building them with the winch on the far right though. Throws me off every time I jump into one, every now and then I go to boom down and hold the load to find I’m booming up and holding it.
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    new ride

    Nice!
  10. classictruckman

    Just some work pics

    I’m envious of all of the work you have the ability to do on all of your equipment, I’m a decent welder/fabricator and I do turn some wrenches from time to time, but I’d get the cylinder out of the o/r and then I’d have to take it to a hydraulic shop to get the seals changed. I don’t even know...
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    Just some work pics

    Whoa, didn’t mean to offend. It’s up to the climber how it’s done. I would have lifted the tree down with the crane, but if it were really that dangerous that the climber didn’t want to tie into it even after a substantial amount of weight has been removed by they crane, I would have tied into...
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    Just some work pics

    Tree work out of a hanging basket... jeez. So many easier ways to do it.
  13. classictruckman

    new ride

    Congrats, it’s a nice looking machine.
  14. classictruckman

    new ride

    There’s a bit of money going into that place eh?
  15. classictruckman

    new ride

    That’s what I was thinking, only affects the 10’ and shorter radii.
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