Just some work pics

[Georgia Iron]

Hey Crane operator.

Do you ever use these type of lifts. I saw this one set up at low country JCB in Savanahha, GA.

I have seen similar units, maybe bigger, set up lifting materials and concrete buggies into 100' tall plus buildings. This says 80 but..

JCB 512-83R | Rotating Telehandler | JCB.com

Explore the JCB 512-83R rotating telehandler with an 83-foot lift height and a 360° rotating boom for exceptional versatility on any job site.

www.jcb.com

 

[crane operator]

Yeah, there's none here local. There's rentals available out of Kansas City- 3-4 hours away.

A roofing crew brought in two of them to do a big apartment complex.

Manitou and Merlo are the two I've been around. I think they are probably okay when they are brand new, but they are super finicky and complicated machines, not nearly as robust as a standard telehandler, they don't handle mud and poor jobsites like a lull or jlg telehandler.

I think they would be okay if you treated it like a crane and just had one operator who knew the machine and kept after all the little things. But I think one would be a disaster as the "jobsite" telehandler with everyone and their dog running it- which is what happens with all the rental telehandlers.

All that and they are eye wateringly expensive.

 

[Oxbow]

Yeah, there's none here local. There's rentals available out of Kansas City- 3-4 hours away.

A roofing crew brought in two of them to do a big apartment complex.

Manitou and Merlo are the two I've been around. I think they are probably okay when they are brand new, but they are super finicky and complicated machines, not nearly as robust as a standard telehandler, they don't handle mud and poor jobsites like a lull or jlg telehandler.

I think they would be okay if you treated it like a crane and just had one operator who knew the machine and kept after all the little things. But I think one would be a disaster as the "jobsite" telehandler with everyone and their dog running it- which is what happens with all the rental telehandlers.

All that and they are eye wateringly expensive.

They look as if they would be pretty top-heavy for moving things around a site, which is probably part of what you meant by treating them like a crane instead of a telehandler.

 

[Georgia Iron]

They look as if they would be pretty top-heavy for moving things around a site, which is probably part of what you meant by treating them like a crane instead of a telehandler.

They have a man basket that goes on them.

Would be very handy for building a house.

 

[crane operator]

I think a rotating telehandler ends up trying to be multiple machines (telehandler, crane, manlift) and in the trade offs involved- they end up doing none of the tasks well.

It a pain as a manlift- because you have to have a operator in the seat all the time.

They stink as a telehandler, they don't have the frame articulation and off road capabilities of a standard telehandler. Or the robustness.

And they are a poor crane. They're slow and awkward, you can eat their lunch with a real crane.

But, similar to a backhoe, you get to combine several machines into one. But I wouldn't spend my money on one.

 

[Camshawn]

I have seen one at a sales/rental yard in the Fraser Valley (BC) but never on a job site.

 

[crane operator]

They look as if they would be pretty top-heavy for moving things around a site, which is probably part of what you meant by treating them like a crane instead of a telehandler.

I was more referring to the idea that not everybody on the jobsite just jumps in the crane and makes a lift. Whereas with a telehandler, here a lot of general contractors just have one onsite and everybody feels free to hop on it and move pallets/ unload trucks etc.

The rotating telehandlers are just enough more complicated, that I don't think just everybody should hop on one.

 

[Welder Dave]

Seems like hiring a crane would be a much simpler solution if there's anything heavy to lift.

 

[crane operator]

90 ton front glass in the upper is curved onto the roof. Rock got it a couple days ago.

Link belt is $5,300, and a 3 week lead time. The crack was all below the curve, so we took it to the local glass guy. Cut it just below the curve, and made it a two piece.

It actually looks much better than I thought it would.

 

[Oxbow]

90 ton front glass in the upper is curved onto the roof. Rock got it a couple days ago.

Link belt is $5,300, and a 3 week lead time. The crack was all below the curve, so we took it to the local glass guy. Cut it just below the curve, and made it a two piece.

It actually looks much better than I thought it would.

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Brilliant!

 

[crane operator]

My guy running who runs the 90 ton, was sick about the glass being broke. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, and we would just get a new one. I really thought it would be $1,000 glass, then I just doubled it in my head, because "parts are expensive".

He called the dealer and got the $5,300 number and I was a little shocked. I bet its a 1,500 glass, link belt doubles it from the glass company, then the dealer doubles it again.

 

[Oxbow]

My guy running who runs the 90 ton, was sick about the glass being broke. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, and we would just get a new one. I really thought it would be $1,000 glass, then I just doubled it in my head, because "parts are expensive".

He called the dealer and got the $5,300 number and I was a little shocked. I bet its a 1,500 glass, link belt doubles it from the glass company, then the dealer doubles it again.

After three or four excavator windows from rock cracks while hauling them I finally got a padded window cover for the front window. It's a pain in the rear to put on, but I haven't bought a $450 window since!

 

[Welder Dave]

Wonder if the replacement was tempered glass? The glass guy did a great job!

 

[sfrs4]

Problem with glass is quite simple, couriers don't treat stuff with respect, so you have to charge double because the chances are the first pain is going to be broken when you get it, courier will wriggle out of paying for it by saying you didn't insure the individual consignment, so you have to bear the cost as the supplier, hence the price is so steep. we now just don't supply glass parts, it's easier than all the hassle involved.

 

[Natman]

I have a diamond plate windshield cover for my cab, people think it's for rocks or something, but it's for summertime bugs. Now in the habit of doing it, I use it year round. The first thing I do when setting up is take it off, the last thing before hitting the road, I have to deal with enough bugs on my plane's windshield already! When my lower cab window got broke, parked overnight at a truckstop (??) after some thought, trying to remember the last time I ever needed to look down at that angle, I replaced it with more deck plate, permanent. Only later did I worry about it passing my annual inspection, but it's never come up. Those newer single piece curved units look pricey! Mine's flat and if I ever do break it I'll go to a local glass shop I know of, I bet National wants at least 1 K for it.

 

[crane operator]

The younger guy working for me is headed for operater certification next week. Written class and practical test. So got a test course set up and he's been practicing.

 

[crane operator]

Been foggy and wet lately. People are going to be lost trying to find Taco Bell until the sign gets put back up. Porch beams and trusses

 

[crane operator]

 

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[crane operator]

Yes, that road of broken boards and stacker rocks is going to be fine for equipment.
Now if you could only get the lift past the septic tank