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I see those cable cranes very frequently at construction sites.

Terrible and memorable. Frig that.

I haven't met any crane ops that say that they hate tree work. They must not come to jobs. All the crane ops that I've met at work seem quite easy going about it. Nobody is ever reticent about discussing anything before a pick, but sometimes I seem to detect a slight yeah yeah yeah look in...

I was thinking at least vinyl covers if they do that sort of thing over there. Here the electrical company subs that out after you call them, and no charge. When you see the bright yellow covers, you know something is going to be happening, or already took place. :/:

Nice work! I've seen a crane drag itself out of a hole.

Makes me a little nervous watching that video of the kid wheeling that thing around, but I grew up in Los Angeles. :/:

You get things sorted out with obtaining needed Wraptor parts?

Paul, if you had that boomed sucker over here I'd have a good job for you. A similar sized tree.

Pretty mad picture, have to say.

Never seen that done.

You did a good job and got what you asked for....no jackass. Nice work! The other bids probably didn't much want the job. They could be the jackasses. :lol:

No, Peter, I hadn't seen that one. Yikes! That fellow sure stuck around when the outrigger began to sink. Crane accidents aren't unheard of here either, one just toppled in Tokyo. No injuries fortunately, but two electric poles went with it and what a mess. No two operators seem to have...

Carl, I've reviewed it a bit, seeing what crane related sights say about blocking under an outrigger beam, and it appears that your cautionary is well taken, possibly changing the fulcrum point on an outrigger beam is undesirable. A related issue is that flex in crane carriers has become an...

Ha, you remembered that connection above the ball. Still in regular use. Your information is always welcomed. I'm mainly an observer when it comes to the crane arrangements, but I do make subtle enquiries based upon outside information. :) It does raise the question, when is something...

I dunno Carl, only that he's been doing it for the ten years or so that I have worked with him. He doesn't jam it in there, some light additional support, and placed after the outrigger pad is down on all four. Certainly the outermost point is well carrying the load. You could probably kick...

Cory, those bags work real well for any application where you need to level something up, between the ground and whatever you have sitting on top of them beneath the outrigger. As Paul I think was saying, a lot of flexibility in their use. I can't recall seeing them piled up real high, more as...

With the boom way extended and pulling weight, the other day I was noticing how much the outriggers move on the 26 ton, flex or some movement at points of attachment, I couldn't tell exactly. Kind of a strange sensation to feel it with your hand. The operator I mainly work with, often will...

Cool. I was thinking about you a couple days ago when setting up and got to wondering. With limited space the outrigger just happened to locate over a large root. Sandbags under an aluminium plate and the problem quickly solved. Sandbags, the plate, then a row of 6x6s or 4x4s is a real...

Paul, just wondering if you got the sandbags to work for you under the outriggers? Hot and heavy crane work here, and those sandbags do come in real handy quite frequently. I should take some pics. Smashed and thrown around, those polyester bags amazingly hold up.

Nice looking scooter, Paul. Looks like a great work location for lunch.