Grove AT635E

[cory]

Wow, great looking machine!

 

[gf beranek]

Paul's crane looks so much like the crane my friend uses in building boats here in Fort Bragg. I'll dig through my archives to post some pics of it in action.

Cool!

 

[sotc]

Love it Paul, can't get enough of that!

 

[RegC]

You certainly dont lack courage Paul. Wishing you the very best of luck, mate

 

[woodworkingboy]

I can say that you are lucky if replacement parts are not so overly priced. It could be a country thing. The crane guy that usually rolls for me, a spring on his computer line take up reel busted, and they want $350 for the thing, I mean a lousy spring. He winds the line up manually by hand when he needs to, it seems to be more a pride thing with him than he can't afford it. He has some policy about being taken to the cleaners. It's not like stuff is breaking all the time, though.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

drove it to tomorrows job site tonight. Man was that ever terrifying Slow as freakin molasses and those huge tires bounce and shimmy like nobodies business. I have a 1/4 mile hill about a mile away from my house, that sucker pulled it at 15mph.. Lots of folks going to be cussing me.

Just listen to this on the way to work each day ...

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[MasterBlaster]

 

[No_Bivy]

Snap cuts with crane are a bad plan. To much shock loading

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd never do it. I like my lifts to float away.

 

[lumberjack]

Snap cuts can be smooth as butter on vertical picks, that's my choice for taking down stems, usually.

 

[sotc]

Can be but usually aren't ime

 

[MasterBlaster]

I see no reason for doing it.

 

[pete mctree]

Snap cuts can be made very close - minimal effort to break

 

[MasterBlaster]

But why?

 

[treebilly]

I agree. I like them to float away also. Takes experience on the operating end to get that right though

 

[PCTREE]

OK so nobody died today and we didn't flip the crane

The job we are doing is clearing a lot in town and we are only allowed to use the neighbors parking lot for 2 days. I should have gotten more pics but was kinda busy all day. We chipped 56 yards of chips and are well more than half way through so Im happy.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

great looking outfit Paul. Glad everything went well, a nice foretaste of days to come.

 

[treebilly]

Nice looking rigs you got there. I'm jelous of that crane. Best of luck to ya.

 

[pete mctree]

Nice Paul - see you have got the ribbing down already&#55357;&#56835;

 

[pete mctree]

But why?

It can help on some picks where the piece could move & bind the saw. Different approach & neither are wrong in my books but simply tools to get the job done

 

[brendonv]

Good looking outfit. First day with the crane, hell of some cribbing!

 

[sotc]

Forget climbers, you're going to need groundies!

 

[cory]

Nice pics, send more!!

Your chip truck, a '99? I have the same one, good truck.

The cribbing looked like there was some bridging there, what are your thoughts on that?

 

[matdand]

That....is.....sweeeeettttt!!!!!

 

[gf beranek]

That it is. Good on you, Paul.