Installing the jib on a hydraulic crane | luffing jib
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Installing the jib on the Tadano 180g-5. In this video, we are installing the 43 foot swing away jib on the crane. We needed the jib in order to reach a 205 foot radius.
This is why I like CZcams. I get to see things I would never see in the real world. I always wondered how you install a jib, move the cable. I didn't think about the wind indicator. Keep 'em coming.
snakerancher, it is amazing just how much diversity there is on CZcams. I honestly think there is a video for anything someone wants to see. If there's anything that pertains to the crane that you want to see in the future, let me know. I'll try to get it in a video for you. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
@@ToTheTopCrane I does keep rainy days from being boring 😂
Great video. I just got out of a crane school and videos like this help me see real world scenarios. Appreciate it.
Incredible number of "things to do" for what sounds like a simple job. Keeping up with all the safety equipment of course adds to the task, but you wouldn't want to be without it.
BoatShaper, there is alot of things to keep up with. However, none of them are anything a person would want to forget. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Great work guys, love how you touch everything to ensure that everything was done properly and nothing was forgot
Honestly makes me miss the Mobile life!! Towers have their advantages but the mobile life is definitely or can be definitely fun especially if you’ve got a good Oiler!
Be safe y’all
Quite the undertaking in itself. Heck of a deflection all stretched out. Thanks for the great vid, now turn on the heater!
Duncan Mackenzie, the jib is quite the job in itself. The next video will really show the deflection and what I see from the seat when it's all laid out there. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Lots of work to that. And I agree about the hydraulic line. I wouldn't want quick connectors either as that could be a disaster waiting to happen. Thanks for a great video.
Mark Mortenson, it is alot of work. But, sometimes it's necessary. I think the screw together hydraulic fittings are the way to go on the jib for sure. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Nice video Jimmy! That’s a pretty complex jib system on that thing. I used to help operators swing out the jib all the time but on much simpler systems. Usually cranes in the 40-70t range. I like that when you finished and we’re walking back toward the cab you kinda physically touched and checked all the connections one more time just to make sure nothing was forgotten. Good practice. 👍👍
psidvicious, the jib is pretty complex. But, the hydraulic luffer is fantastic. Anytime we put jib on any crane that I am around, before it booms up, I walk the length and check everything. It would be catastrophic if something was missed. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I have quite literally wanted to know how this was done for thirty plus years. Thank you! And a pile of donuts to boot!!
I have seen you use the jib on other vids and I just assumed it was deployed with a pin and a flip of a hydraulic switch. Nice job of showing the steps of such a big job.
Dall Tex, I wish it was as easy as flipping a switch. Lol. There's some real work involved with swinging the jib. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Enjoyed watching your video. My son is an operator and I always tell him if I had it to do over again, I would do what he does. Thanks
Randy McDonald, thank you! It is a rewarding career. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Just finished crane cert on swing cab. Lots to learn still, but I actually understand most of what you’re doing there. Fantastic video!
Adam Allen, congratulations on getting your swing cab certs. 👍 Thanks for the compliment and for watching! 🙂👍
Very informative video as I have never before seen how the jib was swung out. Work safe-not hard.
Bill Whalen, thank you! As always, thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I see the Oiler had a Cattani sticker on his hard hat. That was a nice family owned company. I’ve had the pleasure of working around Billy and Aaron on a few occasions.
"Some assembly required." Considering how fancy that crane is I'm surprised that you don't just flip a switch in the cab to unlock the jib and then a cylinder swings it into place!
I wilton, I wish it was that easy. Some cranes to have an assist cylinder to help with swinging the jib. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Good video Jimmy! I saw a crane that looked like that on the highway today. So much bigger than anything else on the road!
Brandon, thank you! I'm sure the videos on my channel don't really do a very good job of showing the size of the crane. I may need to park my truck next to it sometime. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Nice vid jimmy lot of work an cold out. You got hell of crew man. Never seen that done. Tks gary
Gary Johnson, it was a tad chilly out. Thanks for the compliment on the crew. I do work with some good guys. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
There was only 2 nice days a year when working on equipment and those are the days you have to go for safety training.
Alan Shelby, that's a fact! Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Nice job. HYD luffer awesome feature.I put silver antiseize on pins .Speed wrench idea really safe for pin in jib to boom. Wow!
motorhead1 engine1, the hydraulic luffer is nice. I put boom lube in the jib pin bosses. It helps. The crank pins are better than beating pins in. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Nice job Jimmy. sure is a lot of work to put the jib on and you need quite a bit of room to make it happen. I like that you put your hand on everything thats been removed and reconnected so you know its good. I work pipeline and at the end of the day i do the same thing and touch every valve plug of whatever else to be sure its tight and put back the way its supposed to be. Easy way to make sure nothing gets forgotten and I like to do it with a few guys so more than one set of eyes is on it.
73DiamondReo, thank you! Swinging the jib does take some real estate. Everytime we change the configuration of the crane, I physically touch what I can reach and look at everything we had our hands on. Missing something could be catastrophic. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
You definitely look like a professional with how you are putting the boom on a crane I work with some real yo-yos in my time hats off to you
Haha i like that you cutted the part out when you disconnected the hydraulic hoses.
Nice to see some fellow 101 operators!!!
Nice video! I’ve worked with several operators that always said they would lay the boom down flat if it meant not having to set up the jib. Now I see why lol
Jordan Hawkins, swinging the jib can be quite the job (as you saw). But, sometimes it has to happen. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Setting the jib up is work might brush a little anti seize those pens great video...👍
Robert Bradford, the pins are greased. The squeaking was the handle on the crank. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
One thing I don't like on our tadono 130 is you have to pressure rise the jib to 100psi or more. Then disconnect it swing it around then re hook it back up again. Bad design if you ask. On our grove 115 no problem it hold the pressure. Drive the pins in and swing it around. Stay safe guy's.👍
It is probably around 35 degrees here but has been snowing/sleeting all day so far we have gotten about 4"
-5" so far....roads are really messed up and slick as heck.....(Elkton, MD)
J. Chris Beck, please keep the snow and ice over there. I don't want it. Lol
Love your videos brother, lots of knowledge.
Always wondered what the bottom of a crane look like just was never brave enough to let one drive over me.
Great video, never saw that process from start to finish before. Maybe for some jobs it would be easier to borrow a helicopter to do the lift, lol!
Thanks for sharing.
jix177, Thank you! I wish I could borrow a helicopter. Not for lifting anything. Just to fly around in. LOL. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Too many moves for my old mind to remember but it was nice to see the process. I have those gloves and they have their uses but NOT for warmth! ....13
arkansas13, it's not too bad once a person does it a few times. However, the first time, there was alot of running back to the open book. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I got some hunting gloves from Walmart a few years back. They are windproof. Worked amazing when I rode my motorcycle in 20 degree weather.
Very interesting Jimmy! Definitely don't see that everyday.
soldierofdirt81, thank you! Definitely glad we don't have to do it everyday. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I never knew the shives are poly made, or are they coated, we could see in the shot of the end of the jib, paint flacking , and it looks like poly, material, kool thanks BigAl California.
wow man i work on a demag 350 ac 7.1. and thats cool i never seen a hydraulic swing away. thats sweet.
It takes smart people to design, erect and operate these incredible machines. Good job.
Well you explained avery little detail on how to install the jib now I'm really lost
Always wondered what the crank and ladder was for under the front bumper. Now I know.
david forbes, that is indeed what they are for. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Hey a tip for cold weather. When you still need dexterity in your finger tips put 1 or 2 pairs of medical gloves on and then your normal gloves you use. The medical gloves will help keep the warmth in.
You've put some serious effort into your channel. I love the animation at the beginning & end of the videos. Load going up, putt-putt-putt-putt. Load going down, putt-putt-putt-putt. Hilarious! Did you do that yourself, or do you have pros help out?
Thomas Nelson, I'm doing what I can with my limited editing experience. Lol. Believe it or not, I animated that and edited it all myself. It started out as a pdf Microsoft paint file. I won't disclose how long it took to make that animation happen though. Let's just say, that animation is what persistence is made of. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Crane operation at your level, trumps web-design (and about anything else); but if for some reason you were no longer able to operate.... you have options! @@ToTheTopCrane
I've never got tried of watching your videos
That kind of work is always worse when it's cold out. Still looks like a BFH is the most used tool for crane operations.
Rambozo Clown, the older I get, the more I hate the cold. You are also correct about the BFH. There is always one in close proximity to a crane. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
lol, I had to think a sec what the heck BFH would stand for.....but my slow ass brain finally figured it out....
"Maybe they oughtta fire me..."
"Well where you go, we go we are a team"
Gotta say you got one hell of a crew there bud! Teamwork makes the dream work!
Thanks for sharing sir godbless to your chanel keep safe
The windometer thing- I heard you say it when you took it off, looks like it it pretty well shielded from wind in one direction. Looks like winds from the left and especially right would read lower than wind in the direction of the boom.
Jimmy's Tractor, it is kind of shielded. Sometimes I have to move around some to get a completely accurate wind speed. But, having it a little low keeps it from getting knocked off. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I worked with a crane company called Superior cranes at a Raleigh North Carolina pretty big company that got a couple Terror x 1,500 or 1,600 whatever hell they are they were big ass crane but they were putting the jib on a 120 did not pin the front jib fell to the ground cost $30,000 worth of damage
Great video, thanks.
Question what are the red yellow green lights on the front under the boom for
Tattletale lights. They let those who are working near the crane know what state the crane is in. Green= less than 75% of capacity. Yellow= more than 75% of capacity. Red= at capacity.
Now Jimmy, you run over me one more time with that crane I might just get mad ! 😊 😆
Hope you don't have to use the jib very often, looks like a bit of work !
Yeah, cold here today too, down to 70 degrees, was down in the 40s last night ! Burrrrrrrr ! 😊
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Ken Gamble, I'm trying to come up with some different intros. I have an idea. But, I'm not going to tell anyone what it is. They will just have to wait to see it. We don't use the jib often (thank goodness). I would take 70's and 40's year round. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
@@ToTheTopCrane
Here I go again with my strange humor, I didn't mean that I dislike the intro, was just joking ! 😊
Whatever you got, I'll watch it and enjoy it ! 👌
@@kengamble8595, I knew that you weren't implying that you disliked it. It's so hard to inflect tone with text. 🙂
@@ToTheTopCrane
That it is !
Do you have a video on install of a non swing away jib but a stowed with an assist crane?
If the manufacturers tried, they could make that a little more complicated!!
Jimmy, how many drive wheels does it have? I seen one off road, stuck with only a few tires spinning. Thanks
Danny Johnston, it typically drives with the front tires. However, I can lock eight of the 10 tires and make it eight wheel drive. The third axle isn't powered. Many thanks for watching! 🙂👍
When you use the joystick do you move with your wrist or hand? Whats the technique?
thats cool thank you for that
brandon cook, thank you! As always, many thanks for watching! 🙂👍
oh, this reminds me....I saw this really cool crane toy on Wish.com....$130, but it really is cool looking. If I had the bread to burn, I would get it for you for XMAS. I will see if I can find it on ebay just to show ya.
check it out Jimmy ! This is the real deal ! www.3000toys.com/WSI-Model-Bay-Crane-Tadano-ATF70G-4-Mobile-Crane/sku/wsi51-2010?gclid=CjwKCAiAz7TfBRAKEiwAz8fKOEkzjDG8qihP3dvD5a4BepS9703KOswKUoJ2No95GGxHtats2WWe0BoC660QAvD_BwE
It is a working model of a Tadano ATF70 G-4....
I guess this is like a european equivalent of the 180-G-5 ?
www.3000toys.com/WSI-Model-Tadano-Tadano-Faun-ATF220G-5-Mobile-Crane/sku/wsi52-2000?gclid=CjwKCAiAz7TfBRAKEiwAz8fKOIof8vsWbY9Kwe7MlRfWe-SaI3dUGaJzdQOIv1d3FMw8bDXvZjyP3hoCbPYQAvD_BwE
J. Chris Beck, please burn your bread on those near and dear to you, or in your community. Thanks for telling me about it. I'll find it and check it out. 👍
@@ToTheTopCrane oh I know sir, I just mentioned that as like I wish I had $$$ I could literally burn, but then again, I think of a saying I once heard in a movie called Repo Man, it goes like this... "Poverty Builds Character".......
Ya, you don't dare skip a step.
VideosByAl, that is correct. A missed step could be catastrophic. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
@@ToTheTopCrane also, double checking and triple checking things is paramount.
Dang what a pain to set up the jib. Question what are the Green, yellow and red lights for on the turntable?
mike manfred, the jib is kind of a pain. That's why I couldn't just make a video of swinging the jib when someone asked for it. The lights let everyone around the crane know what the status of the crane is. Green = go, and everything is ok. Yellow = caution (nearing capacity). Red = stop (either at capacity or there is a fault). Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
The school I work for had a Grove crane come and lift the press box off the bleachers at the football field this week. You should be in Duluth Mn. maybe you would have had the job.
walter mattson, did you happen to see the numbers on the side of the Grove? If so, I could tell you what size it is.
I did see it but didn’t have a good chance to write things down. I had to leave to pick up a passenger and didn’t have time. Maybe when they put it back up I will be there. It was a tandem truck and the upper did have a cab with a seat. I’ll do better next time. Good live stream tonight too.
Can you do a video about luffer charts please
I have 3 sets of waterproof winter gloves from Cabela's, that I have had for quite a few years now, and they still going strong. lightweight, medium weight, heavyweight....sometimes a bit pricey, but I take care of my hands and feet the best way I can in fall,/winter,/spring, etc...I always feel like if either my hands or feet get cold or wet, it makes me just miserable. If I keep my extremities warm and dry, I am good for whatever comes my way.
J. Chris Beck, I'll check them out. Thanks for the recommendation. 👍
How much does using the jib increase your reach, and reduce your lifting capacity?
Rich Wielechowski, maximum radius with the main boom is 183 feet. With the 43 foot swing away jib, it's 223 feet. With 103 feet of jib the maximum radius is 249 feet. I'd have to have the load charts in front of me to tell you the different capacities. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Wow am very surprised it's that complex to swing out the jib was thinking cool beat a pin move the sheaves and rope press a button jib swings into place and locks in
Guess this way it's impossible to accidentally move the jib cause u need your whole support crew to make it move
john leininger, I wish it was that simple. Really, it's not overly difficult. It just takes a little time and attention. One mistake could be catastrophic. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I'm looking at the crane and then just seeing the kind of weights I say she's a 120 ton at one point in my life I was sitting precast and the guy i worked for owned 6 cranes the biggest one was a gmk 120 90 linkbelt 2 70ton one linkbelt one grove 50 ton grove and one 40 ton grove all terrain not sure why I'm telling all I guess just bored just got done treatment so cant do much be safe out there enjoy the video's
Can we see how to catch the pick and keep it in control on the swing?
Ken Miley, in one of my early videos I show how to catch the ball. But, next time the opportunity arises, I'll show how. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Just wondering how long does it take to get everything setup cause it looks like a quiet the job . Keep up the great videos
Kenny Mysak, a set up like this one, with full counterweight and the jib, takes a few hours. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
That is a pretty complicated process. Takes more help too.
walter mattson, swinging the jib is kind of a process. There is no way I could do it alone. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Very interesting
Neg Ice, thank you! As always, thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Question for you are you required to have your wind speed meter on or is this a preference?? I’ve been told by other operators it’s not required
Well that was interesting. Obviously not just simply take out a couple pins swing it over and put th pins back in .
Can`t you lower the outriggers on this side, to lower the boom a little?
Arthur Bradley, I probably could. But, with a full stack of counterweight, I try not to mess with outriggers unless the boom is straight over the rear. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
When you brought it upto 100bar minimum before swinging the jib does that keep pressure in the ram of the jib even once you disconnect the hydraulic lines and swing it and stop it from falling yes? Thanks mate
Hello from St. Joseph MO!
Mike Judy, well....hello neighbor! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
hey Jimmy, I know I have been absent a while, hope you are doing good man.
J. Chris Beck, no worries on the absence. I'm doing well, thanks. Hope all is well your way. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
wow, I keep wondering how much counterweight it takes just to keep that boom straight out there at that length.....
J Chris Beck, on this job, we had 110,000 lbs of counterweight on the back.
@@ToTheTopCrane holy moly, hope you dont sink through the pavement, haha.
@@ToTheTopCrane That would be in the region of 50 Metric tonnes, so your total static weight on the legs is very high compared to the weight on the fall block. Am I correct?
Very cool. Whats the maximum weight you can pick with the jib?
The grey plug you was plugging in at the top of the jib what was that for?
John Warren, it is the electrical connection for the anemometer. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
To The Top Crane I tried you're idea no go buddy
@@johnwarren-649, still no heat above an idle?
To The Top Crane little better got new core coming should be here Monday an I'll put it in over the holiday weekend. Wasn't to bad priced surprisingly from pete
@@johnwarren-649, I think a new core will make the difference. I hope you get it all figured out.
That seems like some job getting the gib on. What color is the crane truck?
Alex williamson's blind adventures, it is a job just to put the jib on. The crane and the carrier (truck) is white. Thanks for tuning in! 🙂👍
Question you put that jib on w we call that a offset jib but I guess it is a powered offset can you move the jib up and down when you have a load on is my question sorry for being picky I'm a damn Yankee
Jimmy,
do they make any cranes like this with remote control? Like some of the larger new tow trucks?
Bluetooth Liebherrs can be run by remote
rigging that jib, what a pita, do you charge an extra 10 bucks, I hope....
interesting
Daniel Eyster, thank you, and thanks for watching! 🙂👍
It was 16 this morning when I got up lucky for me I had to take the kids to school so when I left the dock I was 24. Have 3to 5 of that s word coming tomorrow can I send it your way
Josh Welner, I saw where you all are getting some weather out east. Feel free to keep the "S" word out there. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
What is the max load on the jib (shortest boom)?
Как называется ваш город где вы работаете ???
I don’t know man that wind seemed over 20 mph lol...I just got my cco and literally don’t know how to set up a crane any suggestions how to learn? Or you can be my trainer then I would be the man.
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bam ! hit hat thumbs up !
J. Chris Beck, thank you! 👍
That's a lot of work. cool vid though.
G4 Outdoors, it is a little work. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
I watch CZcams everyday
Remind me to not let you around my crane. I bet you aluminum deck looks linked crap from guys throwing hammers on it.
nick beaman, I bet your assumptions are incorrect. The deck looks fine. Little dirty, but no dents or scratches. I'll post a pic in the community tab if you want to see it. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍
Not tryin to start shit. I’m just very anal about my crane. How you like that tadano?
@@nfb615, no worries! Lol. I like the Tadano. It has a great chart, has been very reliable, and when something does pop up, their customer service is spectacular.
COLD! I GOT A FREE HEATED JACKET FOR YOU COME GET IT! ⛄️⛄️⛄️
Cut and Clean TV, I'll be down that way at some point. 👍
did i see a crack in jib lol
What a Pain in the ass
Have you ever heard of WD40?????????? 😂 🤣😂 🤣
Android Man, I know. That handle on the hand crank is VERY noisy. I didn't even realize it until the video was uploaded. 😔. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍 (even though you probably can't hear now)
Tadano yuck