Amazing Video Sergei, I wish I had the technology of today back in 1977, I was stationed in Churchill Manitoba, and they brought in a MANITOWOC Crane to dig the harbour out, it came in pieces on rail car and was re assembled in the harbour over a period of a month cause the crane you see lifting these parts were not the same size. Amazing to see it being done in fridgid weather. Plus I had the opportunity to ride in the Tug Boat who was hauling the 'scows' full of muck into the Hudson Bay and dumping it about 2 kilometres away. Thanks again for sharing this amazing video.
the funny thing is that just after i said these cranes are 'well designed for travel and dis/re-assembly'... guess what - the housing cannot be lifted by a crane! they checked and re-checked the manual and nope, no lifting points exist on the housing. the only way to load and unload this thing i was carrying in the video is to use its hydraulic legs. the trailer has to come in under to load and drive out after unloading. that can cause some problems in tight spaces and it did actually complicate things quite a bit this morning, when I was unloading at a super tight construction site in Pickering, ON.
Nice video!! Imagine picking up a load from An-124 nose opening. Actually you can drive your whole truck inside fully loaded, get flown to Antarctica to deliver a generator, then your truck is flown back. That would be one sweet mission for you Sergei. .!!.. ;) That video would be on Discovery channel. Stay safe Seroga..
Way to go Uncle Sergei! Very interesting load! It is my understanding that to be a heavy crane operator you have to love math. It is really interesting how they calculate what they can pick up. Max weight picked right close to the crane. Minimum weight away from the crane. If you screw up, you crumple it. Great video!
Crane operator is very very well paid. well over 100,000 CAD. but hard to get jobs and the training is really quite difficult with regard to advanced math, almost like engineer math.
WOW Sergei, I'am impress,I have never seen anything like this before. Verry good video,always learning something new from you. Take care and good luck with your load.
Most interesting. Again, nice to see another Heavy load from you. Thanks for listing what your trailer axles are. I looked in to that type of trailer and I thought that was the axle rating. Can you tell how many chains you had on this load? I could not see them all. Looks like some were tucked under this unit. By the way, Are there enough "D" rings on that trailer?? I though you mention something about how they were not twisted on a angle or you not having enough "D" Rings. Thanks for another interesting video.
chains: i had 2 chains in the front (1 pair), 4 in the back (2 pairs), and 2 more on each side (2 pairs). these were 'direct tiedowns' so you need a pair to count as 11,300 Lb. so, i had 5 pairs X 11,300 Lb = 56,500 Lb. Which means the chains i had were actually good for a load weighing 56,500 X 2 = 113,300 Lb. I always put more chains than required - better safe than sorry. all chains were 1/2".
This was really cool Uncle Sergei!! ...I wonder whats the material they use for those ropes on the crane? I bet its not cloth even though it looks like it :)
Will you ever get into mega haulage? like pulling trailers carrying 200+ ton loads with one or two trucks pushing at the back? it would be epic if you do so.
Your trailer axles are 10,000 pounds overloaded? Here in Western Canada you are only allowed 24,000kgs (52,000 pounds) even your drives are overloaded? Really surprised that house works section of that crane weighs that much looks are deceiving. The Mack is getting a good test don't push it too hard your dog will start yelping lol
On the West Coast we are not allowed to have overloaded axles, with low beds you add another axle or strip the machine further to get the weight down. The load in your video would require a booster axle on the back of your trailer. Once you get past 8 axles then you are into another class of heavy haul.
Lucky for me I am not trucking in Western Canada where they don't recognize pusher axles on trucks. In Ontario when you have a permit you are pretty much allowed all the weight that your factory rating is good for. My trailers axles are 25,000 Lb each. Alberta rules are too conservative. Eastern Canada is much more 'heavy haul friendly'.
