Love this one! You're hauling history! Old friction rigs are the best. Theres a couple contractors in Wisconsin and Iowa that still have dozens of the old yellow Americans.
Belated congrats on y'alls welding anniversary, staying together takes a lot more than a hope and a prayer but both of those are needed. Tying that in with a custom boat build is epic..
Was thinking the same thing about the lightning rods in the air when you said that. The life of pulling an open trailer (flatbed type), dealing with the weather. Always interesting watching your videos, you have a lot of information that comes from your experiences in construction.
Right in my neck-o-the woods! Try’n stay dry and safe! Hope you’ll get to shoot the offload. Congrats on 25yrs! Marriage is the ultimate covenant, partnership and humbling experience! Cheers Doc
Sure have missed your videos . Congrats on your Anniversary . It's rare now aday's . At least you are hauling something kinda Yello . It's cool to see those Cranes and rigger's at work . Stay safe on your way South Brother .
Hung a lot of red iron and everything else under those 4100s in my young days. I agree with you about friction rigs. Get one set up on a ringer and it would lift Pluto.
Love those old conventional mechanical crawlers. My favorite is link belt ls118 it's relatively small compared to those largers manitowoc 4100 or American 9310.
The 4100 and 9310 were top of the line back in the day.I remember seeing a American 9310 at a hospital job in NJ in the early 1980’s.That machine had to have at least 300 feet of main boom installed.I had the chance to walk right up to the machine on a non-workday and take a close look at it.Has to be one of the most impressive cranes I’ve ever seen.That machine had a really rugged look to it, like it was over-designed for its 225 ton rated capacity.In closing let me just say that the Manitowoc 4100W was the king of the 200+ ton crawler cranes from the early 1970’s until the early 1990’s in terms of how many were sold and popularity with contractors.
Messed around with an old crane like the one your loading but on a 4 axel truck mount. Going from a small all hydraulic Pettibone to one of those is a big difference.
Something that I've done is use straps to center up a load. Set it up so the strap is as long as you can so like from left side to the far right. Works best when the load is just off the deck.
Is it possible for the operator of a friction crane to accidently release the friction brake? If so, is this be one of the reasons people say never work under a suspended load?
Great cranes but this is exactly why you don’t see so many old American and especially the 3900 used to load. They are a chore to mobilize. Thanks for the video✌️
Do you have any driving job available? I have been running funtain RGN for 5 years. I want grow up. I can run and operate almost any type equipment. Let if you looking for a good hand.
It’s called pick and carry. Not just crawlers have a pick and carry chart but RT or Rough Terrain cranes also have a pick and carry chat and can move with a load suspended in the air
Maybe while god is watering the garden, some one could just put a chain and binder on the car body and pull it over an inch rather than a man trying to move it back and forth. JMHO.
@@KeepingitAnalog Watch out for saltwater spray lol. Are you able to haul a payload of 145,000 legally ?? Also have you seen the heavy haul trucker from Canada ,I think he came from Russia ?? Happy Anniversary best wishes
Same here a lot of respect for you let me know what you were involved in. Unless you were a real field mech out in the shit people have no idea what we have been thru!
