- erecting precast buildings
- building wind turbines
- testing
- miscellaneous
- mlc300 and mlc650
- mlc300 with a long luffer jib
Erecting Precast Buildings
Richard W Robinson posted three photos with the comment: "Someone Doing a little work near Auburn University."
Ben StalveyGroup Admin Nice looking 999
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Rick Wilson posted two photos. Unfortunately, he didn't answer the questions about the length of the boom and, especially, of the luffer. And no one mentioned the model number.
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| Scott Ramsdell posted 18000 with 180 and 230 luffer I had to stretch her out to 265’ |
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Dennis DeBruler For us sidewalk superintendents, is that panel swinging out because of wind or rapid slew rate? I would think concrete would be heavy enough that it would be hard for it to swing that far out.
Dean Rich The panel is not swinging out. The crane is booming down to reach out 198' with a 30,000 lbs. Precast wall. No wind. Very much in control.
Dennis DeBruler While I'm learning, is it booming down by angling the base boom forward or angling the luffer boom down, or both?
Dean Rich The main boom is configured at 80°. You boom up and down only with the luffer boom.
Dennis DeBruler Dean Rich Thanks. I was guessing it was the luffer. The factoid about 80 degrees is also of interest.
[But if he was booming down, I would think the load would slant in instead of out, if it would slant at all. It still looks slanted to me. It must be some weird optical illusion that I can't figure out.]
This isn't precast, but the comments below showing me an example of a crane with a luffer is doing precast concrete work.
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| Dennis DeBruler posted So which model is this? It is being used to build a dam between the north lobe and the rest of the Thornton Quarry so that the north lobe can keep polluted storm water out of the Chicago area rivers. [To summarize the comments: 777 series 2 with a luffer] Leo Bachinski What's the boom configuration Dennis DeBruler That is what I was wondering too. It is a PR picture off the net from the link I provided above. At least they got most of the crane. How long is the tip and base pieces for a 777 main boom? From that scale, does it have one or two boom sections? How long is a boom section? How long are the luffer masts? It would take some trig to figure the length of the luffer. |
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| Leo Bachinski commented on Dennis' posting |
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| Leo Bachinski commented on Dennis' posting Dennis DeBruler You can see the section joints in these pictures. It looks like the main boom has three sections plus the <whatever I'm supposed to call the tapered section at the end>. Considering a boom section needs to fit on a semi-trailer, I'm guessing a section is 50'. |
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| Leo Bachinski commented on Dennis' posting |
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| Leo Bachinski commented on Dennis' posting |
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| Peter Quinn posted Man, you go downstairs for a cup of coffee and... Peter Quinn No wind here, heavy fog and we are (somewhat) in the approach corridor for O'Hare, but I'm thinking the taller buildings around would make that moot (regardless of any OSHA regulations). |
Brian Peterson That's a nice batch of pictures. What's the time span approx ? please...
Peter Quinn Maybe 3 minutes. It was faster than I thought it would be. For those of us that don’t work around these machines stuff like this is pretty fascinating.
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| Joey Ferrara posted TRIPLE 9 Louis DeFazio 140+ &140+ James Bergum Nice I just put one up that had 160&200 Louis DeFazio Precast |
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| Louis DeFazio commented on Joey's posting |
Building Wind Turbines
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| LiebherrConstruction posted At breathtaking heights, two of our LR 11350 crawler cranes installed a newly developed wind turbine on the wind turbine test field at Østerild in the north of Denmark. Read more about the operation here: https://bit.ly/3QiEuVk |
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Bobby Casados posted, cropped
Vestas blade repair. Texas Panhandle
[The ratio of luffer to main caught my eye. Comments indicate that blades are normally 7-9 tons but this one has 14 ton blades.]
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| Nick Salvatore posted Our 550ton in mega wing & luffer setting a new 78meter wind turbine in Sandusky, Ohio! |
Testing
Ben Stalvey posted two photos with the comment: "Blast from the past along the Manitowoc River testing out the 222."
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Miscellaneous
The first photo in Iron Worker's Christmas Tree.
The 31000, the largest crane ever made by Manitowoc, laid out in what appears to be their test yard..
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| Brandon Storie's Photo Album Here is an example of the dolly needed to help raise the luffer on a 31000 even though the maximum counterweights of 1,848,000# has been installed. |
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| Brandon Storie's Photo Album Now the radius is small enough they can remove the dolly. [A lot more photos of this 31000 used to build the new Ranger Stadium in Arlington, TX.] |
This image shocked me because it can hold its boom+luffer is long and it can hold it horizontally.
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| Al Easton posted Ben Stalvey 888 Ringer pretty rare [A .pdf file about a Chicago project that used a 888 Ringer on a barge The barge itself was interesting (It is interesting that a barge company has a location in Fort Wayne, IN (my hometown). There is no barge access to that town. Then I noticed that their big deal is that they can build a barge from modules that can be trucked.)] |
TADANO Oceania posted four photos with the comment: "Lift Story: P&D Rigging and Crane Hire Pty Ltd recently completed a lift perfect for showing off their ATF 220G-5 and Tadano’s HTLJ.
We spoke with them to find out more.
https://www.tadano.com.au/…/job-story-pd-riggings-atf-220g…/"Justin Andrews shared
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| Andrew Lanthier commented on Justin's share |
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| Brandon Storie shared Louie Dee 18 in beast mode Brandon Storie Ground zero few years ago, rebuilding world trade center Louie Dee We hauled that out of there 68 loads later |
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| Arthur Overdijk shared Demag CC 2000 RL Theron Stratton I have no experience with this type of crane, but I can not see how the luffer is not pulled over backwards when the load is released. Colin Moran The jib is limited to a max angle and has backstops, also, Effective weight of the jib, block and line. Theron Stratton I hope this is shown at max angle. [Notice the crane is a ringer. It has to be able to reach everything with the luffer because that crane can't move. It was assembled in place.] |
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| Demag Superlifter photo [It looks like in this case they move the main boom as well as the luffer. I would think the main boom would have to be more vertical to build the closer struts.] Arthur Overdijk shared Demag CC 2000 RL |
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A video of building a Liebherr with a weight wagon. The luffer is as long as the boom. No comment indicated the model or dimensions.
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| Steve Manning posted This 21000 making easy work unloading header Steve Manning 240/240 and yes it's TVA. [Fortunately some comments provided views of the crane itself. The trailer hauling the header is rather impressive itself.] |
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| Ra Lowery commented on the above posting Was there today |
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| Brandon Storie commented on the above posting |
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| Mike Steele posted 21,ooo at Kennedy space center Dannie Joel Shields Duke web ran the erection part he said the crane I had 750 foot of Boom. Mike Steele We built them Dukes gang set them 725 total 1m and a half on the maxer yes it was All rented from mamoutt Arthur Moran Tallest thing in Florida Brian Peterson Pretty high above sea level for Florida. [According to the comments, they are building a lightning rod.] |
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| Steve Robinson posted I have no idea where it is or what they are doing but I thought it looked pretty good Marty Mullins Dismantling the Space Shuttle Service Tower Pad 39A or B |
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| Nikka Gill posted Cc2800-1 600ton [I wish he caught it lifting a module of truss work into place so that we could get a feel for how much truss work it lifts at a time. 600t should be quite a bit of steel. In fact, I just noticed part of a truss module being constructed in the lower-right of the photo. I wonder what company makes CC2800.] |
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| Nick Reynolds posted I’ve never seen a luffing luffer tower before .... I luff it Nathan Cook I ran 1 years ago in downtown Dallas. Certain areas I could be completely laid out and other areas (swung towards high rise buildings) had to be all the way up. Nick ReynoldsNick is an administrator in this group. Interesting design..I assume you’re trolly never travels on that butt section that raises up and down? Nathan Cook Nick, trolly has the capability to run the entire length of the jib. Nick ReynoldsNick is an administrator in this group. Wow that’s crazy so what stops it when you are luffed up like that? Nathan Cook Pressure switch hooked to a light, hand/eye coordination, skill & know better. The old school way! Nick Barb They were everywhere last time I was in Thailand. |
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| Nathan Cook commented on Nick's posting |
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| Nathan Cook commented on Nick's posting |
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| Ben Stalvey posted The big bad 2250 at Bay Shipbuilding |
Bobby Brown Man, that is one of the tallest, free-standing, tower cranes I've ever seen. Had to have had at least a three to four-foot sway at the cab level.
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| Chanc Bourdone posted [14000 Series 2] |
Brent M Nelson posted 9 photos with the comment: "999 for the next year and a half."
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| Bay Crane posted [I wish they would specify the model and the length of the main and luffer booms.] |
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| Arthur Overdijk shared Demag CC 4800 |
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| Arthur Overdijk commented on his posting CC 4800 |
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| Hans van Vliet posted Early luffing jib attachment on a Manitowoc. Picture made in 1952 during the completion of the Great Lakes freighter John G. Munson, build at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Ben StalveyBen and 4 others manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Manitowoc Crane Enthusiasts. Shot in Manitowoc WI. Manitowoc Shipbuilding was building the ship. Also cranes at this time as well |
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| Bruce Steinfurth posted Longest boom I ever assisted with assembly. M2250 with I believe was 610’ back in 2007. Charlie Ward I agree. way to much boom. while the nyc accident several years ago was deemed operator error, I believe the accumulation of ice on the boom was a big contributor to the incident. have never seen a load chart that allowed for that additional weight.Darrold Elliott Operator did not jackknife the boom down. Which caused accident. You cannot in-line that much boom.Brent M Nelson Uh, to boom a luffer down, you have to turn the override key as you go out of chart to do so.Joe Whiting Wasn't that the one that the boom was completely covered in ice ??as well??Vincent Umstot Joe Whiting yes but that was not the reason the accident happened.Joe Whiting Vincent Umstot yeah I know I saw the video he boomed down the main ...I'm sure it did not help that's why I was asking if that was the one.. I know you can only main boom down so many degrees when you have luffer settup...I have run these several times as well.Brett Lynch I was running a drill rig in Harlem that morning and had 4 inches of ice build up on the mast of the rig in less then 20 minutes, they can blame it on whoever they want, but ice was definitely a factor! Should of left her vertical! |
Waseem Hendricks posted four images.
Ben StalveyBen and 4 others manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Manitowoc Crane Enthusiasts. Sweet Mammoet 16000 with hanging maxer. I might have built them
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| Dusty Ransom commented on Bills posting A different view for ya. |
Louis FedeleLouis and 211 others joined Manitowoc Crane Enthusiasts within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community! 30 mph and above was a son of a bitch!
Terrell Simpson posted two photos with the comment: "Manitowoc 2250 and 888 with luffing jibs waiting for the precast."
Chanc Bourdon 999 looks like 149 luff
Mike Weaver
Chanc Bourdon good eye, rocks stacked 5 high too
Michael Berry posted six photos with the comment: "Found This Baby in Downtown Detroit."
Normally, the luffer has a wheel on its end to hold its weight as the main boom is raised from a flat position. Once the boom is vertical, then the weight is centered enough that it can raise its luffer.
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| Cody Cogar commented on Louis' posting |
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| Bobby Gumm posted |
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| Jim Tracy posted Dave Unsworth Sure looks like a really ugly twist in that 133 luffer.... David Waller That’s not optical!! She’s in a bind Roy Stone Pendant line is caught under the pin on the left side. Robert Shaw Good call Roy ! The right wheel of luffer is off the ground. Hope someone caught this before tip was off the ground . |
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| Tom Wojak posted 777 with 140'main&140' luff in Aurora NE. Rob Stuckel It's been there for almost a year now. Mars plant. |
Chanc Bourdon 999 looks like 149 luff
Mike Weaver
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| Screenshot @ -8:52 [Even the worlds largest crawler crane with an incredible pile of counterweights needs a dolly to get the main boom up.] |
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| Screenshot @ -1:48, LR11000 with PowerBoom |
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| Steve Robinson posted Used to do that in my 16t Franna back in the day, Well they were the kind of stories at the pub back then we all told isn't it anyway. Mark Goodrich Hanging counterweight off the rear luffer strut is interesting.Arthur Overdijk  Liebherr LGD 1400 |
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| Eric Cole posted 999 building largest auto mfg plant in the United states. Eric Cole James Justice Limestone County Alabama [around I-65 near Huntsville] Steve Ellsworth Blake Crenshaw Toyota and Mazda plan to build a $1.6 billion auto assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama that will employ 4,000 workers. The plant's location was made official Wednesday afternoon. The companies originally announced plans for a U.S. plant in August when the two Japanese automakers signed a joint venture agreement, though the exact location was not known at that time. "Alab Kody Underwood Hard to believe it would be bigger than the ford truck plant. Eric Cole Kody Underwood 6 million square feet in 1st 3 buildings, site is 1200 acres Perry Hutchings 999 is one <good> crane in luff, like the 888 you can operate both booms simultaneously , unlike the 2250 [I couldn't find any comments about the boom lengths. Bummer. You can see the wheels on the tip so the boom can easily be raised and lowered.] |
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MLC300 and MLC650
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| Chad Williams posted Ben Stalvey Sweet MLC 650 Eric Cole VPC MAXXXX [That is a long radius. Normally you don't see the main boom that low without the tip dolly on the ground. No wonder the VPC is out all of the way.] |
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| Peter Quinn posted Gray day in Chicago. I hope tomorrow we get some sun because I have a decent spectator seat! Ben StalveyGroup Admin Wow nice MLC 300 from ALL. Ben StalveyGroup Admin Sure is awesome just to think how many 2250 use to do this type of work. Now it's time for the MLC 300s |
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| Rich Trosper posted MLC 650/Luffer, they were setting 390000 lb. Nacelles outside of Plainview TX two years ago! Ben StalveyBen and 4 others manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Manitowoc Crane Enthusiasts. Awesome amazing crane. The death of the maxer wagons. Jerry Spearn The VPC will never replace a maxer wagon. The VPC is way to slow. Until Mani fixes the sync and allows the operator to boom up and down with speed and not be stopped all the time making it difficult to control your load smoothly. Don Leverbee 1. The screen will tell you if you're booming to fast, if you can't adjust your stick, its not the cranes fault, its yours. 2. Turn the boom hoist speed down from 100% to 85%, if you can't control your speed. 3. In S-3 the VPC Max will not be out run by the boom. 4. With 300k on the hook, how fast do you want to go ? 5. If you want go fast, stay in the small cranes. Jerry Spearn Production work requires speed. We aren't picking 300k once at 25'. We are picking 30k 100 times at 200' Don Leverbee You would still make better time by adjusting your drum speed, vs. Getting stopped by the computer. Play with it, maybe start at 90%. Don Leverbee You compared the VPC to a wagon. I assumed you were running a configuration in the VPC to a rig with a wagon. If your only picking 30k, lock the tray, your chart is reduced, but 30k aint shit. Shane Canard I was running that crane and I could get the nacelle at 115’ radius. Tom LaGanga 195ton nacelles? |
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| Shane Canard commented on Tom's comment on Rich's posting [So they lift and attache the blades one at a time.] |
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| Rich commented on his own posting |
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| Rick Wilson posted MLC 300 in Maui |
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| Dave Faul posted MLC 650 341 main 292 luffer first time in Manitowoc history Video of the boom being raised (source) |
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| Louis DeFazio posted at MetLife Stadium Mlc650vpcIII sorry for picture quality |
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| Christopher John posted American Dream project Medowlands NJ Harry Kellogg You mean american nightmare Duncan Peters Yeah last time I was there it lost all funding Ben StalveyBen is an administrator in this group. Nice Mlc 650 |
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| Bill Muth posted Maxims mlc300 reaching the moon. Paul Ellis Intel by I-10 and rigs rd |
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| James Gammelgaard posted Little bit of love. 18000 and mlc300 in Wyoming [Laramie River Station, Wheatland] Bart Brangham We still have the MLC 300 on this job. |
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| Scott Michael Thundercock Adams commented on a posting Ben Stalvey Dang that painted faded fast |
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| Chad Williams commented on a posting Larry Winchester Tray setup mode pushes them alllll the way back, no matter what, huh? Ben Stalvey Stay safe Chad on the wind farm. Several say MLC 650 should not be out in that line of work. It all has to do with the right ground prep and conditionsLarry Winchester Ben when I knife down at night, it forces me into that mode and the tray runs to the back and I’m short boomed. I swear it floats a few roller at the toes. LolChad Williams This was a few years ago. That was the first MLC out in that configuration. |
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| Daniel Williams posted Our company just bought this little betty Ben Stalvey Nice MLC 300[That is the largest jib to main ratio I remember seeing.] |
Dominic Précourt [boom configuration:] 203-196
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Andre Mylocopos posted two photos with the comment: "MLC 650 in action."
[No answer to my question as to where this bridge was being built.]
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| Timandmonico Sonnier posted Knifing her up in Corpus Christi Ben Stalvey MLC 650 what a beast of a crane |
Ben Stalvey
correct sure is a MLC 300[That is a long jib compared to the main boom]
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Luffer jibs for telescopic boom cranes is a more recent development. Comments on a post indicate that the pendant doesn't go all the way to the head to avoid the need for midpoint connections to reduce boom deflection.
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| AllCrane [The article accessed by the link says the above rig had a radius of 340' for a 7,300-pound load. The actual load was 2,500-pound HVAC pipes.] |
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| Tyler Travis posted 5 ish years ago. Orlando Int. MCO Photo taken by James Chamberlin. Reaching out! Mike Weaver 2250 Tyler Travis I can't remember the radius but it was a little past the numbers lol [Later comments confirms that he means his max radius was off the chart! The luffer was "300 ish."] Anthony Crandall Tyler Travis they gave me a tip height ceiling due to radar. Tyler Travis Anthony Crandall me too and I went past it every day. Then I had the oil pump explode and lock the engine up... 88 on the main and 167 boom to luff.... sat like that for 4 days. |
Will Brown posted a request for photos of luffer jib cranes. He got a lots of photos, including mine:
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| Dennis DeBruler A 21000 over a 2250[It got a "Like" by Brandon Storie, who I recognize as a "name" in the Manitowoc world.] |
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