BIG Tank | Lifting a tank with a crane

[@user990077]

Years ago (1979 - 80) we build an aluminum fishing boat (32' Bristol Bay Gill netter). The hull was welded up upside down (keel up). The day came when we rolled it out into the parking lot and the crane operator lifted it up and rolled it around so the keel was down and deck up. It was then lowered into the new cradle and rolled inside to continue working. That day I learned crane operators can turn things over when needed.

[@sparky178]

Just looking at those straps, it’s hard to comprehend that those would be able to lift a load that heavy. Great Vid! Stay Safe 😊

[@ToTheTopCrane]

They are made with dyneema and rated for 50,000 pounds each in a straight line pull. But, I agree....looking at them would make a person wonder. Hope you stay safe as well. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@lindasherman9921]

Tanks for the great video (sorry, couldn't help myself). Hope you're staying safe, Jimmy.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

I see what you did there! LOL. We are staying safe. Hope you are as well. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@Nudnik1]

Hi from NYC hope all is well. I picked 60 ton tanks from Trinity tanks Texas. Used a Friction Link belt Hc 238a had to roll them over on to feet on sand pile cushions Fun .I put python chokers down low on crane side to flip it no shock load on rigging all into soft sand when flipped. Excellent job.. Be safe.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

All is good here. Been very busy, all things considered. Hope you are doing well. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@andyb9767]

Great video Jimmy. Hope everyone is ok. Take care my Friend

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Thank you! We are all doing well. Hope you are too. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@carlcurcuruto6893]

Hi from Australia great videos love your work

[@viewer3412]

Thanks for posting the clip!

[@jackprice6599]

This tank weights about the same as an M1A1 Abrams, so the tank weighs as much as a tank.

[@cecilmckinley9452]

Good video as always hope everything is good in your world

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Thank you! Hope everything is good in your world too. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@KB-gs8zi]

Sir Jimmie!!!!! Thanks as looked like a HUGE Lift ?? NICELY DONE !!! "KEEP IT SAFE ""!!

[@robertbradford2734]

The little TD handle that like a champ...💪

[@kenore4003]

The chassis has to flex to relieve and balance stress. Aircraft wings do the same. They flex up and down also twist. The wings on a B52 are probably one of the most extreme in that without the bodies on the wingtips they would drag and during flight they can flex up to 21 feet over the back of the fuselage.

[@gajew92]

Thanks for your uploads! I think i watched all of your vids and they are the best in mobile cranes category:) I was working as truck driver and now i started my journey as mobile crane operator :D Have a safe lifts Jimmy! Greetings from Poland!

[@Ucrane346]

Good job bro

[@chiefaves]

👌 Nice job Jimmy

[@TristamMayes]

Another great video Jimmy, hope all is well with you over the pond, hope to catch up with you soon mate.

[@bohhica1]

Well, if you like watching a tank being lifted, repositioned, reseated, rolled,and put in place while looking at 4 cables and believing all that was said and scenery didn’t change much, this is the video for you, I give it a 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 be safe

[@constructionwatcher5381]

I just found your channel. Great stuff! You provide lots of interesting information about how cranes work in your commentary. You answer things I've wondered about, and things I never thought to ask. I do have one question I've not found yet in your vids. Where is the sensor for the scales that measure the load? Is it really measuring tension on the cable and adjusting for how many strands you have in the bock?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Thank you and welcome to the channel! The sensor for the scale is a transducer which is plumbed into the hydraulics on the boom cylinder. It monitors the pressure, then uses computer algorithms, based on boom length, angle, attachments, etc. to determine the actual load. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@constructionwatcher5381]

@@ToTheTopCrane Thanks. I never would have guessed that's how it works. It takes lots of "translations" to figure load from boom cylinder pressure.

[@w_booysen]

Great video - whas the flange at the top side not an option to lift it right side up?

[@thomasnelson2463]

Nice job! I don't know about you, but when I'm on the edge of my chart, I hate having to lift something over and over again, I just want it over with!

[@epistte]

What decides whether you boom down or cable down? Stay safe and warm.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Booming down moves the load farther away from the crane. Cabling down just lowers the load straight down. So, if the piece needs to be moved farther away, boom down it is. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@paperfade5660]

How did you spin it? Were you under boomed. Nice if that thing had some pick points

[@barryhansen6854]

Nice job Jimmy, hows things in your part of the world hopefully staying safe?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

I am staying safe. Busy, but safe. Hope you are well down in NZ. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@barryhansen6854]

@@ToTheTopCrane I'm well and I'm sure that you are keeping up with what's going on in NZ mostly trades people have been able to return too work.

[@weldmachine]

One thing that i can never work out from the outside looking in ?? Is how much weight a crane can lift ? I know there are charts to calculate loads for a certain crane. More so comparing size for size. Meaning a 200 Tonne can can lift a Max of ????? etc etc It,s one of those questions you know without thinking about IF you drive a crane. Just a curious question about cranes in general. Not expecting an answer, just curious. Thanks for bringing us along during your day.

[@oddtechman]

Not sure that tank was observing social distancing measures in the given current events!.. Super smooth lift and transition. I can see the complexity of trying to roll that thing though! fun and challenging

[@kw900lkevin]

hi Jimmy, was wondering when you do a lift off a truck and the truck driver needs axle flips or jeeps and boosters and such are you able to set them on the drivers trailer if he asks nicely ?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

We do all we can to help the drivers and make things easier for them. I have stacked many a trailer and flipped many an axle. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@AWRay1300]

Talking about placing this in your lap!!!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

It was definitely up close and personal. Lol. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@timothybarney7257]

@@ToTheTopCrane Now, you really want to make sure it's within your load charts! Or did you say ON your load charts, in the cab, with you?

[@bigjase8709]

What are you good off a single line pull (ie 1 part of rope)? Answer in metric tonnes or kilograms please.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

7596.7 Kilos. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

[@bigjase8709]

That's not bad going for a little 180t machine. Quite entertaining. Thanks mate 👍🏻

[@waltermattson5566]

Great video. I didn’t understand exactly how you were rolling it. Maybe you can explain it or draw some pictures on the next live show. Have a great day.

[@blake9361]

smooth

[@cntslesfabrication]

We have 8 of theses at the farm I work at in hopkinsville Kentucky

[@cassrailroad5358]

Great video. I thought they was going to hit your outriggers. Like how used dozer to help. How much counter weight did have on, to much noise to hear for me. That was a big tank, my dad used to haul steel tanks for gas station, etc... stay safe you and your family. Love the music 👍.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Thank you! I had 79,000 pounds of counterweight on. They did get the tank right up in my face. Lol. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@jerrykinnin7941]

That's a BIG TANK. How often do you check your scale for accuracy?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

It is a big tank. I check the scale pretty much every time the crane is set up.i know how much the block weighs, so I can tell if the scale is off based on what the computer showed with an empty hook. Many thanks for watching! 🙂🏗

[@titidumitrelnovac3253]

Respected

[@gulabkhan2639]

Good morning ❤️

[@izalman]

Nice.... but sems a bit odd. The tank would have been the right way up at the old location, why was it on its side when it arrived with you - ride height perhaps also you coud have used the lifting lugs fitted to the tank top on a four leg brother chain.

[@KhairulAlias-hc7pn]

Good job bro,, i drive LTM 1500

[@willusa2927]

Do you run to save crane pretty much every day I see the link belt but I think it's got to be over a hundred ton but I haven't had to look at it

[@cntslesfabrication]

When they rolled are 2 tanks thinks this year they used old converbelt between the lines and the tank.

[@elizabethdowney2446]

Love to watch this...sooo cool! Whatcha mean by spinning? Seen this big thanks full of natural gas off hwy 56...cool to see about how it was put there. Thank you.

[@larsbeyerolsen9823]

Nice video! I drive a 200t NOV knuckle boom crane 33m radius (24t max outreach on main winch and 10t all radius on aux winch)on a subsea installation vessel and I’ve been driving these types of cranes for many years. As the joystick config on these types of cranes (in Norway atleast) are the same from each maker Im wondering how is the joystick setup on a mobile crane? I’m getting my mobile crane license this summer and to be honest I’m a bit worried I’ll have problems getting used to a new setup and new configs. For some odd reason I’m more worried about that than actually passing the theoretical and practical exams 😂

[@g4outdoors]

Snow on the ground? Did you forget you had a KZbin channel? LOL

[@willusa2927]

I said you broke out the twins

[@godbluffvdgg]

Nice pick...Sad about the chemtrails One being made at 13:26 At One O'Clock High...

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Thats condensation, any fuel combustion creates water vapor. 30k ft its instantly frozen into clouds

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@Sicktrickintuner Dude, I'm a USAF veteran, and I've been around Aviation for 4 decades...I know the difference between a contrail and a Chemtrail...And it has nothing to do with fuel combustion; it's the forming of condensation on the hot engine exhaust shroud that form the ice crystals that blow off; they disappear in seconds...Chemtrails, spread across the sky...Dont ever argue with me, you're not smart enough. What they are doing is Atmospheric modifications...