Setting precast concrete with a crane | Crane operation (how to) | basic crane operation

[@ronneidert]

Nicely done Jimmy! Even though your channel isn’t ‘educational’ I sure do learn a lot!

[@g4outdoors]

I like the helmet cam. Cool video with all of the teardown .

[@ToTheTopCrane]

G4 Outdoors, thank you! I'll probably do the head cam more in the future. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍 Now, let's discuss some of those white bass fillets you have in your freezer. 😁😉

[@g4outdoors]

To The Top Crane What fish? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@barryhansen6854]

You lifting the hook up above the guy so he didn't hit his head reminded me of when I did that, the crane guys that we used used to take delight when I was setting slings, I'd signal where I wanted the hook by standing on the item then tapping my head, then carry on. I can't count how many times those crane drivers tapped my hard hat with the hook then lifted it away, good job.

[@richardsavaglio661]

barry hansen lol yessir!!! In the days when you could have a little fun on the job!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

barry hansen, those were the days where you could do stuff like that without getting everyone upset. Those days are gone now. I've seen people get ran off of a job for even less. Before long, we won't be able to get anything done on a job because of all the regulations. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@burningdinosaurs]

Excellent video man! I like all the explanation of everything. Also, the packing up after was interesting to watch too. Thanks for the video!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

burningdinosaurs, thank you! I am trying to mix things up a bit. So, it's not just the same stuff all the time. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@psidvicious]

Nice one Jimmy! Thanks for the setup and breakdown clips. I thought the hard hat cam worked great. After you finished your setup, the screen went to a view of the winch ~3:40 ish. Why is it important to be able to keep an eye on the winch?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

psidvicious, thank you! I like to keep an eye on the winch for a few reasons...1. I watch to make sure the rope is laying correctly on the drum. 2. I can be very precise in placing a load. I can cable down small fractions of an inch at a time when I watch the drum. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@63256325N]

Nicely done. Thanks for the video.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Duncan Mackenzie, thank you! As always, thank you for watching! 🙂👍

[@johnclifton3910]

are you going to be able to show the coil lift that you did at the Docks?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

John Clifton, I will be able to. I just have to get it all edited. We have been very busy, and I am doing some special editing on that video. It will be used for marketing purposes on the port website. So, it is going to take some time to get it done. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@scottbecker3563]

another great video..

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Scott Becker, thank you, and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@warrencorcoran9824]

I love machinery, but, well let me say to the operator, "I admire your patience" your voice sounds like the guy from the lets dig videos on line, he has patience too. I worked with operators on a couple jobs, there's a window of opportunity that needs to be utilized, slow as a turtle speed don't cut it with me, you do good, sound like one hell of a good guy.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

WARREN CORCORAN, many thanks! Patience is paramount in a crane. Chris (letsdig18) and I are both pretty patient people. However, there are times for speed, and yes, the crane will move fast. The difference between some operators and others, is knowing when to use speed and when to slow down. Thank you for watching! 🙂👍

[@Handmade250]

Thanks you Sir very useful and informative video thanks a lot.....

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Muhammad Asif Younis, hope that covered some of what you were looking for. I'll try to get some better footage of the outrigger operation in another video. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@j.b.maxwell8695]

When you are roading to a job do have a short wire sling from your front chassis to your hook so it doesn’t swing all over the place so you don’t have to winch your hook in tight to the head

[@ToTheTopCrane]

J.B Maxwell, I have to pull it up tight. The block is pretty long, and if I don't pull it up tight, the hook will drag. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@kyleaustin21]

What do you think of chain spreaders and shur-loc hooks? Personnally I hate them, heavy and a PITA to inspect. Great Video

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Kyle Austin, I'm not really a fan of chain spreaders. They have their place, no doubt. But, I prefer cable or nylons where possible. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@dougsmith1166]

Great video, you must have read my mind, you answered all my question before I could ask them, 👍

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Doug Smith, thank you! If you ever have questions, don't be afraid to ask. I'll answer them the best I can. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@motercycles6]

really cool video and very informative i learned a thing or two

[@ToTheTopCrane]

James Bergeron, thank you! As always, many thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@richardsavaglio661]

Lol my wife keeps thinking that you’re talking to me every time you mention Rich. Nice job setting that. We always used the hoes without buckets to set the box culverts. Precast can be very deceiving on its weight. My heaviest pick was precast at it was 65,500lbs

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Richard Savaglio, I wondered if it got your attention whenever I said "Rich" in the video. Lol. Precast is deceiving. The heaviest precast I have picked is in my second video. 62,000. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@richardsavaglio661]

To The Top Crane yeah brother, I keep looking when I hear my name but it’s not that bad because I’m use to tuning out crane operators! Lol

[@cranefan7078]

Are your Oiler/ riggers full time riggers or are the apprentice crane operators. I run a 30 ton so I’m a one man show so my rigger ( usually the least helpful guy on sight ) is quite often not much help. It must be nice to always have qualified help.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@cranefan7078, it depends on whose oiling for me. Rich (in the videos) is a certified rigger, and three months from retirement. Kaleb (in a few of my videos) is a certified rigger and learning the crane side of things to become a crane operator. Mike (in some of my videos) is a certified rigger and already a crane operator. Thanks for the great question and for watching! 🙂👍

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

I forgot in my video to show you the out rigor’s on my crane. So I can describe them to you. The outriggers swing out and then after you get them in position, you then have to unscrew the pads until they hit the ground. And then you give them a couple final twists so that they stay. Also since I didn’t catch the live stream last week I didn’t get to tell you about the power situation that we had going on down here. The utility crew didn’t get out here to fix it until Tuesday of that week. And there was a short in the main cable at supplies the feeder lines. So they had to dig underground and disconnect that from all of the powerlines, and they had to put in a new one. That was what cause the transformer to overload

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Alex Williamson'sadventures, those outriggers sound like the ones on my diecast cranes. They pull out, then the pads screw down. Sounds like you all had a mess down there. Glad it's all fixed now. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

We still have trees down on a couple of streets around here and the tree services have been so backed up they haven’t been able to get out here to dispose of them yet.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

Also you might notice that there is a slight change in the name of my channel. I decided to do that because the option had recently become available again, and I found out that when you googled my name a famous stand up comedian have the same idea as I did when I was coming up with my channel name. And the thing is I don’t want to be remotely associated with him because he’s got a very nasty mouth on him, and some of his sexual metaphors he uses are so obscene that they can’t even be mentioned allowed.

[@Nudnik1]

my GMK 5120b good for 50k at 50ft...What is that Tadano good for? Nice video. Thanks Ps remind riggers sling calc for four slings always as if three were on.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

motorhead1 engine1, the Tadano 180g is good for 75,400 lbs at a 53ft radius, with full counterweight. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@rickharper1497]

Healthy looking outrigger pads

[@briancaldwell1798]

Great job buddy 👍 are using the whole 82,000 thousand pound of counter weights to set the 44,000 lbs?

[@briangardiner1015]

Great video, Where do you get your outrigger pads? Is there a company that makes them?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Brian Gardiner, if you are referring to the big pads (red rectangle pads) we made those in house and proof tested them. The round pads, we purchased. I'm not exactly sure where though. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@waltermattson5566]

Another great video. When you are lifting something heavy do you have to use the winches or can you boom up just as much weight?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

walter mattson, I use both the boom and the winches. As the load deflects the boom, the radius changes (the load moves farther from the crane). So, I have to boom up to compensate for it. I could just cable up with the winch, but the load would swing away from the crane. If I just boom up to pick the load, the load would move towards the crane. So, I am constantly adjusting how much I am booming up or cabling up. Thanks for the great question and for watching! 🙂👍

[@troymeredith9528]

To add to Walters question ,have you any idea how much deflection you need to allow for at any given weight,I am doing my crane operators ticket this week here in Australia.done a dog men's a couple of weeks ago.dont normally operate any thing like this but my boss asked me to do for the construction of his new house,I normally operate a excavator and trucks bobcats etc.good video.

[@dalltex]

I agree with the others that the helmet cam worked out great. Question: With all the automation that your crane has - it looked like you had to manually increase RPM's. Does the Tadano not auto compensate for that? Great video and as always a blast to watch.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Dall Tex, I manually control the throttle. There is a function called "Lift Adjuster" that will hold the radius by booming up automatically as I lift a load. But, I don't use it. It sets the throttle at 1100 rpm and makes it kind of difficult to compensate in a hurry if the load starts shifting. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nice video! Great info, thanks for sharing

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Elite Earthworks LLC, thank you! As always, many thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@Newberntrains]

The hand signals that are used do you pre coordinate those before each lift or is it universal thru the rigging industry Alot of planning must go on with the crew Involved in the lift

[@ToTheTopCrane]

John leininger, the hand signals are industry standard. Occasionally I'll have someone signaling me that doesn't know the standard signals. So, I just tell them to point where they want the load to go. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@Bluescanian]

@@ToTheTopCrane The worst is when it looks like they have broken their wrist, hand just flapping around!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@Bluescanian, we get some weird signals from time to time. I have seen the 'flapping hand' a few times. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@rotam8680]

@@ToTheTopCrane one difference Ive seen with hand signals between US and Aus is the wire down but otherwise identical

[@arkansas1336]

Excellent , nicely done!! ....13

[@ToTheTopCrane]

arkansas13, thank you, and as always, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@joelh1950]

Please tell everyone how you make those nice clean lifts ! ( No swing out )

[@ryanholt8717]

any advice to a future crane operator? i’m about to go through my apprenticeship program

[@ToTheTopCrane]

ryan holt, probably the best advice I can give is to have patience, find an operator who has lots of experience and the trust of everyone around them. Then learn as much as possible from them. Start small. Don't try to advance too fast. If I can help in anyway, let me know. Thanks for watching, and best of luck to you! 🙂👍

[@ryanholt8717]

thank you sir! i got the chance to run a 100 ton grove and it’s so much different from a 100 ton link belt, i didn’t realize that one crane could be so much different then the next

[@kengamble8595]

I can see that you are making a conscience effort to not jerk your head around with the helmet cam...... thanks ! 😊 Not sure if I can explain my question properly but, if you're making a small radius change, load to or from, do you use boom up and down or boom in and out? Maybe depending on how much ? Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

[@richardsavaglio661]

Ken Gamble all radius is done with boom angle. Once the rig is erected you can’t change the boom length in the newer rigs without completely retracting the boom and selecting a new boom configuration in the computer. The older cranes you could change your boom length at anytime WITHOUT a load on the hook.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Ken Gamble, Rich is mostly correct. (Sorry Rich 🙂). I can change boom length most of the time if need be. But, it's typically not done. I have had one instance in the two years in this crane, where I had to extend with a load. It was only a half section, and was planned before the pick ever started. 99.9% of the time, radius adjustments are made with only boom up or down. The boom sections physically pin at certain lengths. So, it's not really infinitely adjustable. Thanks for the great question and for watching! 🙂👍

[@kengamble8595]

@@ToTheTopCrane Thanks a lot guys for the answer ! 😊

[@richardsavaglio661]

Ken Gamble and this is why Jimmy is the man and his channel is the best. I learned something new. I did not know that you can do that. Every rig is different and you must learn the book for what you’re running. I haven’t been around these newer Tadanos. I am guessing that you must’ve been sticking something into a hole in the side of a building?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@richardsavaglio661, I'm just me. I'm no super star. Lol. I was placing some things amongst a bunch of elevator legs and such. Telescoping with the load was the only option. And was the last resort. Although it is permitted in the manual and has load charts for it, I prefer not to do it. It's just extra wear on wear pads and such.

[@Graeme408]

Where are the strain gauges located? In the hook?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

John Lowe, Photographist, it uses transducers mounted in the boom cylinder hydraulic circuit.

[@Graeme408]

To mobilize, to you charge mileage, flat fee or both?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

John Lowe, Photographist, it typically is the crane rate from the time we leave until we get back. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@robfraley4210]

I set precast for thirteen (13) years on my days off from my Flying job... 🛫✈️🛬✅

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Rob Fraley, welcome to the channel! You are a pilot? Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@knowltek]

Pre cast here sets there own most times...JIT...get her done...well if its with in there reach...

[@ToTheTopCrane]

knowltek, septic tank manufacturers set their own here. But, most everything else is set by crane. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@paulthompson3877]

your helmet cam works great there , just don't move your head to quickly ok .

[@johnclifton3910]

preciate it