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having a person on the hook tends to make you extra careful. a good job.well done. im surprised a drone and camera hasnt been used to assist this in this high reach work.

Awesome! Best video you posted yet Sir. Just got my NCCCO certification last week. Discovering your KZfaq channel and watching all your videos, helped me, not only choose my next career, but also guided me through my own crane training. Would love to see in your future videos how you develop your lift plans, talk through your decision making while pointing your camera at specific load chart and range diagram for each complicated lift. That would be great help for people who are currently in training or for green crane operators like myself. Can't thank you enough for all your hard work and sharing your passion and knowledge with the KZfaq community. I have medically retired from EMS helicopter pilot career. I was still fairly young and wanted to do something, that somewhat resembled of what I used to do. You would be surprised, how much similarity there is between operating crane and flying helicopters. I am excited to start my new career. Thank you again. Be safe! - Kamil

Hell Jimmy he is High enough to hunt ducks with a rake!!!

Wow. Always amazed and so proud! ❤

Looks like international space station with the boom all the way up & out, great job love this kind of work being in the basket

Thank you so much for all this vids it helps me a lot before i graduate from the school & start working

Awesome video!

18:15 I was so intensely focused on that man basket, when he moved the camera I almost dropped my iPad. 😆🤦‍♂️

All I can say the guy in the basket has some mighty big stones! The geese flying over the tower was a nice touch.

Great video, good work

Thanks!

I've been in a basket up about 240ft with a cutting torch and about 300ft of hose, cutting bolts off a flange to remove some piping from some vessel out here in California oilfields. Love this kinda work!

Cell phone for comm with the basket? I'd have thought there'd be some HT's around there someplace. Also thought you'd be calling Ron Pratt before you got up the access road. Another great video!!

Jimmy; That is so impressive. I would never dare hoisting a human being off of his/her boots, but you made that pick look as smooth as "smooth" gets! It gets crazy with only a few feet of rope below the tip. There's not much rope below to "catch" any swing. Big "brass ones"!

Looks like photos from the space station using their robotic arm

Good video, always great content

7:30 "So, this one's gonna suck." Love these videos.

Sweet Job Jimmy

Nice job. Very smooth crane work. Too bad you didn't include the man basket procedures required beforehand like proof test and fifth cable installation, but I know you have to get the job done in a timely manner. One other comment I'd add is whenever I did this sort of work I would raise and lower the basket close to the tower since it a little less spooky for the folks in it to be close to something rather than being out in midair.

That Tadano throw some cable. Step on it son. Hit the little red button on the joystick

What a ride! Sure is odd that the tower cannot be climbed. Part of the engineering of most of them is the climb and safety system. Great crane work. I continue to be in awe at the fine motion control you can achieve.

noticed you switched the no trespassing to subscribe. Its amazing how you move just a few inches on the bottom and its feet a the top.

Good Videos. Watching from Ontario

Thanks for sharing Jimmy. I agree i think the guys that climb and work on top of these towers are a little crazy. I couldn't do it. There is a guy who owns one of these companies based here out of nashville his channel name is John Hettish if you are interested in seeing more of this kind of stuff. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy!!!

Amazing Jimmy! Nice work, man. Stay safe. Doug@ the "ranch"

We've got equipmnt on one tower that the climbers can't climb because the ladder lugs busted off in a few spots and the owner is too much of a cheap *bleep* to pay to have a climb crew come out and replace them when he can force us (the companies that rent space on his towers) to use lifts & crane baskets to work on the tower and not have to pay.

Jimmy you were the right man for the job and that guy can have his job. I hope all is well with you and the family is these times.

Thanks for such an amazing video jimmy.. and I’m going to ask you as well if it’s possible for you to show us how to make a lifting plan and all the steps to consider before the lift....

That's close. Nice job Jimmy.

Did a bunch of cell towers years ago Nice job. Be safe .

Should have chained up the other day to get into the job site. I would be doing that type of work if it wasn’t for my back problem.The wide yellow stripe running up the middle.

You don't have to be crazy to do this job, but it helps.

A little motion sick on this one with the clouds rolling by. Dude up there has some nads!

What the distance of rope per click

It's kinda funny how this is a transmission tower but he doesn't have a radio to comm with you.... :D

A big ‘f’ that! You couldn’t catch me in that basket! I wouldn’t climb a tower either. If GOD wanted me that high in the air, he would have made me with wings.

I don’t understand why y’all don’t have radios for communication instead just your phones doesn’t make good sense to me

Another great video from you. There’s no way I could be in that basket, the heights I have been is forty feet scared the heck out of me. That guy in basket is more of a man than I am. It’s never boring,love seeing different stuff. I was wondering about the counter weight, did you look on the chart to see what you need, being such a light load. What wind speed would have shut the job down? Stay safe you and your family at times like this.

id be scared to death in that basket

Hey Jimmy, do you feel more pressure having human cargo vs. an I beam or some other non human cargo?

this time of year , county roads around here are under axle load restriction

Sir Jimmie !!! Would have been nice if you would have put a camera on the end of the boom like you did when you were loading those rail cars !!! How wide was that platform the worker was standing on ??? Didn't look to be 3ft ??? GREAT VIDEO & THANKS !!!! ""KEEP IT SAFE """!!!

Awesome video. Does your crane come with a chart for reduced capacity for man basket work or is it something you have to factor manually

Did they mention why they couldn't climb? Everything about that tower looks safer than some of the ones I've had to work on.

Trent from Plaza Towing, if you know To The Top Crane you should also know Ron Pratt.

12:50 looks like the guy is standing on the load test plate

That’s gotta cost the communication company pretty penny to have you out there ..

If someone had problems with motion sickness this would really mess with them with the clouds behind the basket

Curious how do you get away with driving on the street with the boom over the front?

I've been watching some of your old videos. Doing tower work could you put a remote operated camera on the end of your boom with the monitor in your cab so that you could see how much clearance you have. It's hard to judge that far in the air

When working with a man in a basket at those heights/distances, do you ever run a ground wire to bond the crane to the structure? I imagine the crane has a ground strap that's deployed when in use, but even then I would think there could be significant potential between grounds. Another reason to always keep your gloves on!

Hi Jimmy, what about a pair of binoculars to see how close you are to things like that ? just a thought

i dont mind to me it is very interesting

2 do you use outrigger pads or timbers

Hey jimmy I have a couple of questions 1. How come you don’t to-block the Hook when your out on the rd to stop swinging

A little bit crazy is a severe understatement... also, without the luffing jib, you would have to reposition the crane to get to the backside of the tower, or was there enough room for the man-basket?

What is going through those wires? What are the safety considerations?

How much money does the guy in the basket must be earning?

They need to drug test him. There's no way. Great video Jimmy

I can see why cell towers aren’t your favorite. It looked like the sky was getting darker for a while too. What time of day did you get done with this job? What time do you quit if it starts getting dark would it be half an hour before sunset or something?

Good grief! On video I have zero concept of depth there. Is it any better for you in person or were you also entirely blind as soon as you lifted the basket up along the guy wire in the beginning? It is a strange feeling to see the things but not at all *see* what is going on.

Although dirt poisoning is generally preferred, the difference between that and a lethal dose of concrete poisoning, would barely be distinguishable in a jumper from that elevation.

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Put it in 8x8

“Meat on a Hook” - or as I like to call it “Nope on a Rope”.

Do you connect a ground wire from your crane to the tower when you do this type of work so there is no potential between the crane and the tower.

If u dont mind my asking, how much does a company charge for something like this? Jus curious and was wanting to ask..

I'm guessing you wouldn't have started that job if you knew you were going to end up with the jib two inches from the tower? With a guy up there no less...

Ps you so need a drone 😊

@ least the meat speaks English. Most times my guys are from another country and I can't understand diddley

“Meat on a Hook” - or as I like to call it “Nope on a Rope”.