I was working on a job for a major chip manufacturer and not potato chips. Some idiot tried to stretch the limits of a Linkbelt crane and tipped the crane over, dropping the boom right across the building from corner to opposite corner. The ball came through the roof and magically landed on an I beam inside the attic. It did break water lines, sprinkler lines and electrical conduits, but it did NOT get down into where the people were.

You know, that stuff is just awesome. I would not be a good enough judge of distance to get it right. Man! I love to watch.

Nothing better than to get off work and watch your video.

I hauled one of a three 18k pound cooling units to a school in Chicago. I was surprised when the rigging company showed up with a grove 7550. Once they ran 197’ of boom out it made sense.

Finally I got the chance to see an operation going from an operator perspective as a rigger myself I've always wondered what it look like. Thank you friend

ya i hate moving loads when i cant see the ball, id really like to build a couple little fpv camera setups so i can put them where ever and just have a screen in the cab. its not so bad when you got a guy you really trust and work with alot on the other end of the radio.

Interesting. I never thought about that when the weight comes off and the deflection comes out of the boom that the swing radius changes. Things that you learn on YT. Thanks for sharing Jimmy.

I was trying to figure out which building you was working at and thought that it was the old American Electric building! My dad worked there way back in the early eighties as a truck driver delivering for them in the four state area. It is good to see that old building getting rehabbed into something instead of standing empty like it has for so long. One of the great things about the downtown is the Louisiana restaurant nearby. Man it smells good!! Thanks for the video Jimmy! It's good to see you back.

Glad to see you back!

Thanks for sharing, Jimmy.

I think it would be cool if you had another camera on the roof so we could see what is going on with the crew up there.

Fantastic video Jimmy

Good content Jimmy thanks for sharing good lift right there smooth work of that job.

I've come to read comments from the Billy Bob's and 4Ts whom they believe could've done it better.

Fun to see boom deflection for real.

That is a pretty COOL lift

How do you measure everything? So you know where to stand with the machine and how far in on the roof that your picking/dropping?

I've set many a rooftop unit back in my HVAC days. I was doing the set up on a 175 ton crane while setting up the jib the cable slid off the job and hit me across the hard hat and face. It was one hell of a headache. Good old days in the 90's. I miss the work not the heat!!! I would rather set units in 0 degree weather than 100 degree heat. I'm curious as to where they connected to the unit. We used to hook at the frame at the bottom of the unit. Most of the units had pick points we hooked a Clevis to 4 points.

I enjoyed a new video

Still playing catch up on your video collection. I jumped ahead to see what you are currently up to. Jobs like this one must be testing sometimes. Flying blind would be tough, especially when the guys spotting assume you can see through walls ?? Seems you were getting good communications from the guys on the roof. Thanks for bringing us along.

_Great stuff as usual Jimmy! Nice camera angles from your crane, sweet footage. Doug@ the "ranch"_

Hi Jimmy great video. Looks a little stressful with all that boom.👍

Hey Jimmy, great video as always! I have a couple of questions for you. Do the guys who rig the loads, direct you to the landing spot, and unhook the loads work for your company, or the company that hires your crane? Would you ever consider asking the riggers and/or the guy directing you to the landing spot to wear a “helmet cam”? I think that would be a neat perspective. When you are communicating via radio, do you have to “push to talk” or is it voice activated? Lastly, do you think crane companies like Tadono would ever add cameras to the tip, looking down, like you did in the playing with trains video? I would think that perspective could be beneficial to operators. Thanks for your thoughts, and great videos.

Thank you. Very interesting to watch. What city was that?

you should put a camera up on the tip of the boom then you can see whats happening at the hook on jobs like these

Ever thought of mounting a camera so you can see on roof like a wire less feed? Looks like you got it down to a science. Just askin.

good mornig

I wonder how it would look with the setup that follows a radio tag.

I drop off York rooftops in the street for cranes in Chicagoland area.

Cool looking building. Story about the building?

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They say nothing is faster than a Motorola! Lol

Is there a boom camera looking down to help you to be able to Visually see it where you are at?

I wonder what year buildings started being designed strong enough to support air conditioners and anything else that might have to go up there that wasn’t in the original building plans? Have they always been over built to stand extra weight?

Interesting, how high was that building?

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Does the cab on that tilt up

Couldn't work blind like that ... I've got to have eyes on the pick and drop/

Are the support peeps yours ?

must be stressfull when you can't see and relying on information from other people.

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