Jimmy, as someone who has just finished his training with a crane company (to be a rigger) and is also new to the industry, I find these videos not only entertaining but helpful. And I thank you for that.

I love it when a customer says "We built a new road. Is it to your satisfaction". That's always FUN.

As an ex crane-operator its always fun to look at your videos, i miss the job but not the hours😃, i saw the video that you talked about "more tradespeople" and we have the same problem here in Sweden. I work as an instructor on a high-school for excavator and loader-operators and we are slowly seeing that the status of this trades are rising, another fun fact is that we this year have 12 applicants that are girls(of 32). Have fun and stay safe in this strange times/Tomas

Most of the youtube videos don't end well when you see two cranes lifting one object. You guys made that lift look easy.

Thank you. Been very educational for newbies. Keep them coming and these videos will protect you, in case of accidents, in the future.

Thanks for that and for keeping thin old guy entertained and as they say Been There Done That. But always good to see again so thanks again for putting it up. I started in construction at the age of 16 back in 1960, my father was a General Forman (Superintendent) for a large UK construction company. His idea for me to follow in his footsteps was to take a turn in all the different departments, on a major tunneling project. So I made my way through the carpenters , electricians, and mechanical shops. Then equipment operation. They had a rubber tired 5ton Neal's yard crane, 22RB crawler crane either fitted with a crane hook or drag line shovel, now these were lever operated foot braked hoist and drag. Slew was free with a pawl lock, great fun to load muck away trucks and not knock the cabs off. The tunnel service shafts had Taylor Hubbard dock cranes with speed winding hoist drums can't remember Ft per Sec but they were fast. We dropped precast tunnel lining segments and bagged cement down the tunnels, to keep two Tunnel Boring Machines fed at an advance rate of 13++ yards in 8 hrs. So it was busy, I only drove those cranes when the TBM I drove was stopped for some reason. Between tunnel jobs I went crane driving for other companies, Drove a prototype tower crane based on the track bed of a 22RB ( Ruston Bucyrus is the UK company of Bucyrus US) We building precast wall and slab apartment buildings, bonus was payed on number of units placed, 5 man gang including me, I operated the crane via an umbilical cord and control box, so when the guys were attaching props I would run out mortar beds for the next unit to save time. To work in radius we could reach 4 bay section, but I found I could get 5 by floating out the furthest wall unit to the end of the jib, once landed that was it the overload unit would not let me lift again. Our gang was the top bonus earning gang on site and the other could not find out how e did it. I also drove lorry mounted crane Allen Grove again a UK/US crane with foot brake hoist and drag ropes. up to 10 ton it was single operators, over 10 ton it was crane driver and truck driver, slinger, banksman. Over 20 ton lift cranes had an engineer go out and check the lift pad area, trouble was the young guy starter who were still getting experience had no or very little help out on site. This did change when the company had a very serious Near Miss accident, after that all cranes were double crewed and site assayed by an engineer sales rep. Back in tunneling I know joined a consultancy company as a Senior Inspector of Works and worked around the world on some of the largest construction projects, spending 4/5 years on each. A great life!!! You spoke about safety and I did find it a shock how Gun Ho the us contractors were. Did a tunnel under the St Clair River, Ontario to Michigan, in the pre construction start up safety meeting we had the US & Canadian Gov safety officers and their rule books. The US rules were way lower than the Canadian, a simple one was width of walkway in the tunnel the US was 9" one board, the Canadian was 3 boards width. We standardized every rule with the greater and that meant only one US rule. Sorry my life story took so long, but I'm bored sat here in lock down. Stay safe you guys in all ways.

"Not my Circus, Not my Monkeys" Loved It

It's always amazing what you can learn from a pro who knows what he is doing. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I learned a boatload.

As a owner/operator of a old 10 ton stinger crane,. Thanks for. ""putting us in the seat "" . I could almost tell every move you were going to do as you were doing it!!! I Appreciate your videos. 👍

Very interesting. Great job as always. Thanks buddy

Another Excellent Video ! I could watch your videos all day ! Thank You !

Thanks for sharing Jimmy. That job site was a pain in a lot of ways. I'M sure you were glad when that job was over. Have a great weekend!

I’m glad you guys were able to get the the new beams secure and everything. During this quarantine I finally got to see a huge crane operate in person. Because our next-door neighbor had to have a huge cypress cut down on their property, but their standard cherry picker could not reach where the tree was from the street so they had to bring in a big one. I wanted to get some videos of it for you, but my mom was working and because of where it was I couldn’t get a great angle from my porch where I was watching it. I did get some excellent audio though. It made a pretty excellent recording because there was a chipper, A bobcat skid steer, and a Morbark SG 12 stump grinder along with that huge crane truck. The chipper I think was a Morbark beaver 13 with a cat engine.

Great videos! Keep em coming!

Awesome video... Congrats...

Thanks for a great video...👍👍

Great video from you. Looks like a little slick and mud. Looks like the pads are on the edge. Great team work from both of you 👍👍👍👍

Sir Jimmie!!! Thanks & TOOO BAD MIKE DIDN'T GET A FISH !!! Enjoyed the video & Keep them coming & As Always """KEEP IT SAFE """!!!!

Fascinating, thank you.

I enjoy watching you work, very interesting.

Jimmy your a hoisting magician , beastmode brother!

Great video Jimmy,and beautiful cranes you use.

Hi Jimmy. I've been watching your videos from Ireland really enjoy them. I've not been crane driving for ten years hopefully back in the game early 2021. I've found your videos a great help useful reminders and tips. Feel like Ive been sitting in the cab with ya the last week or so. Thanks again stay safe Michael

great video , commentary was good as well . Thank You for posting ; Let Mike Know it looked Like he already Ate 8 - )

Interesting video. I'm glad there wasn't a load of rain and a fast rising river while you were down in that hollow, it would have been a slippery ride up that gradient, I could see how steep it was toward the end of the video, stay safe 🙂

Nice video Jim good job. I remember those days of doing bridge beams. Never really had as interesting job as this to say the least. Be safe.

I thought the footage was last year as the Tadano sticker isn't in place in the cab nice job Jimmy. You guys over there are in my thoughts as we only have 1 active case as I write, what you have blows me away as that is one city gone over here stay safe and wish the wife well for me.

Congrats on a successful job! This looked like a bit of a challenge to perform.

love the comment " not my circus not our monkeys " up here we have to have a certificate for working at heights or the company could be fined AND sometimes shut down till they get one .

I don't know about you, but I love it when the clock is running, but the engine isn't. Nice job, Jimmy!

Nice job 👍

"So there's that" haha. Damn. That's a f** up. Love the video as a fellow operator. Unlimited hydro license

Epic well done

Great operators

Ha, look at that. I'm in a tadano watching you in a tadano in my downtime 😜

I understand perfectly why your Tadano is moaning. Who wants to be pushed by a Liebherr?!? LOL

Love the vid! +sub from a fellow mobilecrane operator in Sweden!

Union ironworker for quite a few years,really appreciated good operators. Takes me back.

My sister-in-law has a sign in her kitchen "I have flying monkeys, and I'm not afraid to use them"

There's usually a fish hook in with the triangular bandages in the first aid kit. It says it's a safety pin, but if you need a fish hook it's a fish hook.

Touch of a midwife.....nice work, very calming watching a skilled operator....👍🇮🇲

Just wrapped up my NCCCO training for Lattice Crawler, Lattice Truck, Large Hydraulic and Small Hydraulic. It was a long week! Lol 5 written exams on the last day.

Yeah when you come back tomorrow definitely bring your fishing Pole

Love the commentary, gives more understanding and respect for crain operators. Thanks 1 day old it should be heavier too.

Operating a crane is something I have wanted to do, only got some training on an old 14 ton mounted to a 70 something Ford 7000 truck. I think part of the fun of construction is just trying to figure out how to get to the jobsite.

Great videos! I think it would be awesome if you could have another camera setup viewing the display panel with the load weight and stuff. Also more boom views if possible. Thanks for sharing! Take care!

Pretty cool watching yall operate. I work on boom trucks, brodersons, and RT cranes for a living but never really see them in action.

"This is going to turn into a deal." Sounds like it was a deal 4 hours earlier!

Safety looks pretty relaxed on that job

There was a local bridge on HWY 12 that took much longer than it was supposed to. The plans were wrong. The concrete beams were too long and had to be remade. It was either that or remake the abutments. If they had used steel beams it would have been quick and easy to cut them shorter. To err is human, but to really screw up, it takes an engineering degree.

Good

Lol great video

It's a quiet jobsite when you can yell at each other

I fully understand your concern with picking a "green" concrete beam. It takes 28 days for concrete to reach 99% of its strength. At 16% of its strength, it has a greater chance of failure while it is being moved.

I probably woulda taken that bet too, because it's a pretty safe one. Though if he did catch something I'd probably have fallen out of my chair laughing. That beam's just a bit sketch though. I seem to remember being told 7 days before I could park on my driveway and 21 days before it hit full cure. Though maybe it's different for the types of concrete they're using in driveways vs beams.

Other than lack of safety harnesses and consistently upside down shackles, which aren’t really an issue on picks like that, I didn’t see anything grossly unsafe. Does the Tadano have all-wheel steering? If so, can it crab?

Great video Jimmy!! I am surprise that the replacement girder could be built so quickly and on such short notice. Do you know where the girders are built at? Also can you tell us where this site was at? Thanks for the video!

Which girder(s) was s critical lift? Or did you reposition to stay on safe side?

Pretty cool jimmy

I don't know when this was, but im guessing you got these sticks put in place just in time. We got SMASHED down here!

Sounds like the tail is wagging the dog.Where is your spotter.Must be fun working blind. I worked on a bridge in 2010 and 2011. Our beams were 11 feet 2 inches high between the web And 180 feet long. One crane was 280ton and the other one was 250 ton.was the first bridge that I ever worked on.I ran back hoe and loader.Very interesting job.

So, not sure if it's been in one of your videos.. which are fantastic by the way... But could you operate on an incline as long as your out riggers were keeping you level so one set higher than the other etc

You can put pontons on the crane and get a full all terrain maskin

Wow a signal person that actually knows his hand signals. What a surprise

It climbed out of there well. It looked dry enough, but I wondered if it would sink a few inches and stop it that way.

👍👍

So if got to ask what is the clicking noze from when your pick thing up iv look throw a lot of your videos but cant find one that explains what it is and what it for and it when your doing cabile up ir cabile down

Them riggers are a different breed

Another great video. Thanks. When you are booming up or down and cabling in the opposite direction to keep the load at it's level, do you have to coordinate those two actions manually or does the computer help you?

Do you know I Google about the bridge beam support trying to find out where the wreck happened. Did not realize those things constantly are having accidents.

Jimmy, hang a quarter of beef on that hook and you could fish for jaws. Enjoyed the video. Be safe. Missouri at flood stage in your area?

Maybe 1 day out of the form. 2 days since the concrete was placed in the form. Green but about 40% strength.

Wow. That crane pad looked a bit sketchy to me. Moving water against vertical walls is never a good thing. You and the other operator seem to be very professional, but OSHA would have a field day with the general contractor on the job. Sleeveless shirts, lack of fall protection, no hard hats....so many infractions. I am a proud union crane operator who has been in this craft for 27 years now. I just came across your channel a few days ago, but I am enjoying it. Keep up the good work.

Probably been asked before, but what does the unit have for power plant and transmission?

That hill looked steep on camera. Was that a bridge that got taken out in last years flooding?

What engine do you have

Have you worked with this operator before? You guys seem to be pretty in tune with each other. Not sure if that’s just some magic bond between all crane operators or if you guys have got enough time with each other to work well.

Great up load as ever. Not sure if you have done one but could you do a walk around and explain what your crane does may be let us see the out side in more detail?

Is that the Platte river?

I always thought that bearings were put between the pre-stressed beams and the abutments to allow for thermal movement but it looked as if the beams were rested straight on top. Was it just the angle and we could not see the bearings?

Co I worked for sprifield steel flipped a big cran basically same pic I wasn't their but they where out on temporary island built for picks on a bridge and out rigers wend down or somthing probly looked OK because they weren't known for being risky they had 4x4 Grove I think

It's not the rain where the bridge is, its the rain that happens upstream.

How long would it be before traffic would be allowed over this bridge? Any idea how much longer before this bridge would be done? Great video again.

Have you done a video about the ticking in the cab?. Im assuming its the joystick thumper or drum rotation indicator? How does that system work? As you can assume i googled the tick and thats what i got...lol

hi there mr top, i noticed a loud clicking noise in the background when you are hooking up and hooking down , what is that clicking sound please ?

Just a suggestion, why don't you get a small inverter and plug that into the crane to charge your batteries? you would only need a tiny one and very cheep .

Out of curiosity, are you able to drive the truck from inside the crane or do you have to get out and drive the truck itself?

Hi Jimmy, Great video. Any thoughts on how expensive that lost girder will be to the overall project's costs? Looks like a big ripple effect to me in having to duplicate much of the process to install the replacement girder. I wonder who takes the hit on that. Stay safe kid, I enjoy your insights.

Are the scar’s on the bottom outside 90° edge. Going to receive any cosmetic treatment ?

Where is that? that liebherr looked like it had a Wilkerson Logo on it

What is wrong with the. 30B is it a60 ton?

A safe lift is a safe job. =)

That crane would make one heck of a fishing rod. Lol

Giterdunn!

How old is the tadano 180? And is there any reason you got the 180 over a 220? The company i work for have a tadano 160 and a 220. I dont think we will replace the 160 with a new 160 when that time will come. The 220 is about the same carrier size as a 160/180, is stronger and has more counterweights, and can be rigged as a 160 if that is needed.

OSHA would have a hayday with these guys. no safety harness, no floatation device,

another cool vid Jimmy, question is do you have any say on how your pad is constructed? It looks to be sand? Heavy rip rap under then sand top? I would question what the hell I was sitting on if it were me especially near moving water, lol!

Rubber Pad bearings under the beam?

Why don't you operators get a remote camera and affix it to the pulley so you can see in those obscure positions???

I can’t believe you drove on a road without a rock base. Especially on that steep hill.