Bit too heavy!

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AdrianNPMajor
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Bit too heavy!

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Think I need a few more front weights!

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good photo :P that crane looks good does that power off your tipper pipe.

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Yes, off the tipper pipe. No need to rev the engine either. Hydraulics on the Major are pretty impressive.

Here's another angle.

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Jib extended lifting a sensible load!

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Impressive.
You will have to watch your back as the crane arm will punch in your back.
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Jib all the way in and with the linkage in the fully raised position does provide a lumber support! The short jib/heavy lift option will be for jobs like stump pulling, I imagine. Not really practical for lifting and placing loads.

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AdrianNPMajor wrote:Jib all the way in and with the linkage in the fully raised position does provide a lumber support! The short jib/heavy lift option will be for jobs like stump pulling, I imagine. Not really practical for lifting and placing loads.
Hi
After seeing a guy near killed when a mounted fork lift sheared the linkage on a major I would be very carefull weighting the front and picking up a big load. The week link right now is the front coming up and giving the warning :!: .
If you ballast more the next week point will be the linkage and there many not be a warning only a load bang if something goes wrong, and hopefully nobodys hurt or killed. There are huge forces involved in what your doing and the major linkage is not that strong. The health and safety might have something to say about it too if something happens :wink:
it's a great piece of engineering but please be carefull using it :)
Regards Robert
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Good points Robert and well taken. Thanks for the heads-up.

Best wishes

Adrian

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