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Re: Demag AC 650... er 1600 at my house!
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Date: 
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:39:53 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Vineet Honkan wrote:
I saw a Demag AC 1600 being disassembled right by where I live! It truly is
something, as I have already taken roughly 20 pics, and still haven't got the
complete crane! In fact, this may be a future project of mine, if and when I get
the pieces for my Demag AC 500.

Cool! I'd really like to see some pics, I usually manage to miss the setting-up.

One thing I noticed about the AC 1600 that I could use in my crane is:

The beam attached to the crane operator's cab is swung out via a hydraulic ram

Just out of curiosity, do any of you crane builders know how the beam attached
to the crane operator's cab is swung out on a Demag AC 500? Is it gear driven?
Thanks a bunch!

It may be gear driven, but the gears would most likely be driven by a hydraulic
motor ;) All of the cranes I've seen with swing out cabs have been hydraulic,
but the AC500 has 2 hinge points, one at each end, so they may be linked or
geared together, rather than separately controllable. Not sure though.

ROSCO



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  Re: Demag AC 650... er 1600 at my house!
 
Ross- As soon as I get the pics developed, I'll post them. As an added bonus, the crane didn't leave, it's now right in front of my apartment building! How lucky can I get? I watched as the crane was being dismantled (I spent about 30-45 minutes (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-05, to lugnet.technic)

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  Demag AC 650... er 1600 at my house!
 
I saw a Demag AC 1600 being disassembled right by where I live! It truly is something, as I have already taken roughly 20 pics, and still haven't got the complete crane! In fact, this may be a future project of mine, if and when I get the pieces for (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.technic)

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