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Re: Technic Crane...Best Place to Start
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:44:39 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
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> "Greg Muri" <gmuri1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Gzt6t2.AEI@lugnet.com...
> > Hello,
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> > I am interested in starting a large crane project and am looking for some
> > advice. I have seen many pictures surfing the web, but have found no
> > detailed information from which to base a model of a real crane. What • would
> > be the best place to start gathering information, other than pictures, • about
> > a particular crane?
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> Most of the major manufacturers have datasheets available from their
> websites; certainly Liebherr, Demag and Grove have datasheets with pictures
> and dimensions generally sufficient to make a good model.
And those that don't are usually happy to mail out printed material, just ask!
> Other details I
> tend to fill in from photos of the same/similar cranes from manufacturers,
> sometimes from the WWW, other times just photos from cranes working on
> sites. My AC50-1 was built from the Demag datasheet and five photos for
> example.
My tower crane was done from just looking at cranes working locally (and the
occasional chat with an operator - around here they're generally happy to
have a chin-wag if they see you checking stuff out). And I was lucky when my
local TAFE had a course for crane operators - they set up a small tower
crane in the car park, and I got to watch while they were training!
> > I saw the Liebherr LTM1055 S 4 on Jennifer Clarke's web site and liked the
> > look of it. Does anyone have specific info on that crane?
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> It is an older crane so details may be difficult to come across, but I'd
> also be interested in details if anyone can find anything!
Indeed, a nice crane!
ROSCO
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| (...) What's a TAFE? I mean, really. Sometimes getting you lot to explain your local abbreviations is like, well, like a TAFE pull. More seriously I am guessing it's a union? The union that represents unionised construction equipment operators has a (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Greg Muri" <gmuri1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gzt6t2.AEI@lugnet.com... (...) would (...) about (...) Most of the major manufacturers have datasheets available from their websites; certainly Liebherr, Demag and Grove have datasheets with (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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