Watched a 30 year operator show me up with a hand crank on a Grove last month

I was running a hydraulic luffer on a high rise in Austin, feeling pretty good about my speed, then this older guy comes by and sets his load perfectly with a manual boom for a job across the street. Has anyone else seen that kind of old school skill still paying off in the field?

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mary61414d ago

Grove hand cranks are for the boom angle, not the load line. He had a separate winch for that. Still impressive to see an old timer work a manual setup without overshooting though. They just know the sweet spots on those friction brakes.

thea69213d ago

Get a guy who's spent enough years feathering those old friction brakes and he can set a load down on a dime without even thinking about it. It's all feel and sound with those rigs, not something you can learn from a manual.

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