Bob77064
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Artisan, great deal great back saver.
Auto Crane Rebuild / CraneOmatic
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I have an auto crane 6000e on my service truch and it is a back saver. Here is the Auto Crane site. They have all the manuals Auto Crane based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, manufactures electric and hydraulic telescoping cranes, hydraulic articulating cranes, crane service bodies, hydraulic air compressors, and Auto Crane accessories.
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Artisan, that crane's an absolute bargain & I'm sure will prove extremely handy, once you have trailer mounted crane you'll never not have one...wish I could find a reasonably priced small carne with running rope
Here's a couple of crane trailers I've built, which might assist for ideas:
- Photo 1&2 was my second attempt & a little over the top, but has proved it's worth many times. Basically a 11'6" x 6'3" car trailer which I reinforced & modified to mount a Hiab crane/powerpack in a removable cradle so I could use the crane/powerpakc independently ( the crane was purchased reasonably , I already had the 5KVA genset & hyd pack ). The crane/powerpack I made to be removed in less than c.10minutes, so after undoing a few bolts/cam locks) it self unloads with the hyd outriggers & is then self mounts(secure by a few bolts/cam locks) in stand alone frame (fitted with 3PL mounts) for independent use in the workshop or around the farms on a tractor 3PL (it will lift c.3000lbs @ 6' to 1300lps @ 12')
- Photo 3 & 4 started out as a 9x5 box trailer & my desire to make a simple tipper out of it, anyways got the tipping thing worked out & then couldn't justify the hassle/cost of the electric powered hydraulics for occassional use. So after playing with hand & electric winches for tipping lift settled on using a small hand powered engine crane I had laying around (not fast or powerful but with the geometry will tip about c.1600lb), it gets 100x more use as the trailer crane than a tipper...
Here's a couple of crane trailers I've built, which might assist for ideas:
- Photo 1&2 was my second attempt & a little over the top, but has proved it's worth many times. Basically a 11'6" x 6'3" car trailer which I reinforced & modified to mount a Hiab crane/powerpack in a removable cradle so I could use the crane/powerpakc independently ( the crane was purchased reasonably , I already had the 5KVA genset & hyd pack ). The crane/powerpack I made to be removed in less than c.10minutes, so after undoing a few bolts/cam locks) it self unloads with the hyd outriggers & is then self mounts(secure by a few bolts/cam locks) in stand alone frame (fitted with 3PL mounts) for independent use in the workshop or around the farms on a tractor 3PL (it will lift c.3000lbs @ 6' to 1300lps @ 12')
- Photo 3 & 4 started out as a 9x5 box trailer & my desire to make a simple tipper out of it, anyways got the tipping thing worked out & then couldn't justify the hassle/cost of the electric powered hydraulics for occassional use. So after playing with hand & electric winches for tipping lift settled on using a small hand powered engine crane I had laying around (not fast or powerful but with the geometry will tip about c.1600lb), it gets 100x more use as the trailer crane than a tipper...
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Any updates Brad??
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The biggest drawbacks to these cranes are...
They are rough on vehicle frames...
Without an auto-rotate, they are still rough on your back, trying to push stuff into the vehicle.
The hydraulic jack is never big enough to pick-up stuff out on the end of the boom.(stuff is.always heavier than it looks). I had mine rebuilt 3 times before I went to a enerpac 10k cylinder. They aren't cheap but end up bring a.better deal. The separate pump of the Enerpac system worked out better for me. Pumping a cylinder up while standing next to a suspended load is never a great idea. David from jax
They are rough on vehicle frames...
Without an auto-rotate, they are still rough on your back, trying to push stuff into the vehicle.
The hydraulic jack is never big enough to pick-up stuff out on the end of the boom.(stuff is.always heavier than it looks). I had mine rebuilt 3 times before I went to a enerpac 10k cylinder. They aren't cheap but end up bring a.better deal. The separate pump of the Enerpac system worked out better for me. Pumping a cylinder up while standing next to a suspended load is never a great idea. David from jax
Listening and Thank You
No updates yet...were weighing our options w/ the trailer
first wanting to make it a dump...not sure of things yet. If
I had all the money I would just buy a Log trailer w/ boom
and be done w/ it...making it perhaps takes a lot of planning,
or not....were chewin' on it Schultzie!
No updates yet...were weighing our options w/ the trailer
first wanting to make it a dump...not sure of things yet. If
I had all the money I would just buy a Log trailer w/ boom
and be done w/ it...making it perhaps takes a lot of planning,
or not....were chewin' on it Schultzie!
