In lue of a post I’ve recently seen on here I thought I’d share a photo of my two Lego cranes I recently built. My LTM 11200 and LR 13000. both fully remote controlled.

Greasing the boom

Out here on a nice newer MDT389.

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There's some construction going on nearby, and since the crane is directly visible from my window, I've been looking at it a lot. It's neat to see the counterweight is just a bunch of concrete slabs, but looking at it closer, I've really been wondering how they're attached to the metal of the crane. Like I assume there's probably some sort of metal bars going through them that in turn attach to the yellow part, but I don't see any signs of the attachment points on the outside so I'm curious about the specifics. Like, if they do indeed have metal bars running through them, are they oriented length-wise or width-wise? And how are they attached to the yellow part? And if I'm wrong about that assumption, then how are the concrete slabs attached? This seems like a place with folks who'd know that kind of stuff.

Operators and oilers, I’m trying to gauge the crane industry’s demand for good riggers and signalmen. At my company there aren’t many people who can rig and signal well and the ones that can, don’t like doing it and will raise hell if they are stuck signaling and or rigging all day. Im kicking around the idea of doing freelance rigging/signalmen/oiler/ hook work. I’m an nccco certified rigger and signalman. Is the lack of good and hard working riggers/signalmen unique to my area and company or is it industry-wide?

In the Toronto Area does anyone know about possible tower crane apprenticeships.

As the title says, I’m a 26 year old who is on the path of becoming an apprentice tower crane operator. I’m wondering how often do operators from Toronto GTA area work out of town. I’m going to have kids in the next 5 years and i want to know if working away from home is a common thing in this trade, as i don’t want to be consistently away from my family for months at a time

I’m taking a written recert tomorrow for swing cab already passed the core what is my best study material for this test

Maintenance crane work can be slow and boring but I can't really complain when Its cold , snowing and windy 🤣

Its coming up on time for me to recertification my large and small hydraulic. Five years ago I took my written test on the Grove truck crane. I was told that is no longer on the test. Does anyone know what crane(s) are on the test now?

I’ve been in the crane and rigging industry for about 10 years now (Rigging, operating, A.D) and have been floating the idea of buying my own boom truck and starting my own business. Looking to start small with just one truck, working with HVAC companies, sign companies, arbor companies, etc. ideally growing to a bigger fleet in the future. Located in south Texas. I’m looking for any advice from someone who has done something similar. Ex. - what size truck did you start with, how much did you charge per hour, insurance advice, what fields did you find most of your business in, etc. anything you think would be helpful and are willing to share I would appreciate it.

Hi IUOE local 101 crane oiler here in the midwest. Wondering if i should be traveling for work or not been laid off every year being the lowest seniority and would just like to atleast make a full years work ive taken second jobs to try to fill in but this work is what i love. Ive ran dozers, skids, tire loaders, backhoes, flatrollers, telehandlers, sheepsfoot. Just seeing if its worth it to jump to another hall out of state during the winter. I do have a family. But bills have to be paid.

Morning everyone, I’m a truck driver thinking about moving over to work in the crane field. I hear the best way to get into it is a Union but you also have to start as a “oiler??”. I look up the salary for oilers and it’s 20 a hr. I’m in the Philly.

What would be the best route to take without having to make pennies? I still have a family to feed.

Hello can someone tell me the difference between the nbt55l and the ntc55l im having a hard time choosing which one to get.

I have a 14 part block I need to run new wire through on my a frame does anyone have the proper diagram to run the wire for a 14 part main block? Thanks for the help ahead of time