r/cranes • u/ERMAHGERED • 11d ago

Flat stick Friday

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Craning equipment for me and my guys on a 650 foot barge and its permanently attached tug boat. 26 ton ford international. 96ft boom in pic.

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u/pilbarabah 11d ago

Still a lot of chrome left

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u/ERMAHGERED 11d ago

I mean you’re not wrong. But with the load to be picked a true flat stick would’ve put me out of parameters 😅

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u/Stunning_Industry_95 10d ago

What kind of load can u pick like that?

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u/ERMAHGERED 10d ago

At 26 degrees and 96 ft of boom I have a capacity of 1050. At 19.5 I have a capacity of 750. Load to be picked was graciously estimated to be 550. Load block is 305. Plus rigging. Opted to go 25 for pick radius and carefully boom up to 26 to be within specs safely. It worked.

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u/vv33cl 11d ago

Disqualified

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u/ERMAHGERED 11d ago

I mean. The stick is pretty flat for the circumstances no? Maybe I misunderstood the assignment

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u/vv33cl 10d ago

It's a joke bc there's still chrome showing