I ve recently up my crane career started with a new company doing rentals. I've gone from a 30 ton boom truck to a linkbelt HTC 8690. I am looking to learn and found you as great awareness information. Thanks for the good work on the videos. Well kept Cranes, love it .

Thank you, I really appreciate you uploading your kits...

When I started at Dresser mouse traps were unknown. Then OSHA laid down the law. The big hooks were finger breakers for sure. Our biggest shackles were 4". Needed 2 guys per corner. I do miss some of those lifts, but my bones are crumbling. Thanks for the rigging review. Fond memories. Stay safe!

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

cal raines, 4 inch shackles would be terrible! Those had to be 150 lbs each. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Just recently started in the crane business, moved over from the engineering side. This was a helpful video. Thanks.

Awesome videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm in excavation so a little different field, but it is the experienced guys like you that are willing to share your knowledge that have helped me so much. Appreciate the time and effort you put into these. Take care

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

PushinDirt, thank you for the kind words. I will share as much of my limited knowledge that I can. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any. I'll always do my best to answer them. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Excellent video. Thanks for bringing us up to speed.

Nicely made video for rigging 101! Maybe explain "SWL" in another video. Keep up the good work!

I thought that was very interesting. I knew those blocks and things were big but that really put it in perspective! Pretty cool stuff.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Mary Feiden, I'll try to get some better footage of the big block next time we are using it. Thanks for watching, Mom! 🙂👍

👍 good video! Ironworker here, i work with cranes everyday, and still learned a couple things from your video. We use crosby shackles but i Never knew those lines served a purpose

Excellent description Thanks for sharing

Great video. Answered alot my questions!. Thanks again!

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Knighton, thank you, and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Great explanation of everything. I'm sure you could give a test in a day or two and most wouldn't pass, but as someone who's been there it was awesome‼️ I'm sure you have some farm boys watching who say that's not a clevis but hey every body's different🤪🤪❗️ As always it was a great video.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Mortensen, I hadn't planned on an educational channel. But, it seems to have turned that way on occasion. So, I'll just roll with it. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Another great video

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Doug Smith, thank you and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

That is some heavy duty equipment. Wow. My Dad used to have a big shackle. I wish I would have measured that one. I was similar in size to the bigger ones you showed us. THANKS.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

walter mattson, those big shackles don't get used too often. I think it's because no one want to load them and use them. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Nice video, Jimmy! Thanks.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Chris F, thank you and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

I appreciate all the safety tips bother..

Thank you for explaining the rigging Jimmy

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Harold Zavakos, you're welcome! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

good to show guys safety equipment videos and rigging. I see you have a nice pre engineered shop building. MBCI has liner panels for shop walls. We are a Butler dealer and put up hundreds of metal buildings since 1987. Also Inland coatings has the best liquid rubber roof sealant if any of your buildings have issues. I have and extra Liebherr 85ton block if you need.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

That building is just for our two big cranes and their support trucks. Our other building is about a city block long. I'll throw it in a video sometime.

Dang, you have to have a crane just to pick up the hooks and shackles ! 😊 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Gamble, some of that stuff doesn't get handled by hand very much. It'll wear a person out. Thank you for watching! 🙂👍

Very interesting, love the video's.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Cowger, thank you and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Another good video... learning a lot here.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Sak, thanks! Also, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Awesome video! You can really tell how big that stuff is, the pill is huge! 3’ tall lol. And those shackles also I didn’t know the difference between a shackle and clevis thought it was the same thing so thanks for teaching me that! Thanks for sharing

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Elite Earthworks LLC, it may actually be taller than 3 feet. I haven't measured it. I know it's big enough that it wouldn't tickle if you walked into it. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@eliteearthworksllc

6 жыл бұрын

To The Top Crane lol! It’s crazy it doesn’t look that big on the crane but that just shows up how big the crane actually is!

@theatre_pigs

5 жыл бұрын

Look

Lots of good information

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

VideosByAl, thank you and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

My instructor used to be a crane operator on a heavy lift crew and he got a green rigger that didnt quite get how heavy and stiff thick steel wire rope can be. he tried picking it up to put on the bull horn and giving him credit nearly got it on before it sprang back toppling him over. he soon got demoted to just a workshop on a gantry crane

Very nice

good job

Thanks for the video.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Duncan MacKenzie, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Great video. You showed a sister hook i was always told you can only attach 2 wire rope or synthetic slings to a regular hook and if you needed more slings you needed to connect to a master link or shackle. How many slings does OSHA or ANSI allow you to attach to a sister hook?

Everyone, including me, can see that operating/rigging a crane is a "science within itself". Thanks for some new information. ....13

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

arkansas13, there really is alot of math and physics involved with crane work. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

best rigging 101 video

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Ruga, thank you, and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Fun thing to think of, if there are any newbies in the comment section. All rigging equipment has safety rating, that's means if a shackle, strap, chain or even the crane itself is given a capacity rating. It can have safety rating 1.3 and up to 1:7, than if it has 1 ton rating and SWL rating 1:6 then it will not break until 6 ton even if it is only allowed to lift 1 ton...

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@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Jimmy's Tractor, tuition is $100k per semester! 🤣. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@kengamble8595

6 жыл бұрын

To The Top Crane Well heck, that's cheap at double the price ! Here is my first ten ks for a deposit ! KKKKKKKKKK Will have the other ks when I get there. 😊.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Gamble, LOL!! Thank you! I'll try to deposit those now. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

When rigging those multi-sheave blocks, I'm guessing there's a specific pattern for threading the cable. I would be interested in a discussion of that, if an opportunity arises.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

BoatShaper, consider it done! I may not actually reeve the block, but I'll talk about it and maybe include some illustrations. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

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Do you have to get your lifting gear certified each year like we do in NZ.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

barry hansen, it does have to have an annual inspection. It also get inspected prior to use. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

When rigging with nylon or steel chokers the eye with the tag always go to the hook

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

matt harper, you know your way around some rigging! 👍I like it! Thanks for contributing with great comments. 🙂👍

Jimmy I loved the rigging stuff video. Just the size of this stuff makes me hurt all over just seated at my computer. :(

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Hartley, some of it is a handful for sure! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Hey brother .. thanks for sharing all the knowledge and information. You are way appreciated To take the time out of your day to put these videos together for greenhorns like myself just want to say thank you who cares about your artistic ability the knowledge is everything and thanks for passing it on

I have a question about Tower Cranes...Bottom slewing Vs Top slewing...why and when...?

Great video! Thank you

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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Jimmy, think that a Clevis also makes a quarter turn.

Why would you ever use choking method if it is the weaker of 3 options? Also is choking harder on them as wear goes over time? Great video as always!🏗

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Wayne Tharp, choking a piece is used to help keep the piece or rigging from sliding. It can be harder on the rigging if the piece is sharp, or if the rigging is allowed to tighten too fast on itself. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@mattharper588

5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Tharp is correct and if we ever had sharp corners on a load we would soften up the sharp edge with wood or pieces of rubber from old conveyer belt

Man I've got to see the process of making those big nylons amazing thanks for posting this stuff Jimmy in the hospital today...✌

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Bradford, first and foremost, I hope you are ok and it's nothing too serious. Thoughts and prayers to you.

@robertbradford2734

6 жыл бұрын

To The Top Crane thank you so much brother love you stuff!

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Bradford, thank you and thanks for watching! 🙂👍

What is A2B cut off work in crane??

What’s the max sheaves in a top block, just curious

You ever get calls on picking up train enginea u toughr me somthing new on shackles iv seen the lines never knew what they where for. Tks garytks

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Yvonne Johnson, we do pick up rail cars, equipment, switch engines, etc.. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

do you have a book on rigging ? where to buy it?

Does rigging like that have a permanent fixed lifespan (IE 4 or 5 years) or are they the sort of thing you only replace when they start to get ratty?

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Sandy, the rigging gets replaced if it is damaged, or subjected to abuse. For example, the job with the 126k lb propane tank, the truck hauling the tank got stuck. We sacrificed one of our 20 foot blue straps to pull the truck out. Although the rigging didn't appear to be damaged, we tagged it and removed it from service. Sacrificing a strap is cheaper than a tow and the crane/crew waiting around for a tow truck. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@sandy1653

6 жыл бұрын

That makes sens, thanks for the info Jimmy, always enjoy learning new stuff. Even though as a practical matter it's probably never going to do me much good. But you never know, do you.

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Sandy, I think part of the successes of my channel is based on curiosity. People know things are built or lifted, but oftentimes don't know how. So, hopefully I'm shedding some light on the subject. 🙂

@joshwelner1951

6 жыл бұрын

To The Top Crane you just hit the nail on the head with that comment Jimmy 👍👍

Good😍

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@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Gagandeep Singh, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Nice vid if the opportunity comes up can you do a no the nylon rigging and dissect it on vid sorry I think of stupid stuff some times. Thanks

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Welner, that's not stupid. I actually have one that was destroyed on a job. I can make a quick video of it. If I get the chance, I'll try to record something tomorrow. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@joshwelner1951

6 жыл бұрын

To The Top Crane I think it be good vid as commercial fisherman I like seeing the rigging stuff and how you do things never know when I could use that info

Rigging question for you: When rigging with a screw shackle, would you disagree with the practice of tightening the bolt of the shackle all the way, then backing off a quarter turn to prevent over-tightening the bolt when the load is put on it? I’m sure you’ve seen this practice before.

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great question and a great debate. I don't agree or disagree with either really. I don't always have a tool at my disposal to break it lose if it does over tighten. I know Crosby recommends tightening all the way and not backing it off. I also know that I was taught to tighten it, then back it off a little. I do both, depending on the situation. I have never seen a shackle pin in a situation that it could unscrew itself the 10 or so turns that it requires to remove the pin. Thanks for watching, and great question! 🙂👍

@psidvicious

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I also have never seen a situation where the pin managed to unscrew itself a full 10 or so turns and come undone. I have on the other hand seen the pin get over tightened enough to where a tool was required to undo it many times. It’s totally understandable that Crosby wouldn’t recommend the practice of backing it off a bit, just for liability sake. If you’re doing the rigging, it’s always good practice to just keep an eye on the rigging every few picks anyway.

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

psidvicious, you and I are both on the same page. 👍

@mattharper588

5 жыл бұрын

I always backed it off a quarter turn to prevent it from tightening up

@orangeshaw2370

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the thread pitch: Quarter turn on "fine" thread, & Eighth turn on "course" thread.

Crosby is the recommended choice in union jobs safety first

can you teach me how to be a heavy crane operator with 160ton upper capasity . from Malaysia love

thought those half shackles were clevises ? lol, just messing with ya, thanks for the tour !

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

J. Chris Beck, those house shackles, are indeed a clevis. When I was editing, I was curious if anyone was going to catch it. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Boilermakers and Iron Workers call the main block the old man and the small block the whip line

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

matt Harper, that's true! The reason being is the block is slow when reeved with multiple parts of line. Whereas the auxiliary or "whip" is fast with only a single part of line. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Cable? Comcast? Lol. 30ish years ago my rigging instructor (a giant of a man) beat that into me. Wire rope wire rope wire rope

Huh, I’ve heard that term my whole life, “two block”. Funny I always thought it was “tube lock”. I guess until you see it written down you don’t really know which it is bcz they both sound exactly the same.

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

They do sound the same! You must have grown up around cranes or crane operators? Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@psidvicious

5 жыл бұрын

I’m a retired structural super so, yes I was always around cranes and operators. I came across your channel today when I saw you in the comments section of one of Andrew Camaratas videos, correcting someone on what the ‘pointy’ end of a spud wrench is for (NOT for a cheater bar). I like your channel and will definitely be checking back.

@ToTheTopCrane

5 жыл бұрын

@@psidvicious, thank you for checking my channel out, and for contributing with great comments. Congratulations on your retirement. I still have a few (20 or so) years to go. 🙂

Not to busy

Where is To The Top Crane?

thats some very heavy stuff thats a time where you say please dont let my drop this

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

James Bergeron, some of that stuff would pretty easily break a foot or possibly worse. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

@motercycles6

6 жыл бұрын

that would not be a good thing

metric people got it in one, put that big block in your back pocket that is one big block

@ToTheTopCrane

6 жыл бұрын

Bleu Wolf, that one would be tough to walk around with! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

Your explanation of the difference between shackles and clevises is incorrect. The shackles you show are correctly named screw pin shackles, as you said. However, a shackle with a pin retained by a nut is a bolt shackle. A clevis shackle also uses bolt and nut as attachment, however the opposite end has another pin, usually attached with roll pins or cotter pins, designed to be attached to a chain or wire rope eye. Look up clevis shackle, and you'll see the difference.

Fake Crosby? Now I have heard of everything. I guess we all know what country they come from. Great that you can park inside. For years we never had a building everything was outside.

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