You actually had a rather powerful tool in your arsenal and may have not even known it. Since you shoot on GoPros, you could connect to one directly over wifi, and use it as a third eye. Put the camera where you want to watch and just use your phone as a monitor for it.

@johnbonner922

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that idea! May get to use it one day.

@jeremythelander5024

2 жыл бұрын

Done that a few times before, works great!

I think Adam has the most experts in his comment section. From mathematicians engineers metallurgists and all around know it all’s

@rustyanvil51

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the safety -karens- experts...

@brettbuck7362

2 жыл бұрын

They can sure work those keyboards!

Hose clamps for a large retaining bolt like that instead of cotter pins is definitely different.

@Wydglide

2 жыл бұрын

cotter pins, lynch pins...etc! I find it hard to believe Adam Di don't didn't pop 2 holes in the end of that and put a proper pin thru it! 😳

@jadesluv

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wydglide the hose clamps seems so chineseum in design.

@janosnagyj.9540

2 жыл бұрын

@@jadesluv I was looking for this word to describe it. Thanks 🤝

I don’t know, I have a little problem with the hose clamps. I would have thought they would have used a set up like the winch and cotter pins. Good job putting the crane together by yourself. Love your videos.

@nicholashartzler2205

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that was incredibly tacky lol

That anti-lift pin is a HUGE life saver. I worked for a trailer manufacturer years ago, we had a JBL crane like this one. One day while using it to move a wheel base, we hit the weight limit of the crane when a brake cylinder shifted and dropped just enough to lock the crane from turning any further. Even lowering it, it was completely locked up. We had to use a forklift to lift the end of the arm just enough to take the weight off and get it to turn so we could replace the bearing and collet. That pin kept us from pulling it completely off the center pin. So thank goodness someone actually thought up that idea, such a simple and easy add on can really save you a huge headache.

@SupraSmart68

2 жыл бұрын

@This Ole Sign Guy, a loose fitting pin and hose clamps aren't as simple or effective as a simple threaded shaft and castellated locknut...... and pin........ well, you know what I mean!

I've been a counterbalance Forklift Operator since I was 20 years old ,,, and got to say Adam has a very good touch on the machine! . props!

Painted bearing races that's awesome ....

@1979augistine

2 жыл бұрын

When you have loose bearing just add a layer of paint haha

@garretr4488

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah what on earth are they thinking, either just grease it from factory, or let the end user put the race in themselves

@johncollins2037

2 жыл бұрын

@@garretr4488 Hi, I think the bearing is actually fitted, to make sure it did fit the bore, due to weld distortion (machined then welded in position and not taken out hence the paint), The stub shaft was machined to size and no welding, a nice fit to tolerance for the customer to see when assembling. I am surprised with no seal under the bearing and no top bearing bearing to take any thrust.

never had a doubt you’d get that fixture on the bearings on one try. 👍👍👊👊

I might have been tempted to mask the logos and markings on the yellow parts and respray the whole unit with a fresh top coat of yellow rust paint. Nice and safe one man install Adam. I appreciate your calm and thoughtful "What if?" approach to this kind of task. 👍

Some greases don't mix well with other kinds of greases.

Looking good Adam. Nice and easy install. About the shrink wrap, one can use a heat gun, for removing paint, and just blow over the plastic real quick. Makes it easy peasy to remove. Ask me how I know 😅 greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

Good job Adam thanks for bring us along.

Hi Adam, always look forward tall your videos. If you look in the Gorbel manual it says to divide the boom length "in inches" by 300 to get the correct shim thickness. That calculates to .600" thick. not .060".

@scottwright6822

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter if you take the length in inches or feet and divide by 300 - the answer is still 0.6", not 0.05"

@Fix_It_Again_Tony

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottwright6822 You're right. 0.05 feet is 0.6 inches.

@scottwright6822

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fix_It_Again_Tony Hopefully Adam spots this.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fix_It_Again_Tony Cheers - Adam's not so hot on maths !

@Jeremy-iv9bc

2 жыл бұрын

0.6" isn't the thickness of the shim its the distance above level they want measured at the end of the boom. He should have lifted the boom up to that height and measured for the needed shim thickness. The book also said to use a steel shim. Hopefully he fixes it.

I appreciate a good manual and labelled parts so much.

Nice to see the crane finally coming together! Congrats! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

this may be the only channel I've seen that can incorporate photos into the timeline... and make it work

So exciting to see this going together!

I know exactly how you feel , I put up a 10,000 lbs car lift up in my garage by myself , using a backhoe and a 14' old wooden ladder , with the side extensions the sides ad cross member are at 14' , the best part is the backhoe has a slight leak down so you'd have to plan and account for that ! Love it great video thanks for sharing !

Adam, As a former employee of Sunbelt Rental. I can tell you this, Ive probably picked up more of those fork lifts with the back rack removed than with them on. I had so many that I had a rachet and socket in the truck with me to reattach them. I even kept extra nuts and bolts for those that where removed and they didn't keep the hardware on the machine.

Your fork-lift piloting and maneuvering is exemplary.

Dear Adam, Thank you for filming for us all, your well thought out, and considered execution of the crane assembly. To do such a job and at the same time consider camera angles and all the other details entailed in ensuring your audience has the best possible view too, is really kind and a much appreciated burden that you carry lightly. I feel compelled though, to say my toes curled when watching Abbey’s hand and(beautiful) fingers apparently at risk when she helped you pilot the beam into position! I hope it was just the camera angle…. Kindest regards from a long term admirer of your videos

I feel like that safety pin was a cheap out on the manufacturers part, two holes on the ends with washers and cotter pins would have been a more elegant solution

Thanks for bringing us along.

I live in Adams Wisconsin. I worked in a potato farm. We had a jib crane like this. We used it all the time. You will be very happy with it.

I’m surprised they made that pin hold with hose clamps. Seems like an obvious application for a couple cotter pins, which would be more secure and cost less.

@MikePalmer42

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a you have got to design a safety pin and you have 1$ budget to make it

It's all coming together nicely!

Those rental outfits sell there equipment after so many hours and you might get an attractive price for a lift truck. They might also have training for lift truck operators, which can be very informative.

I've been waiting for this installation forever! Lol

Morning Adam. That was awesome watching you put it all together 👍🏻🇬🇧

I have been waiting so long ... as Im sure you have as well, to see this come together. looks awesome. Now I have to wait to see it in action.

Congratulations Adam. Been looking at that pillar every shop update wishing it was completed. Power on and can't wait to see its 1st lift.

Отличная видеосъемка проделанной работы. Приятно смотреть за процессом.

Sweet! I have been waiting for this!!

Great job, working by yourself can be both a curse and a blessing but you came out on top. Looking forward to part 2 . . .

Thank you Adam very excited for your new shop watching from South Africa

Can’t wait to see part 2, awesome job. Especially by your self, wish I was there to help.

Cripes... That was SO FUN !!!

Nailed it first try. Super impressive

I ve not been on your channel for over a year or so and its good to see you are doing good and growing with your activities. Well..I do not know much about machining but the way you show pleasure in what you do, the skill and knowledge you have its hard to fail...i think...unless you make an absolute mess of your finances

Been waiting for this.

A hose clamp to secure the pin 🤣 What a budget engineered solution. Just use proper splitpens or circlips.

@12345NoNamesLeft

2 жыл бұрын

Snap rings would require grooves and that will reduce shaft strength. I agree, the hose clamps seem cheap. A split shaft collar was my first thought.

@janosnagyj.9540

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like homebrew workaround for a forgotten detail...

I gotta say the only thing missing when you spun the head for the first time was you saying "Wheee". 🤣🤣

Good work. Stay safe. Looking forward for the next episode

I really love that green forklift

Coming together and looking sharp! Great aim while flying blind too. Got a good chuckle out of that one.

Looking so good! Let's go on to congratulate You (and watch the next episode)!

I am surprised how well that tow motor runs without a propane tank strapped to it's back. Ron W4BIN

Great job working alone.

Good work Adam. I know that you aren't a forklift operator, by trade, but you NAILED IT!

Not that it matters in this application, but remember “Never saddle a dead horse”. Never install the cable clamp saddle on the dead end side. Practice where it doesn’t matter make it intuitive when it does. LOVE your content.

@chrissandles4833

2 жыл бұрын

Get some!

Adam, At time 2:42, you bolted the electrical top entry collector 180 degrees offset. The place where the electric wire comes out of the collector and heads towards the trolley should point to the same side as you installed the tag line brackets. The way you installed it, the electrical wire has to loop over the top of the crane to be connected. The wire will eventually wear through as it moves back and forth on the edge of the I-Beam.

Getting it done mate, exciting times 😀 I am totally with you on doing things like this on our own, sure sometimes a second person can be useful.. but with something like this I acctully quite enjoy taking my time, getting it exactly how I want it and most importantly enjoying the job. I've read a few of the comments about how you assembled the crane.. knowing how precise you are with everything I'm sure your crane is probably one of the most accurate ever installed!

I always lightly rough the paint surface with scotchbrite or something smoother in your case before applying any remover, helps immensely and i rarely need more than one application of remover

Finally! This video I have been waiting for some time! Really exellent work on your own. Your'e great, man! :)

I felt like I wanted to jump in my computer and come out on your end and help you. Nice job Adam. On to part two.

Those scissor lifts love to rock and roll,but in 30 years in the trades I never saw one tip just from shaking it.

With a crane like that, you know you’ve made it 😀 I really happy for you, Adam. Maybe even a little jealous 😁

Hey Adan, good tip when using paint stripper. Immediately after applying the paint stripper, cover it with clingfilm to prevent it from drying out. It's much more effective that way.

When you get ready to scrub the floor get a buffing machine with scrubbing pads and a scrub brush for it , spray the floor with your cleaning compound and let it sit and soak in for a while before scrubbing , this should make enough of difference a getting the black marks off the floor . Nice job installing the crane

So lucky on the alignment 👌

a little trick i use when im doing a job by myself (and need an extra set of eyes) i facetime with myself on 2 phones, it works pretty well!

onward and upward, so far so good. really looking good. fred

Bonjour Vôtre vidéo super bonne maitrise dans la manutention des pièces et l'installation du palans en bonne ordre Bonne journée de France

Nice job bud. Great video.

Nice work als always, Adam.

Sometimes it just hard to get good help😆 Keep up the good work

Good job Adam!

Nice job Adam.

That stretch wrap uses a coating of a vegetable oil to make it cling. If left in the sun the oil polymerises in the same way that linseed oil does. That's why it sticks

Looks great from my house 👍🏼

as a forklift driver I need to say, its Cheating to have a camera up there helping you ;). Just kidding its nice to see your new shop coming together. Have a great week Adam.

ADAM, BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD SOME DAYS, GREAT JOB, GREAT VIDEO...SEE YOU NEXT TIME...

Adam - one trick for seeing through your gopro is to use the phone app and "live stream" it. You can literally see the gopro's view on the phone screen, great for exactly what you were doing.

Live preview in the GoPro App can help in those blind situations.

@silasmarner7586

2 жыл бұрын

It did occur to me!

Congratulations on your successful partial installment. Great camera work, especially working alone. I’m pretty sure lacquer thinner would have taken that shrink wrap right off without damaging the paint. It’s my go-to cleaner for almost everything.

Okay, I'll be "That Guy", I'm glad I could help!!

For as well thought out the rest of the crane is, it's odd that they used hose clamps in place of cotter pins. That's exactly what cotter pins are for.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

A simple and satisfactory solution with the hose clamps ! A long bolt with locknut on it would have done too!

Good job!

Glad you got the scissor lift, instead of trying to work off a ladder. Looks good.

Good job

I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME ON A FORK LIFT !!!!! NO NO, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB GREAT JOB GREAT JOB WELL DONE WELL DONE

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect I was 9 when I first drove a forklift. It was the first vehicle I ever drove. And it used a proper 2 speed gearbox with clutch !

The scissor lift where I used to work had a open top metal box welded to it that held a cheap tool set. I don't even want to think about how many extra trips back down that saved.

We will forgive less than perfect sheet goods work cuz your machining is so purty!!!

“Nice American made quality”. Hose clamps… there’s so many good methods to safety stuff… and they choose hose clamp… 🤦‍♂️

@BerndZeimetz

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought. And a hose clamp would even need their own safety clamp 😀

@jcoul1sc

2 жыл бұрын

'Merican made hose clamp with foreign materials. We call them jubilee clips in uk

@Brian-L

2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Adam to take the pin back to the shop and drill out each end…

@emilgabor88

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t use that type of hose clamps , not even as a hose clamp… they are rubbish

@loucannon5445

2 жыл бұрын

What’s the real actual chance that pin will ever matter? It’s to prevent uplift on a swivel crane.

Love the birds eye perspective; you should consider bying some Wi-Fi security camera and mount it up high. On the crane or in the roof. With permanent power and the stream captured on a accessible hard drive, you can let it stay up there. Permanently. And would always have some overview photography to blend into your videos.

I'd put an Aluminum Foil dust cap over that entire pivot SHAFT.? Well done Sir.!

Man, that’s gonna be handy.

Nicely Done! Cheers! Full Steam Ahead!!;-)!!

Nice work! 👍🏻 I’m a forklift mechanic and don’t let anyone give you crap for taking off that load back rest. It’s not required for what you were doing. Also if you end up buying a forklift. Get a used Toyota 8FGCU25 with non marking tires. It’ll last long than you.

4.4K+👍's up thanks for sharing

A good stripper works in just a couple minutes. I'm glad you showed the evapo-rust paint remover. I almost bought some. Now I know not to. Who has a hour to wait for it to work. Well, besides you.

@Fix_It_Again_Tony

2 жыл бұрын

Works in minutes and she gets the job done. They aren't very cost effective though.

Nice work! The man lift did seem sketchy- I guess people just get used to them. Great job manuevering with the forklift!

26:54 "underneath the beam .. by the boom" ... BADDA BING BADDA BOOM!! 💥

Years ago, at a place I'm no longer associated with, we would flip the forks when faced with a clearance issue such as that.

nice seeying getting closer to having a new shop . good of you not to mount the beam just on the forklift forks alone. guessing that beam is aproxxx 1000 pounds once up high in the air it can become very unstable quick on a small forklift. mounting it under the forks wil stablize , stay safe thought and good luck. grtz from the netherlands Johny Geerts

J’ai hâte de voir votre nouvel atelier fini.

The safety pin is probably also if a strap breaks while using the crane. We had a traverse/overhead crane jump and short the power lines when the load shifted and cut the strap.

Adam to remove the shrink wrap I would suggest a sticker eraser. A sticker eraser is a device automotive body shops use to remover bumper stickers. They are a rubber disc that fits in the end of a drill and is used like a buffing disc.

@tomoakhill8825

2 жыл бұрын

Adam this is correct. It will remove heavy stickers from automotive pain without harming the paint. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iI2Hj9iHndHYk6g.html at 3:20 to see this in action.

Yup surprise the manufacturer didn't weld lift tabs, pins or angle iron on both sides at it's center of gravity to squeeze in the folks on. Might be something to do later for future removal.🤔👍

@12345NoNamesLeft

2 жыл бұрын

That crane is engineered and certified, welding or drilling it without engineer approval and signoff is no go if you want insurance or lawsuits to cover a failure.

@dondonaldson1684

2 жыл бұрын

@@12345NoNamesLeft did you look at the shitty welds on the top of the attachment? Certified? Maybe certified crap.

18:38 In addition to removing the Headache Rack, you should spin the yellow piece 90 degrees so the back of the part is facing you. That way, you don't need to pivot the forklift in order to line up the part to the column, you can just drive straight in and be able to see if your centered side-side from the driver's seat...