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Default Bad crane rigging example - video

On 2011-06-16, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jun 16, 5:38?pm, Ignoramus30422 ignoramus30...@NOSPAM.
30422.invalid wrote:
On 2011-06-16, James Waldby wrote:
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Not so dire, but I just learned not to side load the boom on a shop
crane . The bending moment transferred to the jack base and the outer
reservoir tube pulled loose on one side and leaked.


I had my "shop crane" almost flip over when it was sdieways on an
inclined surface. I was barely able to muscle it back to a more stable
position.

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