On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 11:40:02 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:15:27 -0700
Larry Jaques wrote:

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I wonder if Iggy's going to build one (with his son, of course) for
use in-house, complete with remote control.

I suspect Iggy has time issues nowadays for stuff like that. Like
lack
of...

http://www.spydercrane.com/

Kickass idea! I'll bet they're doing extremely well with sales.
$70k for the URW295

Thanks for the price look-up. I was curious but didn't dare look. I
knew it would be sobering...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI


I modified my 1 ton engine hoist into a miniature version of that by
adding larger wheels and a trailer coupler. Controlled tests show that
it isn't stable enough to hoist and especially move with much more
than I can dead-lift, but it lifts quite a bit higher and I'm back out
of the way. Bolt-on outrigger beams would help its stability..

Yabbut, you're supposed to make it spideylike!


It's an excellent self-loading trailer that can straddle the load and
then transport it on planks.

Having trouble here picturing that, but the effect sounds cool. I
like the mods which add a wheel at the end of the hoist and weld
brackets and a boat winch to the back of the boom. Much better
control during raising/lowering than the standard hydraulics give.


--
America rose from abnormal origins. The nation didn't grow organ-
ically or gradually from indigenous tribes--like, say, the French
or the Poles--but emerged out of courageous, conscious acts of
will by Pilgrims and Patriots. --Michael Medved, Right Turns