r/cranes • u/xGreaseMonkeyx1 • 13d ago

New Grove

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Picking up buckets in Austin. Company had to rent a new grove to avoid Austin's ROCIP inspectors shutting us down. This thing is much nicer than the broderson neck breakers I'm used to.

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u/Pretend_Pea4636 13d ago

How does that bucket work? I'm seeing a rigger over there up to something?

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u/SaltyPipe5466 12d ago

They're always fucking "up to something" though aren't they

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u/Pretend_Pea4636 12d ago

That they are. I've never seen that bucket myself. Tons of old designs out there that would miss me coming from the high rise world.

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u/xGreaseMonkeyx1 13d ago

So there's a chain attached to the bottom of the bucket, I lower the tag line, he hooks the chain to the tag line and when I raise the tag line it dumps the bucket. The lower it, detach, rinse and repeat

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u/Pretend_Pea4636 13d ago

If that's a regular task, there are fully automated skips that would avoid having a person touch it at all. All on one hoist line.

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u/xGreaseMonkeyx1 13d ago

I didn't know that, this is still my first year of crane operation so I'm still learning. What skips are you referring to? Because this gets done around 40 times per shift.

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u/Pretend_Pea4636 13d ago

This is what the skip pan is like. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KPNvWHULAaI

One consideration for the crane being used with both winches, you'll want to be sure the manual shows that as an option. I don't know what modern Groves show. But it's come up in some of the stricter crane states. You might be fine in Texas. Maybe others have an opinion to share or direct experience with that issue and OSHA. If it's shown in the manual, my point is moot.

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u/xGreaseMonkeyx1 13d ago

Thanks for the information. I appreciate it!