im looking for any ifo or any tips or tricks for one ill be picking one up shortly ill post picks when i get it thanks
Ask about any and all documentation that may be somewhere for it. Sometimes you need to do a little sleuthing to get it. When you take pics see if you can find some data plates on the chassis and on the house. Get a picture of every serial number and model number you can find and keep them handy in your phone.
Do you have any operating experience with that type of crane? Someone to run it safely?
ill do that! they say it was used in the last two years im going to try and get it runnng today to move it the 57mi to the house
well i dont but im going to be learning i will never be using it to its full or close to full potetial just replacing my 18t with it. the guy im buying it from said he would come down and show me the ropes when i get it home
Those old friction rigs have lotsa personality that don’t have much to do with the load you’re picking. They’re perfectly safe in trained hands and downright dangerous in others. I love the old stuff, I used to run an old 40 ton BE crawler just often enough to remember its quirks.
Absolutely! Do take any pointers that you can get from the operator that's running it before. So much of it is tribal knowledge and it's priceless and it's going away.
The 110T was mentioned quite a bit in the book on Bucyrus Erie's history, 100 Booming Years. I think it was a pretty good crane. BE used them quite a bit when they were assembling draglines. There's a bunch of ads for other cranes but I don't think the 110T. I'll take a look though. The only way to get the book was to order it from BE. They made a lot of copies. I wonder if it's still available through Cat? It covers up to 1980 which is a shame because shortly after they sold the construction and other divisions like cranes and marine cranes. They were pioneers in marine cranes.
Found some info on the 110T transit crane. It came out in 1963. It "would deliver the greatest lifting capacity per pound of weight of any crane then on the market. It was a successor to the 100 ton unit with a triangular "Trigon" boom that provided more lifting capacity at a greater working radius. Wind resistance on long boom work was held to a minimum. The boom could be extended up to 220 feet and up to 250 feet with a jib. It had 3 hoist drums with provision for 3 hook blocks under the boom point. All could be reeved concurrently allowing the operator maximum selectivity in handling loads. Optional micro-swing provided precision swing control and was actuated by the same lever as for the standard swing. Standard features on the new model included diesel-powered torque converter drive with twin governor dual control, air controls and full leveling right and left side hydraulic outrigger controls. The carrier, a box frame design to resist stresses and twisting when lifting heavy loads was specifically designed by B-E engineers."
@Tugger2 has a collection of them and one of the few guys I know. My old work has a 30B that they probably bought new. They never let go of anything. They also have a 4100 that they purchased new!
We have two 110T Trigon boom truck cranes that we have used strictly for demolition.
Do you swing a wrecking ball with them? Some more pics. would be nice. How do operators like them?
Mostly swing wrecking ball, do a little hoisting occasionally.
You do some pretty big demo jobs.
this is how its set up now i need to get some more pictures its fun to use on the few things i do with it.
Nice!