Is there a min. boom length for a crane to be a crane under the cco laws? For instance a 100 ton 54' squirt boom crawler. Or a pipeline side boom?
no boom length even capacity doesn't matter. i think a pipeline sideboom isn't a crane, also when holding a pile driving rig its not a crane.
I thought there was a capacity limit of somewhere around 6,000 or 8,000 lbs, to keep most mechanics from running afoul of the law with their service trucks. I could be wrong though. Anyone know for sure?
from the NCCCO site ; http://www.nccco.org/nccco/certific...e-truck-crane-operator/certification-policies
if it has a hook its a crane
NCCC rg is a trade organization, and doesn't have the force of law. Wrongo. Nope. The answer: https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=82 Pay particular attention to 1926.1427(a)(3)
I am a mechanic, and have a 10,000 lb. crane on my truck and need no cert.. If you are using it to service equipment or setting an engine or final no cco is required, but if a job foreman askes me to lift a bundle of rebar or any piece of construction material on the same site and in the same place then I need a CCO. Does this make any sense, no,,,,For other reasons I have a CCO, I think the CCO is a good Idea, but in turn has put a lot of booksmart people in cranes that are not the best operators. I do not remember but I think in 2014 the weight goes down to 2000 lbs.. MHO, Lee
So when I put a hook on the bucket of a 320 to lay storm pipe it becomes a crane?
When you fix the crane, you are under CFR 1910. When you pick a bundle of bar, you are under 1926.
Check this link out regarding the weight for 2014 http://www.equipmentworld.com/you-ma...d-not-know-it/
You would have to ask the state where you live, but here it's only a crane if it has a load line that can be raised and lowered, a hoe is not a crane and neither is a loader. The asked about CCO certification, unless NCCCO changed it, it's only for cranes, not excavator or forklift.
The original poster asked about CCO, not about laws.
Depends on where you opperate. I have a boom truck that just went out of being certified. I don't have a crane card to opperate it. I don't have a CDL to drive it. However, as long as I am not endangering anyone in WA sate that pays into L&I (our version of osha) I can do whatever I want with it on private property. Right or wrong doesn't matter, you need to figure out what your state requirments are.