Worlds Tallest Boom Lift 185 Feet JLG 1850SJ
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This is a video we recorded of a JLG 1850SJ going up to max height which is 185 ft. This rig is not for someone with a faint stomach when it comes to heights. Filmed with GoPro Hero 4 Black.
The best part of working on a boom lift is when your feet are back on solid ground lol
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If that was me, the people on the ground would wonder why it's raining yellow and brown.
Highest Iv been on a JLG was 165’ down the airport working afew years back, had to wear a diaper to work!!!
Lol
Patrick Barnes fuck that you ain’t catching me on one of those. I’d rather use a damn ladder 😂
That's no kidding. I use a JLG 80' and when you're completely boomed out and have to maneuver to land around a construction job, it's hard to hold your shit or piss when it suddenly hits you
We do Tradeshow and work in these a lot and scissor lift and a guy moves the curtain away. Talk about a feeling of going over. You know the lift is solids and can’t tip over. It’s amazing how your brain fools you into thinking different. Why Vertigo with pilots is very bad. I damn near beat his ass. Said don’t EVER move drape or a wall like that lol. We lol all day.
Yah only an 80 for me an lil unexpected breezes can make you do a little tinkle
Dude this man's heart is made of steel. I have been on a boom lift and the highest I got was around 80 feet, the basket was bouncing like there is an earthquake. And you get the gut pain as if you are about to fall everytime the basket bounce a little hard. Its insane that he can do this so calmly.
Ive done it a few times myself. Yeah def strap yourself in.
it's part of my job but every time I got high on these things my butt clenches hard haha
I went up 25 ft fully extended today and it was horrendous
Same, tallest lift I've ever used was an 80. You definitely get used to it, but you also aren't messing around! Could you imagine if it's a windy day and you up on that beast??... 🫣
I been up to 165 on a day with a slight breeze every 10 min. Co"worker" went up with me. The kind of guy who will do as little as possible and started talking shit to you after, when he noticed ur pissed of at him for being a lazy ass. About half way up I did not notice that he stopped voicing his concerns. I just kept going up to the max just to do it. I kept voicing my excitement and some fear when the breeze would kick up and I'd stop going up. I don't mind saying it was a bit scary. Finally got to the top and made a comment and no comment was made back. Co"worker" was at my feet balled up white knuckling the console frame. Dead stare right into the genie blue metal panel. Came back down to the work height of 155. Got out to the roof and did a few hours of work.
Came back down and sat the basket on the ground. Jumped out and said "dude we are down" No response. Just the stare. Started to the office to inform and as I turn to the office he spoke. "Dude! Come on let's get this over with!" SMH and thought, "f this guy making jokes. " So I came back to start unloading all the tools. He made a remark " Dude what's wrong?" started talking shit as usual. Told him "Fuck you, bitch, I'm going home." It was the end of the day. Then I noticed something different. He stood in the basket as if he expected me to return, as if I was joking with him. I asked him, "What are you doing for lunch?". His reply was , "My cooler bag is right there." But I had already ate my lunch 4 hours ago at lunch time. I asked him what time did he think it was. 10. 10 am i asked? "Yeah!" he says as if to hurry me. That's when I told him it was 4pm time to put up and go home. I left. Don't know how long he stayed. I wasn't up for his BS.
Later on every time the others would start talking about lifts he stop talking and just started working. So everytime I didn't wanna put up with his crap I'd start talking about getting up on that lift (which was already gone, picked up by the rental company) he'd shut up and actually start working. "Too much work down here" he'd mumble.
The camera doesn't do anything for how scary feeling this really is. That bucket moves like it's on a yoyo up that high. I have been up that same lift, as well as the 150 and 125 multiple times and it is scary.
If you are next to structure, then it isn't bad at all, but out in the wide open, it is HELL!!!
And....you took the easy way up. You should have extended the booms first, then raised the lower. That makes it really fun! Also, when the extensions bottom out, it makes a slamming jerking sound/bump that scares the Hell out of you.
Amen, I hate these things. Hellish.
Charlie Odom just don’t think about it a had to operate on to get to the roof of a building full of materials and yes very shaky just think of it like you’re leaning how to operarte a helicopter same technique .....
Fuck I don’t even like the 50 footers I wouldn’t do it for my pay. 24$ an hour. Not worth the possiblties of mistakes fuck that.
i hate that feeling but once you get used to it, its fun.
This boom has what's called an envelope management system. This is to keep operators from putting the boom out of counterbalance. I've tested these functions many times. The boom will only raise when the boom is extended to the 70 ft mark or less when the boom is fully lowered. The 185 ft straight booms are nothing compared to the 135 ft articulating booms when it comes to feeling uneasy. Lots of play in the swing gear too. (Backlash)
When they get fully extended they get quite bouncy 😳
Adam White extending a 120' all the way, outside,the amount of sway made me a little uneasy! But it was a great view of downtown Milwaukee
Yeah they do especially on uneven rocky ground it’s sketchy
I had to lash off to the light pole to work.
Elizabeth sea port. 120'
@@jamescummings7246 I've never maxed out a 120'. I've been close, but it gets really touchy. Especially when the speed control does not work.
@@Captain_Zero_ the speed control almost never works haha I feel like contractors get deals on the sketchy lifts or something I swear 😂
My friend was maxed out in a 135’ articulating lift to work on a drag line at this mine, there is a control that can level your basket, but it malfunctioned and tilted them all with way down. Not the jib, the basket itself. It just dumped them basically, him and the girl he was with bout had a heart attack hahs
I was on a worksite and one of the guys asked if I wanted to go "full stick" (right up) on a Z-135. Absolutely fucking terrifying it turned out to be. There was a loader operating very close to the wheels of the machine (I couldn't help but think what would happen if it bumped it). There was quite a bit of wind which didn't help. I ended up gripping the basket rails and asking if we could go down a bit. The operator then showed me some of its safety features, how there are interlocks to prevent you going out too far from the base, he extended it out until it hit those interlocks... yeah no thanks, won't be doing that again anytime soon
Samuel Magin I came to this video from watching Mega Builders because it piqued my interest in these and the ones on there are exactly the model you were on, lol. S5:E6 London Aquatics Center if you're interested.
Lol! 90 was my biggest, no way I'd do what you did, unless of course I was paid outrageous coin. But even then, sudden winds, idiots on the ground, lots of unknown variables to factor make it pretty unattractive.
Pro tip for making boom lifts far less unnerving: run the jib up first, then the boom, then extend out. The end of travel on extension will move you around a lot less than hitting the end of travel on the boom or the jib when you're at max height.
Source: I'm a tech at a CAT Rental Store.
Running the jib when you're maxed out isn't fun. I work as a tech for United on these so I have to drive them when they're fully extended. Jib up and everything. Now that is a test of nerves.
@@newschoolerbrent nope, I'm good with up. But, side to side is a no go lol
Jib down so you are Carried not held, Holds you like a Hook, Jib up is like being on Stilts. Can't even drive these full speed unless you are Jib down, not all but most. I use Primary and secondary boom and then extend, Jib up is the last thing I will do unless i need to poke up in a hole.
@@EvilSt0ner yeah but its a rental company and we are all required to fully test the functions to make sure its safe for the customer. if we dont and the machine fails and someone gets hurt we can get legally in very big trouble.
No way in hell...end of story.
jeff Hardin in
I am a roofer and fucking hate using telescopic lifts, a 60 footer is the highest I have ever used and even at that height one step when your fully extended and you feel the lift sway 3 to 5 feet back and forth.
Nope
Used to drive the genie machines on site .The only time I enjoyed going to work .
Pussy
I have operated 60ft lifts frequently in the past and was qualified on a 90 footer. The 90ft was scary enough for me. No way in the world would I do 185 ft.
It's only twice the height lol
Yup. Same here. 45s and 60s, used a 90 once and nearly tossed myself our of the basket rounding a corner. Can't imagine how scary that would feel completely extended. Don't want to find out either. Lol
I have drove 135 genie. made ramps for the slope we were on. Love It made a video showing the interstate
Ran one all weekend very smooth machine
Been on a 125’ boom in San Francisco when a small 5.0 happened, it swayed and my partner (the foreman) wouldn’t get on it, so I said, I’ll do it... and as soon as I topped off and started caulking the window frame parameters the tremor started...Damn, what was that, I asked my boss, who was inside the building caulking the interior and he f’in ran out the room while I was outside on the boom swaying😳😝🤣
Lol he wouldn't move his feet. He stayed locked to the controls..
Lmao
I mean look how still he holds up da cam!!
@@joeyserna8930 I see myself there, Iam acting exactly the same Way! 😂
I've run them a lot at 50 ft and below and never much worried about them on the lower jobs, but the highest I've ever been up was 125 ft working on a NASA radio tower at Cape Canaveral. We went up at first light to avoid the wind coming off the ocean. We had to attach the hardware for a safety climb system at the top of the monopole antenna tower. We set the machine up at a diagonal to the antenna get maximum spread for our boom position as we were sitting in soft beach sand. Even with the smoothest attempts at moving the controls it's really easy to get some serious herky-jerkies going on in the bucket at that height! In between trying to get the bolts in the holes while everything was wiggling around and not dropping anything, I got to watch a beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean!
THATS SO COOLLL
Badass
A walk in the park ,try that on a floating barge working at night under a draw bride patching concrete . Yup . Providing for our families.
I’ve always wanted to work on a draw bride. Whatever that is.
I've been using bucket trucks for years and I do not trust any lift that does not have an out rigger system
You can almost see all the tweakers in the Walmart parking lot 😂
I remember when JLG were building the JLG 110FDR one fell over in America and another fell over in Scotland...they were eventually pulled out of manufacture due to safety concerns like frightening the shit out of people both in the Platform and on the Ground.
I been 85 ft up on a boom and eff that! 185 is insane. It's all good till you get up there and have to work too. That basket sways and rocks so bad. Then the controls are jumpy and man forget all that.
I do believe I will take the stairs. Screw that. This guy made a deal with the devil or something and asked to be immortal. Holy 💩
That was the slowest most painful thing I've ever watched in my entire life.
Try watching oil based paint dry sometime and it won’t seem so bad
My grandma says to tell you that you run that thing like a woman.
The Troof yeah I can tell he was scared try on rabbit mode while you’re all over dirt on a construction site 7stories high lol trust me I was scared at first then I saw my pay I said bring it on....so now I’m the operator of one....
Alexis Monterosa rabbit mode! FTW 🤓
The higher you go.the slower your better off running
"Feel so manly"
You must not have a lot of experience running a 150’ or 180 bud
I have done the 80 foot lift and it gets scarey in wind they away pretty good. No way could I do 165 footer. Even on an 80 they do not pay workers enough. Wages are low really.
Imagine a rookie plane driver flying low coming towards you not seeing you lol....needs to have a strobe flashing that high
lazowelding agrwed
We have a SX-180 genie boom lift at work and I’ve maxed it out before. Pretty cool view. Rotation it almost scares the life out of me though.😂
We ordered a 200' lift for a job at San Onofre Generating Station in 1988, I believe it was a JLG, straight boom with an eight foot long basket on it. We needed to reach the upper portal tower from the switch yard road. Another guy and I started up in it, and about half way up, the other guy said "Oh hell no, take me down" so I took him down and went back up and did the job alone. stretched that sucker all the way out, and swung the basket to get the max reach, and still had to hang over the rail to reach the farthest out insulators.
Damn!
Were you scared?
@@evertcomeriii6894 I wouldn't say scared, so much as "easy moving". It was at max reach, and right on the edge of the limit for the angle, so it moved a lot if I got too rambunctious. I was cleaning and greasing suspension string insulators - "Bells" - on the 220KV buss , so I didn't have a lot of tools or heavy stuff with me, just a bucket of grease and a box of rags.
@@EMFish-gp8vn Wow!
Lol snorkel is just now coming out with a 200 plus lift...
When he was filming the view I was like "don't you dare point that camera down" and he did, scary!
I ran conduit out of a 165' JLG at Marathon Refinery and was only one of 3 that would do it we would line the handrails up with something on the ground and we were crazy not to be scared because it was swaying multiple feet!!
I was on a 135 yesterday. Been a while since I was on a lift that high. Shit myself when it started swaying in the breeze. Just feels like it'll fall over.
Operated one in 1985 that was 220ft. Built for the space program
I rented a 55 foot today to trum trees. Literally getting shakey. Not sure if they all wobble and sway this much but the trailer mounted units sure do. I could imagine 185. This video does not do justice to how how this is
Great video man . I️ work in JLG boom lifts and the blue Genie boom lifts all day . I’m a glazier in Omaha Nebraska and they are pretty fun just not so much in the winter or very sloped situations or windy days etc etc . Which is most of the time . Thanks for the great video view .... Hope I️ never have to step foot in this one . The 135 is about the biggest we use and I️ hope that’s it .
I've been on 500ft flare tower, first 185ft were in a manlift just like that, I climbed the rest on an 11mm nylon rope
Fuck that haha how wide is 11mm? Sounds too small for comfort for me haha
How safe are these things? I'm using one for work on a hotel where painting. I've used one before but not the 60 footer. And it get shaky as hell. I can go up a certain height but then after that I cant handle it I get to anxious.
They are as safe as the surface they are sitting on as they are quite heavy. ALL saftey features of the lift must be operable. Meaning lifts have features that will not let you overextend under unlevel conditions and things of that nature. Sometimes idiots disengage these. ALWAYS be harnessed in NEVER exceed weight capacity and as I say be sure of a safe solid operating surface.
@@mlkbldbbqsauce3212we go over on the weight all the time in film with big.lights...the trick is to bring it up center with the base
185 foot boom lift and I don't see anything around there that would require more than 30 feet! Hahaha. pretty crazy though, I would lose my shit. I work on 2 stories and have been up 3 stories, but this would give me vertigo for sure. I couldn't even imagine this in real life.
Just watching the video made me dizzy...all the creaking doesn't help..whoops testies just retracted...
Sketchy AF! Used a 90 once, nearly catapulted myself out of the basket rounding a corner. Lesson learned. Mostly use 45s and 60s now. Can't imagine how that would feel fully extended. Real bouncy I'd say. Lol
Didn't seem to have that much of a sway to it. I've been around 100'-110' and that SOB was moving like i was on the end of a fishing pole.
😂 omg hahah
JLG Borrowed the swing axle design from Genie Z-135/70. Both Manufactures make the best of the best but you better know how to operate it! These ultra booms are getting out of control, these booms have a redundant system that will lock it out if the 2 systems cant agree. The JLG 1350 can have a catastrophic failure if the counterbalance valve and angle sensor both fail and its coming down or you hope it leans against the building first. These machines are playing a balancing act. It is what it is!
Neapolis no dumbass, they don't rail like your rusted lil 15 footer garbage
Highest I've been in was 85 ft in a Genie S85 (loved its smooth controls). The side-to-side sway when fully extended was enough for me to begin bringing myself back down to my actual working height of 40 ft or so, which was triggered by me simply turning my body around. View was pretty cool though!
I used one on a telescope project on top of a mountain and the wind blowing it all over is terrifying .
The scariest moment is when you reach the point you are working up high not even thinking about it, then all of a sudden you think damn Im so oblivious to it I could walk right out of this basket.
I been up to 165 on a day with a slight breeze every 10 min. Co"worker" went up with me. The kind of guy who will do as little as possible and started talking shit to you after, when he noticed ur pissed of at him for being a lazy ass. About half way up I did not notice that he stopped voicing his concerns. I just kept going up to the max just to do it. I kept voicing my excitement and some fear when the breeze would kick up and I'd stop going up. I don't mind saying it was a bit scary. Finally got to the top and made a comment and no comment was made back. Co"worker" was at my feet balled up white knuckling the console frame. Dead stare right into the genie blue metal panel. Came back down to the work height of 155. Got out to the roof and did a few hours of work.
Came back down and sat the basket on the ground. Jumped out and said "dude we are down" No response. Just the stare. Started to the office to inform and as I turn to the office he spoke. "Dude! Come on let's get this over with!" SMH and thought, "f this guy making jokes. " So I came back to start unloading all the tools. He made a remark " Dude what's wrong?" started talking shit as usual. Told him "Fuck you, bitch, I'm going home." It was the end of the day. Then I noticed something different. He stood in the basket as if he expected me to return, as if I was joking with him. I asked him, "What are you doing for lunch?". His reply was , "My cooler bag is right there." But I had already ate my lunch 4 hours ago at lunch time. I asked him what time did he think it was. 10. 10 am i asked? "Yeah!" he says as if to hurry me. That's when I told him it was 4pm time to put up and go home. I left. Don't know how long he stayed. I wasn't up for his BS.
Later on every time the others would start talking about lifts he stop talking and just started working. So everytime I didn't wanna put up with his crap I'd start talking about getting up on that lift (which was already gone, picked up by the rental company) he'd shut up and actually start working. "Too much work down here" he'd mumble.
Are you saying he spent the whole day curled up in ball in the basket?
@bigredc222 it was about four hours. Yeah he stayed in the basket the whole time. I was glad he did. He was the kinda guy that would ask questions about how to do the job but only to waste your time talking.
@@AztecWarrior69_69 I'm a construction electrician, I had a kid working with me kind of like that, he would ask me questions because he knew I liked to teach the young guys, and while I was talking he didn't have to work. I thought the kid wasn't to bright going by the questions he would ask. Then one day I go back to the shop and kid was working on the office computer. This was in the late 80s early 90s, very few people knew about computers. I said to the boss, you're letting him work on your computer, the boss said yea he builds them, I realized at that point he had been playing me for a sucker for the last month. After that every time there was a lousy job to do I made him do it.
@bigredc222 I get what ur saying and I know there's probably way more in the details that would justify your actions, yet...... on the face of it, it might have just been him, really wanting to get the job right. Just because he might be a genius with computers doesn't mean he fully gets electrical work. At least not starting out. The Ole book smarts vs street smarts.
@@AztecWarrior69_69 I know there are people that are computer smart but not mechanical. I'm not basing my opinion of the guy on just that, little by little I learned things. I found out he inherited a huge house, he split it up into four apartments, he did all the work himself. He knew all about leases for the apartments, he's probably smarter than me, he was playing me. He didn't stay in construction, he was only with the company year or so. He got the job because he went to my bosses church. I'm sure he went on to bigger and better things,, probably trading stocks or something, his family had money.
I’ve gone up in the 150 once highest I’ll go comfortably by myself is 80
The highest I’ve been is 100ft working on cellphone towers for AT&T, I WAS TERRIFIED. Some of these machines have such sensitive joy sticks that when you turn left or right slightly, the whole boom jerks a bit and trust me, it will make your stomach drop, at least it did for me
my max height was on 30m boom lift fully extended, was a little scared as it bounces a lot when rotating the boom
Parachute is standard equipment right?
Fuck boom lifts. I hate them. I’m a low voltage cable installer. And I’ve spent plenty of time in various lifts. I hate most of them. Probably because most of the construction industry rents or buys whatever cheapest most janky wobbly unstable piece of shit they can which makes it even worse lol. Ground level, hit a bump and the bucket is all over the place. Up 75-100 feet. Swaying in the wind like a fucking wind sock. Nope definitely an uneasy feeling. Like you could tip right the fuck over by stepping to hard. Obviously you wouldn’t but it fucking feels that way. Lol
FUUUUUUUCK THAT! I'm running a 135 footer and shit myself at 50 feet. No way in hell would I take a lift past 60 let alone mother fuckin 185!!!
For that capable of a machine you'd think it'd creak and groan a little less
Turn the fkn speed up!!
you can do it yourself
No doubt that wasn’t even turtle speed !! More like snail speed dang I almost fell asleep watching it on my break
@@jessessamsa8439 or you can just change the playback speed, not that hard
I never get used to that shit
I went on the exact same one today 165ft. Very first time. And people dont understand how much it moves. The height is fine its the swaying and shaking that scares the F outta you. Plus when it extends it bumps at the end of each one. When looking at the view and that bump comes unexpectedly yeah you shit yourself.
I'd be scared shitless up there when fully extended they sway so much it feels like the boom is gonna break
Man..... put that damn thing on RABBIT and GO!!!!!
You're a stud.
I used to use one, I believe it was a 50 footer...but it was high as hell! I got used to it tho but I could only imagine this one!
You get used to it and it ain't so bad.
I work on aircraft and use the ones that are about 50ft. So sketchy going to the vertical tip cap. So much sway and the risk of damaging thousands of dollars worth on plane is stomach turning sometimes.
I was on a 135 the worst thing about them is the Recoil when you swinging left to right
Oh hell no, I don’t trust anything lifting me in the air I’ll stick to a ladder and if a ladder can’t do then I’m no where to be seen
Ladders are scary too. Unless they have stabilizers then I feel safe.
These are probably safer than ladders statistically people fall from ladders all the time.
Lifts are alot safer, as long as you know how to operate them. When there is a problem, its a big problem though
At work tejas equipment rentals we have an 120 ft boom lift it sure is scary to inspect drive in all the way up... Couldn't do 185ft lol!
Come on its only another 65' lol.
That's pretty cool, my t350 isn't that tall, but my ladder truck at the fire department spans 195 feet in 2 minutes, including the outriggers! It's a lot of fun on checkout day, but when we're on the job, it's a whole different story!
I use one of these on a semi regular basis and I have a fear of the hydraulics springing a leak out of nowhere.. no way in hell could you get me above 50 feet in one of them. Screw that
I can understand that but don’t be worried. If a hydraulic line should break for a cylinder, these booms have holding valves that would prevent the ram on the cylinder from moving. I’ve had a “basket twist” line break on my on a 135’ boom. Other than getting showered in hydraulic oil, not as scary as you’d think. I was glad the oil temperature was rather low haha
Boss: well wtf taking so long
Worker: It takes 10 min just to get up there
Highest I've been was a 125' genie at work. Whenever we get a 185' at our branch again, I'm definitely taking the opportunity to go all the way up. It's a little bit scary, but I think it's more fun than anything.
Wonder if you really tried rocking and jumping could you make it tip or is that impossible
Holy sht youre crazy for even letting that enter your brain
I just did my ipaff in almost 30 mph winds well 27 and the limit is 28, I think a bit of poo actually came out
Now try working in that thing while it swings all over the place, good luck lol!
I have, it's annoying when you're tuck pointing around antennas on a giant smoke stack. It beats being in a crane basket any damn day
Just operated a 55ft one a day ago, it was my first time and the amount of sway made me extremely uncomfortable, hopefully i get a little more comfortable today.
I bet the sway on that would be stupid scary
Yes, it is. I haven't max a 185 out as the job required more reach than elevation only about 4 stories up but between the sway and the bounce it feels sketchy. Your only supposed to operate them in less than 28 mph winds.
An inch on the bottom, is a foot up top!
@@MidWestSparky13
That wind limits goes for 60 footers too. I had job at a mall working on their light post. Winds were blowing around 15-18 with gusts into the 30s. Yeah, I told them I ain't going up today!
Always have preferred boom lifts to scissor lifts just because you have much more potential control of the operations, but shit I still get weary at about 60 feet, this is insane.
I agree...takes a lot more skill to op a boom lift too and proper training.when I first started out I didn't know shit and was scared of heights...had to keep working at it and learn the roops now I'm far more qualified and I love lift jobs
No thanks I chicken out on 32 ft scissors😂
I was on a fully extended 85’ and it had 24” of sway side to side. NO WAY ON THAT !
This has what feels like 10' of sway...and the controls suck! Major delay,let go of the stick and it keeps moving about 8'.
10 minutes to get to the top. And if I rock back and forth 4 second's to get down
My Boss: get up there
Me: NOPE
Ummmm.... No thanks... I don't even like being on my single story roof cleaning out my gutters... lol.. and you are taking a stroll through the park 185 feet in the air... Nah, I'll pass. I never thought I would say that there is such a thing as "being too high" but, this, nope, not gonna do it.. A silly question, this high in a boom lift, does the harness actually help, or just give a sense of safety?
You should of put it on rabbit mode you would of went up faster:/
I made two persons cry when I took them up it was a little shaky but you loose your butterflies after the first .....I have materials and one guy on it and moving around I love it thanks for making my job Easy.....
You Gad it on turtle :)
Is it really that steady, the one's I was on moved a lot when I got high in the air and it would scare the shit out of me.
I used the 125 this week with a coworker, it gets you everywhere but what a hell it is to handle the heights
Damn I just started doing metal roofs on sheds and I'm worried about falling 12ft sometimes 😕 this would make me tremble in my boots
I was just in a 135 foot JLG today. It's one thing if you're in these things everyday, but I did not like the experience at all. We have a 45 footer at work that I have used plenty. I realize falling from 45 feet and 185 feet are going to end the same, but that added time to let the fact you're going to die today, sink into your brain is not very attractive. On top of that, I have witnessed several hydraulic hose failures in my time....not a man lift, but it must happen. If I have to be that high in the air, I want to be on something with wings.
And I thought the sway on our 86' lift was bad. Couldnt imagine in a 185 foot lift
Was in a 135’ with many birds living in the crevices of the machine and often times the equipment would malfunction without us knowing why. I prayed a hundred times a work day lol
When I first used a 20ft scissor lift and had to drive it with the lift in the air, I had massive nightmares of falling out of it for weeks. Now that thing is too slow so it definitely builds up your constitution for heights. But this one you can fvck all the way off. Ain't no damn way you'll ever get me in that thing
This mans got some balls the highest ive been on was 135 and that shit got shaky asf at the top end at the end of the eork day i felt like i was still being violently shook 🤣
I’m a forklift and jlg field technician. I’m scared watching the video
You my friend get the award of BIG BALLS
It should have air bags for when someone rams into it while texting.
Outriggers would add a little security
185 feet on that tiny footprint!!!!!! NOT ME!!!! I've been on top of 400 foot chimneys that were falling apart, but they AT LEAST had a solid footprint!!!
I just went up 60ft in one today at a friends house party. That was plenty! Id be shitting my pants at 180ft no doubt
Me Zeke and Alex early 93 Grand Slam Canyon Circus circus 180 feet in the dome fixing space frame weak spots Definitely 110 on the the pucker factor controls very subtle that high up automatic soft no herky jerky nice 👍 machine jlg to work with,crane rides In basket are of another color altogether good radio man priceless Zike was priceless thanks to Gary are Foreman when we went wind sailing on night got our skin down safely props to crane operator sorry can't recall his name worked for Dielco crane 3 guys totally indebted to for living.
I ain't afraid of dangerous shit, I'll gladly work on the side of a 70 mph interstate without a fear in the world... But I don't do heights... I went in a 20 foot skyjack once and that gives me wobbly knees, Fuck that... Especially how much that shit sways, I've even been on some pretty high roller coasters and shit and a drop tower, but I think the skyjacks are scarier, only thing I can think of that's worse is a steep roller coaster when you lose visual of surroundings.
F* that!!😀. I’m already shitting with a 19 scissor lift all the way up.
I'm gearing up to do some dampproofing on a 115' tall building and I'm very nervous about going this high. We will obviously be needing to use a boom lift just like this. Thanks for the video!
I run a 90 ft hybrid tracked lift in very uneven yards here in WV.
TREE WORK.
I don't miss climbing at all though.
I just painted the Columbus Zoo water tower 150 feet up I could do another 30 ft👍
How safe are these things? Cause I'm on one 60 feet up and it scares the fuck out of me
Dusk0nerSA as long as you are on level ground 60 feet is just scary but relatively safe depending on the quality of the lift.
THAT CRAZY !
So I’ve only been on a 120’ I bet that lift is $10,000 a day but I did climb to the crows nest of a 220’ tower crane that was boss but the best was my dumb friend on the 120’ and a carpenter came up who was annoyed by this kid a lot and took over the controls at the bottom and started spinning the machine around 360° while he was up top screaming haha I climbed to the roof of the building to watch him scream and cry.
i hate these things....we have almost flipped one today because of idiots under us. They flipped wheelbarrow bellow us, left pile there, it was basicaly invisible from the top. We were working in like 30m height and needed to move. I think you all know what happened.
Try taking it out on a barge chain the wheels down to the deck and change out street lights on bridges 135' up.
I need that I could go up and over trees or work from 50ft away 😍
that would be scary as hell. Hard to believe it's stable looking at the base.
the camera makes it look stable its really not
@@mayostuido8109 from a calculation point of view it is (its safe, I know it bounces around up there so not exactly "stable" but stable in a fall over point of view) BUT I also have those problems with that squishy base. if it was a truck with ballast and support like the cranes are I would have NO problem at all, but I just cant trust those little platforms used as a base for that height (though I know its technically safe, my brain says otherwise lol)
you people are such wimps!!! lol I am a skydiver and we willingly jump from 15,000 feet and love it!!!