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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .....
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)
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.
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.
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!
@@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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
@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 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 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.
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!
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😳😝🤣
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.
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
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 .
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!
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!
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
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.
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.
These are used at Ingalls shipbuilding in construction of the navy ships. These things are so tall they can be used to reach the highest point of a DDGs mast
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!!
Our company is using this manlift for erecting frame space truss of coal shed for thermal power plant. I have ever tried to stand inside the basket. I feel It's so cool!
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.
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!
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
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....
My first intro to boom lifts was a 40’ electric which is a little precarious feeing when you’ve never been on lifts before. Now we have 80’ diesel lifts at the latest DC we are working at and I can only imagine what that’s like.
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.
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.
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.
@@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!
Being in the air is scary but you really get used to it. I've been a mechanic on these things for the last three years. If you really want to creep yourself out then keep your hand on the counter weight and fully extend it from the ground controls.
What does it do if you don’t mind me asking? I operate 60-135’ lifts all the time, often having to drive them in the air while pulling large heavy ass wire. I have hit very small dips in the ground and had wheel come up, then go back down kind of tossing you around a bit. Very scary. Had a guy get stuck on cable tray cover once while extending on an 80 footer, we were at about 50-60 foot in the air when it got caught. He didn’t realize it and just kept going, sure enough it was loading the hydraulics like crazy, when the self tappers holding the tray popped loose we shot like a slingshot. I was beyond pissed off, and I’m only 5’7” so I’m sure it looked funny watching me berate this large man driving the lift. I took over driving after that… But why do you say to touch the counter weight? Are you saying it moves much more than i would like to think?
@@tylerpeters2624 Yup exactly. It moves a lot more than you'd think. The reason the wheel came up off the ground is because the axle locks when you raise it above a certain height. They're not really meant to be driven when they're all the way up in the air. You can do it but if you look at the operators manual you'll see that it's not recommended. Sorry for the late reply. Hopefully this helps.
Im a union tin knocker, I've been up working in an 80 footer...it was fully boomed up and out, jib up everything. We were just shy of the elbows we had to reach so we were standing on the mid rail undoing the connection. It was a little sketchy up there on the mid rail actually working and getting that basket swinging lol!! Another 100 feet would be insane, but definitely something I want to try one day haha
@@danielelij6997 it really wasn't that bad at all. The wind picked up a little near days end that reminds you just how high you are, otherwise really enjoyed it.
Have to love the condition of the asphalt. Do you think when that lot was built they figured in for the weight of that machine with a person in a basket @ 185'?
Daaaaaaaamn. All the creaks, clangs and groans of the machine would have me nopeing out…This guys steel balls must have been making some of the noises as the clanged.
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
@@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)
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.
My first job was a painter when I was 16. I learned how to operate a JLG 50 foot scissor lift. Felt like the dam thing was gonna flip over whenever I was outside on the thing. Lol. But it got the job done.
Controls are very touchy at that height not to mention the slightest Breeze will move that back and forth like nothing. Touchy work environment. But fun
I was in a boom truck with a man basket and I was around 70 feet straight up from the truck just standing there having a smoke and taking in the beautiful day and Charlie the yard rat came flying around the corner of the building in a big old Allis yard forklift and he ran (fast) into my outrigger. I came so stinking close to coming out of that basket...
The best part of working on a boom lift is when your feet are back on solid ground lol
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I think that can be said a lot easier for scissor lifts
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.
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
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)
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.
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
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.
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
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...
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.
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
When he was filming the view I was like "don't you dare point that camera down" and he did, scary!
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
Operated one in 1985 that was 220ft. Built for the space program
Imagine a rookie plane driver flying low coming towards you not seeing you lol....needs to have a strobe flashing that high
lazowelding agrwed
I used one on a telescope project on top of a mountain and the wind blowing it all over is terrifying .
You can almost see all the tweakers in the Walmart parking lot 😂
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.
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
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 💩
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 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.
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!!!
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.😂
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 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.
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!
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😳😝🤣
Boss: well wtf taking so long
Worker: It takes 10 min just to get up there
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
I've been using bucket trucks for years and I do not trust any lift that does not have an out rigger system
I'd be scared shitless up there when fully extended they sway so much it feels like the boom is gonna break
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’m a forklift and jlg field technician. I’m scared watching the video
You my friend get the award of BIG BALLS
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
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 .
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
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!
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
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
I used the 125 this week with a coworker, it gets you everywhere but what a hell it is to handle the heights
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.
These are used at Ingalls shipbuilding in construction of the navy ships. These things are so tall they can be used to reach the highest point of a DDGs mast
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'.
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!!
Our company is using this manlift for erecting frame space truss of coal shed for thermal power plant. I have ever tried to stand inside the basket. I feel It's so cool!
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.
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!
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
my max height was on 30m boom lift fully extended, was a little scared as it bounces a lot when rotating the boom
It should have air bags for when someone rams into it while texting.
My Boss: get up there
Me: NOPE
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
Outriggers would add a little security
My first intro to boom lifts was a 40’ electric which is a little precarious feeing when you’ve never been on lifts before. Now we have 80’ diesel lifts at the latest DC we are working at and I can only imagine what that’s like.
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
Parachute is standard equipment right?
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
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’ve gone up in the 150 once highest I’ll go comfortably by myself is 80
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
For that capable of a machine you'd think it'd creak and groan a little less
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.
Ever used one of those LEO Lifts?
The ones that can pass through a 32" door are pretty neat.
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 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!
JLG 135 Ultra Boom, sith 50km winds. Took about a week to really get used to it
Being in the air is scary but you really get used to it. I've been a mechanic on these things for the last three years. If you really want to creep yourself out then keep your hand on the counter weight and fully extend it from the ground controls.
What does it do if you don’t mind me asking? I operate 60-135’ lifts all the time, often having to drive them in the air while pulling large heavy ass wire. I have hit very small dips in the ground and had wheel come up, then go back down kind of tossing you around a bit. Very scary. Had a guy get stuck on cable tray cover once while extending on an 80 footer, we were at about 50-60 foot in the air when it got caught. He didn’t realize it and just kept going, sure enough it was loading the hydraulics like crazy, when the self tappers holding the tray popped loose we shot like a slingshot. I was beyond pissed off, and I’m only 5’7” so I’m sure it looked funny watching me berate this large man driving the lift. I took over driving after that…
But why do you say to touch the counter weight? Are you saying it moves much more than i would like to think?
@@tylerpeters2624 Yup exactly. It moves a lot more than you'd think. The reason the wheel came up off the ground is because the axle locks when you raise it above a certain height. They're not really meant to be driven when they're all the way up in the air. You can do it but if you look at the operators manual you'll see that it's not recommended. Sorry for the late reply. Hopefully this helps.
Im a union tin knocker, I've been up working in an 80 footer...it was fully boomed up and out, jib up everything. We were just shy of the elbows we had to reach so we were standing on the mid rail undoing the connection. It was a little sketchy up there on the mid rail actually working and getting that basket swinging lol!! Another 100 feet would be insane, but definitely something I want to try one day haha
Fellow tinner huh💪🍻🍻🍻
@@mikerasmussen7993 yessir, proud of it 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thankful to primarily work out of 60' lifts, biggest I've maxed out was a130' and that was enough.
Can you imagine getting to the top and realizing you forgot the tool you needed
Rumor has it, he’s still trying to raise that lift to 185 feet
And I thought the sway on our 86' lift was bad. Couldnt imagine in a 185 foot lift
Watching this before my first day tomorrow operating one off these on site. Can't wait
It wasn’t that bad was it? I went up one today on a new air traffic control tower
@@danielelij6997 it really wasn't that bad at all. The wind picked up a little near days end that reminds you just how high you are, otherwise really enjoyed it.
I spend an hour and a half today getting a 60' unstuck. The operator drove it off the blacktop onto the grass and it sunk almost to the frame.
Have to love the condition of the asphalt. Do you think when that lot was built they figured in for the weight of that machine with a person in a basket @ 185'?
Daaaaaaaamn. All the creaks, clangs and groans of the machine would have me nopeing out…This guys steel balls must have been making some of the noises as the clanged.
10 min to the top is waaaaaaay too much anticipation for me holy sheesh
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
60ft had me trembling this week
Just watching the video made me dizzy...all the creaking doesn't help..whoops testies just retracted...
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 have been up high on cherry pickers and looking down on what looks like toy truck focuses the mind. I work in television and I have been up there.
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)
Try taking it out on a barge chain the wheels down to the deck and change out street lights on bridges 135' up.
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.
The 135’ lift same brand is so much smoother and faster. Also allows more functions to be used at the same time. The 185’ is a terd
What isnt shown is that one is required to wear a harness thats attached to the man basket in case one falls.
The placebo affect is real.
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
Man..... put that damn thing on RABBIT and GO!!!!!
You're a stud.
You the man ! Braver than me !
My first job was a painter when I was 16. I learned how to operate a JLG 50 foot scissor lift. Felt like the dam thing was gonna flip over whenever I was outside on the thing. Lol. But it got the job done.
Controls are very touchy at that height not to mention the slightest Breeze will move that back and forth like nothing. Touchy work environment. But fun
I was in a boom truck with a man basket and I was around 70 feet straight up from the truck just standing there having a smoke and taking in the beautiful day and Charlie the yard rat came flying around the corner of the building in a big old Allis yard forklift and he ran (fast) into my outrigger. I came so stinking close to coming out of that basket...
Not this guy!
That's insane! Wouldn't want the wind to come up!
"Please Mr. Custurd! I don't wanna go!"
I use lifts all the time at work building cell towers.. got stuck at 145 once in the rain and wind the night before Xmas eve for 2hr