Welder David did a amazing job, 30$ an hour is a very common rate almost everywhere. Just not everyone who asks 30$ per hour may not be as skilled as David. I'm convinced this crane will last you a long time. No paint? Nah who needs paint.😂 I'm gonna borrow the gantry crane for a very tedious clutch and engine job in the future.
David did an amazing job! I think he is worth way more than $30 an hour! He is a heard worker outside of welding too. As soon as the crane was done Dad wanted to paint it. We have a can of black paint we can use. I am sure it would work great for your engine and clutch and will definitely save strained backs!
Excellent job Boys A++ indeed! I just wanted to follow up about what you said about hoisting with hydraulics and your crane won’t creep! Which is very important obviously but I have hoisted with cranes excavators and backhoes and I wish I could say that they are 100% safe but no even a conventional crane can be temperamental in very cold or extremely hot temperatures but anyway I bet your all happy you can keep moving forward on the crawler 😀🇨🇦
Kind of hard to believe you being in the construction business that you didn't have a crane before this! They are handy, we've had one a long time. As for paint, don't bother. That way you can always remove the winch and store your gantry outdoors.
That's a great idea but it's going to be hard to convince Dad not to paint it. In our old shop we had a steel building with a ton and a half Gantry crane. It was fixed so only usable in a small work area. This is a big Improvement.
We all learned the hard way to have two people hold it and one on the end of a sizable cheater pipe. I think that drill has twisted the wrists of three generations now. 🤣
Overbuilt or built just right? Reminds me of an ancient Chinese proverb….. any man can build a bridge, but only an engineer can build a bridge that barely stands
Excellent job, I see the vertical plates on top across the 2 pipes on each side welded to the pipes and to the large gusset. The only over build I would do is add gussets on the inside of the top of all 4 of the pipes to the bottom of the top plate. I think it might stiffen the side to side wiggle a little and add to the tensile strength of the connection of pipe to the top plate. But like you said, I always over build also.
Nice build and nice job stick welding
Welder David did a amazing job, 30$ an hour is a very common rate almost everywhere. Just not everyone who asks 30$ per hour may not be as skilled as David. I'm convinced this crane will last you a long time. No paint? Nah who needs paint.😂
I'm gonna borrow the gantry crane for a very tedious clutch and engine job in the future.
David did an amazing job! I think he is worth way more than $30 an hour! He is a heard worker outside of welding too. As soon as the crane was done Dad wanted to paint it. We have a can of black paint we can use. I am sure it would work great for your engine and clutch and will definitely save strained backs!
Thanks!
Turned out nicely! I bet this is one of those "we should have done this ages ago" builds. ;)
Most definitely! You'll see it in use late next week and we wondered how we ever lived without it.
Side jobs…. You guys are my favorite youtubers.
Thank you we very much appreciate it! 😊 👍
Not anything wrong with overbuilt stuff....good call on the gussets! It's an invaluable piece of equipment for a shop! Strong work lads
Nicely done
Awesome !!!
If you guys hold these standards on this I can just amazing how perfect your construction work was !! Good job guys !! Let's go subscribe people!
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I had the same problem with my caster wheels hitting the bolts so I put the bolt heads on the bottom and nuts on top
That is probably how we should have done it. 😊
Excellent job Boys A++ indeed! I just wanted to follow up about what you said about hoisting with hydraulics and your crane won’t creep! Which is very important obviously but I have hoisted with cranes excavators and backhoes and I wish I could say that they are 100% safe but no even a conventional crane can be temperamental in very cold or extremely hot temperatures but anyway I bet your all happy you can keep moving forward on the crawler 😀🇨🇦
Sweet...what a beast!
What no paint???
Awesome!
Keep em coming!!!!
That was one of the first things Dad said. You can bet it'll get a coat or two in the future. 😊
Kind of hard to believe you being in the construction business that you didn't have a crane before this! They are handy, we've had one a long time. As for paint, don't bother. That way you can always remove the winch and store your gantry outdoors.
That's a great idea but it's going to be hard to convince Dad not to paint it. In our old shop we had a steel building with a ton and a half Gantry crane. It was fixed so only usable in a small work area. This is a big Improvement.
How ironic! Your dozers have gotten smaller, and yet Your crane to work on them has gotten bigger!😂
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Love it! Thank you 😊
Swing Set?😁 Awesome job tho! ✌👍
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Love the video!
Surprised you didn't put in plates between casters and beam to spread the load. But you've used it since so you've proved your choice.
I think we will do a few "field" upgrades like the one you mentioned. We wanted to put it through a few paces before it gets paint. 👍
Awesome shop addition! A gantry crane to build a gantry crane. I couldn't visualize that - something like what came first: the chicken or the egg?
Your 1/2 inch drill looks like my dad's Montgomery Ward 1/2 inch he bought around 1953. I still have it.
I have a match to it as well and it's a wrist breaker for sure. But it has plenty of power!
That's exactly what it is! The majority of my grandfather's tools are powercraft from Montgomery Ward.
We all learned the hard way to have two people hold it and one on the end of a sizable cheater pipe. I think that drill has twisted the wrists of three generations now. 🤣
It's got be a couple of times. I like the pipe idea.
It's go me a couple of times . Wrapped cord around switch and couldn't shut off. Got out of the way and unplugged.
Nice work.
Thanks 😊
Overbuilt or built just right? Reminds me of an ancient Chinese proverb….. any man can build a bridge, but only an engineer can build a bridge that barely stands
😂, exactly!
Wow that's all I can say wwwooooowwwww
Those look more like $50 per hour welds
I definitely agree!
Excellent job, I see the vertical plates on top across the 2 pipes on each side welded to the pipes and to the large gusset. The only over build I would do is add gussets on the inside of the top of all 4 of the pipes to the bottom of the top plate. I think it might stiffen the side to side wiggle a little and add to the tensile strength of the connection of pipe to the top plate. But like you said, I always over build also.
That might be a addition we make in the future. 😊
Make this thing a remote-controlled one. At least make the Crain.
over built is the way to do it.
Looks a little under built
🤔 You think so? 😬
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