Crash_AF

My 816's rear controls are frozen as well, luckily mine is frozen in the 'crane' position. It's on my list of 'to do's'.

And I agree, reading the TMs is important. The 816 is very expensive to repair, and any crane can kill you if you do not know what you are doing with rigging or lifting. Always respect the amount of weight you have in the air.

As to how to make it work, you've got half of it since the rear winch worked. You need to move the winch control lever to off either through operating the lever or disconnecting the linkage under the bed and moving it, then move the crane lever to on. Then you can operate the crane itself.

The levers in the gondola are self explanatory except for 'crowd' which is making the boom shorter or longer.

Later,
Joe

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