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Just a couple of more pictures of the crane doing what we bought it to do. First picture is three fishing boats tied up to our wharf. You can't see the third one, it's behind the big black one. The one closest to the wharf is from about 1920. Wooden construction, fiberglassed over and all...

Hah! THAT bunch of hammerheads? They could break the horn off an anvil with a croquet mallet. I've got 4 years more-or-less until retirement. Hopefully that particular issue won't come up between now and then...

That motor/pump combo seems to work pretty well, especially once the mast is erected and the boom gets up past 90 degrees.

About all we can do is make sure it's stowed with all the rams closed at the end of the day. I'll be training the Boat Unload crew on it here in a couple of days and I'll make that point VERY strongly. As in "If you leave it erected, you WILL be called from home to stow it properly and you...

Here's a couple of quick pictures. One shows the crane and the modified mount tieing it to the wharf. The other is the pump we're using, 10HP 480V 3-phase motor driving a variable displacement piston pump, 3000PSI max, don't know the GPM off the top of my head.

I'm Baaa-ack! Bethcha thought I'd forgot all about ya. As of the end of the work day today, the crane is mounted, plumbed and semi-operational. We put a 10 horse motor on the pump, and bumped the hoses from the pump to the valve bank up to 1" which helped quite a lot. It'll still haul the...

Thanks, Travis.

Also, talked to the Plant Manager, he's so tickled with the info I'm getting here that he said take and post all the pictures I want. They'll be coming...

Yep, I'd already come to that conclusion. Gonna get a quote coming for a Tenner...

I'll try. Corporate Weenies are pretty touchy about publishing pictures of the plant, but I may be able to work out a reason for "archival" purposes...:razz:

I pulled them out yesterday. Clean as a hound's tooth. I backed off the preload on them about 5 turns and that helped, along with feathering the control. I think the basic problem here is that my pump needs more motor on it. I'll be scrounging around in the motor room for a 7.5 or 10 horse...

Couple of other things: Finding the Mast Up/Down wiring is mostly a matter of finding a few minutes to get out there with the multimeter again. OSHA requires that we have a certified engineer design the mounting for it, so we're waiting on that. Does anyone know the approximate weight of...

Okay, folks a little update here. First, sorry for being so long getting back, dang day job keeps getting in the way..:razz: Jones: Thanks for the offer, I pm'd you. nk14zp: I work at Stinson Seafood in Prospect Harbor, Coupla folks from out your way work in our cutting room...

Holy Bat, ****man! I just got a quote back from Manitowoc/Grove on a new remote for the 977. $4600+!!! Obviously, that ain't happening. I've got the CD on order, hopefully that will include a wiring diagram. I'll be building a remote from scratch, shouldn't be unduly difficult. Four...

There's a picture of one in this thread: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/14579-anyone-hemtt-grove-m977-crane-wheres-dataplate.html