Blazemaster
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- Oct 13, 2009
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- Olympia, Wa
I have a 1993 f-super duty(f450) with a 12'x8' flatbed for my shop truck. Putting things on the bed is always a pain if one side doesn't have a lift of some sort so I've always wanted a crane. The other day I picked up a nice unit for the right price so I've started thinking about how to mount it to my truck.
The crane in question is an Auto Crane model RBC-5. This is an all electric crane rated for 3 tons, with a 14 foot boom. The minimum rating for this crane is a 14,500 gvw truck, mine is 16,000. The motors are 24 volt so I will have to figure that out. The base for this crane is about 17.5"x17.5".
I was hoping to get some opinions/ideas on how you would go about mounting it and where. I plan to do all the calculations to make sure the base is stout enough but the basic plan was to mount it in the middle of the bed right behind the headache rack. I have some 24" tubing with a 3/4" wall I was thinking about using to make a short pedestal that goes through the flatbed and ties to the frame, but sticks up above the flatbed about a foot with a heavy plate on top. May as well tie it all in the to the flatbed as well. I will have to make some manual outriggers.
Any reason why this is a bad idea? Anyone have a small flatbed with a crane like this?
Here are some pics I found of the same crane, but the manual pic is of the RBC-4 (one size smaller)
Thanks for any advice
The crane in question is an Auto Crane model RBC-5. This is an all electric crane rated for 3 tons, with a 14 foot boom. The minimum rating for this crane is a 14,500 gvw truck, mine is 16,000. The motors are 24 volt so I will have to figure that out. The base for this crane is about 17.5"x17.5".
I was hoping to get some opinions/ideas on how you would go about mounting it and where. I plan to do all the calculations to make sure the base is stout enough but the basic plan was to mount it in the middle of the bed right behind the headache rack. I have some 24" tubing with a 3/4" wall I was thinking about using to make a short pedestal that goes through the flatbed and ties to the frame, but sticks up above the flatbed about a foot with a heavy plate on top. May as well tie it all in the to the flatbed as well. I will have to make some manual outriggers.
Any reason why this is a bad idea? Anyone have a small flatbed with a crane like this?
Here are some pics I found of the same crane, but the manual pic is of the RBC-4 (one size smaller)
Thanks for any advice