How to Operate a Tower Crane: Swing operations

The basics of how to swing a load and "catch the load". Functionally Signalpersons can gain a lot from this as well. I often have people just call out "swing" when they want me stop with no functional understanding of what is going on. After watching this video, they should clearly understand why they should be saying "easy swing" well before they actually want to stop. For new operators, you should be picking up on the idea that swinging a load is rhythmic The handling of the control is anything but linear. You are into it, you are out of it, you are throwing the load around as it's master and following it's lead in the dance. This is of course after some time. Also, this is an old style of crane. Some of the new ones are more linear, but the bumps and counter torquing techniques are almost always useful and critical to good swing operations..

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