Crane air brakes

[Deuce007]

I have a cane coming soon and I am wondering how to unload it. It has NO fluids so I can't start it to drive it off so I am thinking I can pull it off but in order to do that I need to release the air brakes. Does anyone know how to do that without starting it?

 

[porkysplace]

Put a air chuck in one of the feed tanks and charge it with a portable air compressor.

 

[73m819]

cage the spring brakes, thay are most likley already caged, needed to be to load

 

[nf6x]

It wouldn't hurt to get some caging bolts ahead of time in case the ones on the crane aren't already caged, and their caging bolts are missing or rusted into place in the storage tubes. Are caging bolts all the same, or do they vary for different kinds of cans? My air-brake experience is limited so far... but it'll grow a bit more when my EUC clears!

 

[73m819]

different as to type of brake as well as cans

 

[nf6x]

I've seen it recommended in another thread to get extra caging bolts from a truck shop prior to a pick-up. Do truck shops usually carry an assortment of caging bolts? If I wanted to get a spare set of bolts for an M923, for example, what would I ask for? I'd imagine that a random truck shop employee wouldn't be familiar with M900-series trucks, so I'd need to know something like the brand and style of cans it uses.

I'd love to see pictures of your new crane if you have any, Deuce007! What kind of crane is it?

 

[73m819]

You need to KNOW the type of brake that you want to cage

 

[m16ty]

Put a air chuck in one of the feed tanks and charge it with a portable air compressor.

This is what I'd try. You'll have service brakes until the tanks run dry. If you have major air leaks this won't work.

cage the spring brakes, thay are most likley already caged, needed to be to load

By caging the brakes you will release them but you'll have no service brakes unloading it. I've done it but it can get pretty exciting coming off a trailer with no brakes.

 

[rosco]

The service brakes, should still work, if the cans are caged! The portable air compressor is a good trick. Just keep it hooked up and have somebody walk the hose along with the truck, as it is unloaded.

 

[quickfarms]

Do you have any type of machine available to control the unloading ?

We use the winch on the trailer to control the unloading

 

[Deuce007]

Do you have any type of machine available to control the unloading ?

We use the winch on the trailer to control the unloading

We are probably going to use a tractor to pull it off of the trailer.

 

[m16ty]

The service brakes, should still work, if the cans are caged!

Not if you don't have any air pressure. If you've got air pressure why would you cage the brakes? If the service brakes work there's no reason to cage them.