neg mewp work

[vduben]

Sorry for the criticism vduben,

i did consider sending you a pm on this, but i'm guessing the forum is about sharing thoughts...right ?

Do you know what the Safe Working Load is of that cage ?

You + Saw/gear + Branch/timber could very well be exceeding it.

I know there will be, (and can hear) all the tutting out there at this point, but my concern would be that the MEWP is not designed as a CRANE, and even if only one "have a go" inexperienced Arby saw this and thought "great idea" they could find themselves in a seriously overloaded situation.

Sorry for the rant, i know from your posts you are more than healthily experienced.

BTW it does look like a nice piece of kit, is it a geenie boom?

 

yeah it is a genie, i have used many different types and have a reasonable knowledge that what i did was wrong..............but like i said in the post above the branch was put there by hand, the swl was for 2 blokes and 100kg's iircand not one buzzer has gone off in the past 2 days of use..

[Lee Winger]

MEWPS are still not to be used as a crane, however big the branch was

[vduben]

MEWPS are still not to be used as a crane, however big the branch was

 

true, but in all fairness i would still be on the first tree which is hanging half way across the trent!!!! the only other way would of been to get a crane on site through some rough ground, they have a tracked crane there but it wasnt the building companies and was in use with the piledriver i posted in large equiptment...

[Mr Ed]

I think it was perfectly safe. Good work. I've had a lot of experience with those big genie's, it takes an enormous load to tip them.

[Lee Winger]

I think it was perfectly safe. Good work. I've had a lot of experience with those big genie's, it takes an enormous load to tip them.

 

I have an IPAF mewp ticket , and totally disagree, whilst on the course we saw some pics of horrific accidents, the number one safety message the instructer forced down our throats was DO NOT USE A MEWP AS A CRANE OR OVER LOAD IT, and I too have vast experience using them, it takes very little to set the alarm off, a good gust of wind, and we could be reading a whole different thread, If anyone used a mewp as a crane on the sites I work on you'd be down the road sharp!

 

IMO if vduben needed a crane one should have been priced into the job period, if whoever priced the job knew a crane was need why wasn't one priced in? no tree is worth a life or serious injury ever!

[vduben]

I have an IPAF mewp ticket , and totally disagree, whilst on the course we saw some pics of horrific accidents, the number one safety message the instructer forced down our throats was DO NOT USE A MEWP AS A CRANE OR OVER LOAD IT, and I too have vast experience using them, it takes very little to set the alarm off, a good gust of wind, and we could be reading a whole different thread, If anyone used a mewp as a crane on the sites I work on you'd be down the road sharp!

 

IMO if vduben needed a crane one should have been priced into the job period, if whoever priced the job knew a crane was need why wasn't one priced in? no tree is worth a life or serious injury ever!

large gust of wind??? are you very wide and very tall??

i no the ipaf laws etc in all fairness i wouldnt over load it and like i said the buzzer has never gone off!!!!

[Rich Rule]

Excuse me but am i missing the point... where in the pics is the MEWP being used as a crane. Have you removed the picture?

[bob]

picture has gone been lifted out by a mewp probably

[vduben]

Excuse me but am i missing the point... where in the pics is the MEWP being used as a crane. Have you removed the picture?

 

yeah i did!!! since most folks slated it, even tho like i said i wouldnt hang a heavy bit off the basket etc

[David Humphries]

Quote:

Originally Posted by vduben

"yeah i did!!! since most folks slated it, even tho like i said i wouldnt hang a heavy bit off the basket etc"

 

I think an opportunity for honest debate is disappearing from this thread by your removal of the middle picture.

My post was not really an attack on you or your skills,

(appologies to you for any uncomfortableness incured)

more it was a Warning to the inexperienced who are viewing here, looking to the pros for tips and more effecient ways of working.