Project 1 from ScratchStart

[ScratchStart]

The DOT was not very happy when my crane lacked the necessary "safety equipment". Which in this case were the 3 small red lights that mark center rear of the vehicle. so I had to build a little light bar and wire some up.

bar is 2x4x 1/8 square tube. I cut 3, 2 3/8" holes with the plasma (hole saw was MIA) and ground them out to round, as my plasma skills were seriously inhibited by the ammount of coffe I had.


Cut caps for the end from some 1/8" x 2" HR flat stock and welded them on

ground the welds down and smoothed them out


here is the light bar ready for some primer


The whole project took less than 2 hours (not including time for the paint to dry). All the steel came from the scrap pile.

I'll grab a picture of it installed and add it.

[SeanMurphy265]

my plasma skills were seriously inhibited by the ammount of coffe I had.

That's how I get the cool ripples in my welds!

[ScratchStart]

That's how I get the cool ripples in my welds!

thats where I went wrong... not bad plasma skills... just cool ripples in my cuts!

[parkour]

Looks factory... speaking of factory....
Is this a crane you built, or did it come from the factory "lacking" the "necessary" "safety equipment"?

Why are the ends at an angle?

[ScratchStart]

it is a Krupp 150 Tonner.... got hit in the back by a semi-truck (apperantly he couldn't see 4 flashing yellow lights, and a huge yellow crane... Crane won that round, just felt like hitting a speed bump) and the guy that rebuilt the back end didn't replace the lights. he did build a pretty nice looking storage box tho...

I angled the ends so it would look more factory, I'll get some pics to show you what I mean. I just didn't want a square box hanging down in the rear middle, thought it would look better with the taper to it...

[parkour]

Oh my... I just hit Google image and found some pics of a Krupp 150... my gosh.. that's a huge crane!

[ScratchStart]

yup nearly 200' of stick and double lines, I can set A/C units from the parkinglot!

so tell me how the semi truck driver "didn't see it"...LOL you gotta love J B Hunt!