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TMS9000-2 OPERATOR MANUAL SET-UP AND INSTALLATION
Published 02-21-2019, Control # 611-05
SECTION 6
SET-UP AND INSTALLATION
SECTION CONTENTS
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Installing Cable On The Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Cable Reeving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Dead-End Rigging/Wedge Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Installing Wedge and Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Positioning/Removing the Hoist Cable . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Possible reevings on the main boom . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Rigging work for crane operation with the
main boom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Unrigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Removable Counterweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Counterweight versions/combinations . . . . . . . . 6-16
Lifting individual counterweight sections. . . . . . . 6-16
Rigging the counterweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Unrigging the counterweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Lower 3,000 lb tray plate on the counterweight
platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Check the position of the locking pins for 3000
and 5,000 lb counterweight sections . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Assembling counterweight versions/
combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Counterweight hoist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Rotating with the rigged counterweight. . . . . . . . 6-23
Unlocking/locking the rear counterweight
platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
Rigging work on the main boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Hook block on the bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Hook block on a separate vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Installing/removing the anti-two block switch . . . 6-36
Locking/unlocking the anti-two block switch . . . . 6-40
Anemometer and boom position indicator light. . 6-40
Other rigging work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Cameras for crane operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Hoist maintenance platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Slinging points for personal protective
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Boom Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Installing the Folding Boom Extension . . . . . . . . 6-44
Extension Erecting Warnings and Requirements 6-45
Erecting Procedure: 35 ft (10.5 m) Base
Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Erecting Procedure: 58 ft (17.7 m) Extension . . . 6-50
Extension Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56
Connecting the Anti-Two Block Switch . . . . . . . . 6-58
Extension Hydraulic Connections (Optional
Hydraulic Extension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-58
Folding Deflection Sheaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Positioning/Removing the Hoist Cable . . . . . . . . 6-62
Mechanical Luffing Boom Extension (Adjustable
Boom Extension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
Stowing the Folding Boom Extension . . . . . . . . . 6-64
Boom Extension Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-72
Installing and Removing the 26 ft (8 m)
Extension Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-76
3.5 m (11.4 ft) Manual off-settable Heavy Duty
Boom Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-81
Separating Manual Off-settable Heavy Duty
Boom Extension from Lattice Extension . . . . . . . 6-81
Installing Manually Offsetable Heavy Duty
Boom Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-82
Setting Heavy Duty Boom Extension Manual
Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-82
Removing the Manual Offsetable Heavy Duty
Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-82
3.5 m (11.4 ft) Hydraulic off-settable Heavy
Duty Boom Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-83
Separating Hydraulic Off-settable Heavy Duty
Boom Extension from Lattice Base Extension. . . 6-83
Removing the Hydraulic Offsetable Heavy
Duty Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
Auxiliary Single-Sheave Boom Nose (Optional
Equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-86
Installing/Removing Auxiliary Single-Sheave
Boom Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-87
Removing the Auxiliary Single-Sheave Boom
Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Rigging the Auxiliary Single-Sheave Boom
Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Rigging in Transport Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Rigging in Working Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Attaching and Removing Hoist Cable . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Possible Reeving Methods on the Auxiliary
Single-Sheave Boom Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Anti-two Block Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Raising and Setting Down the Main Boom with
Rigged Lattice Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88
Telescoping with Rigged Lattice Extension . . . . 6-89
Operating with the Lattice Extension . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Procedure if the Permissible Wind Speed is
Exceeded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89
Anti-two Block Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-89