Manitowoc Grove GRT655 - Section 5 Set-Up and Installation

Grove Published 3-23-2020, Control # 654-04 5-1
GRT655/655L OPERATOR MANUAL SET-UP AND INSTALLATION
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SECTION 5
SET-UP AND INSTALLATION
SECTION CONTENTS
Setup of Crane Before and After Transporting . . 5-2
Hoist Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Installing Cable on the Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Anti-Two-Block (A2B) Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Checking Before Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Cranes with Main Hoist Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Cranes with Main and Auxiliary Hoists . . . . . . 5-8
Hoist Rope Reeving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Reeving Hoist Rope Over the Boom. . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Dead-End Rigging/Wedge Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Installing Wedge and Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Erecting and Stowing the Boom Extension . . . . 5-20
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
General Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Securing the Boom Extension with a Tag
Line (Rope). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Erecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Setting the Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Extending and Stowing the Telescoping Boom
Extension Fly Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Extending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34