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| The plain box. |
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| It makes an
interesting transport load. |
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| Rigging the
hook. |
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| Heavy jib head
on a luffing jib. |
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| Colour match is
fine. |
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| YCC's AC500
hook looks good.
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| The jib head
provides many different rigging options. |
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This is a model of a heavy jib head
for the lattice jib of the Terex AC500 mobile crane and
is in the colours of Felbermayr.
Packaging
This model box is plain white and the parts are packed
inside black foam rubber with the jib head
wrapped in tissue.
There were no defects or missing parts on the review
part.
There is no information about the real part,
and no instructions. A photo or sketch of the
assembled model would have been helpful.
Two large still pins are included which can be used in
lieu of Conrad's plastic pins to join the bottom of the
jib head to the jib. However they are a very
tight fit so some paint need would probably need to be removed. In
fact Conrad's plastic pins work fine and look better.
Two types of pendant connection are provided and this
allows either Conrad's plastic pendants or YCC's metal
versions to be used. The connectors are fixed to the
jib head using a small steel pin and as it is
fairly loose care must be taken that it does nor drop
out when not under load. A spare pin is included.
Narrow jib sections can be fitted to the top of the jib
head and to do this two Conrad pins are used and two
small metal pins because the dolly wheels prevent the
use of plastic pins in two of the connection holes.
Detail
and Features
The jib head is a high quality casting. The tyres
on the dolly wheels have a tread pattern and they
are mounted on detailed metal hubs.
The pulleys are metal and there is an anemometer
which is a nice detail.
The part makes a good transport load or it can be used
in fixed and luffing jib configurations.
The pulleys are free rolling and the rope restraint on
the main pulleys also moves. Because of the pulley size
in the jib head the
YCC hook for this crane looks better than the large
Conrad hook supplied with the crane.
Quality
and Price
This is a very well made part and the colour match with
the Conrad jib parts is excellent.
It is an expensive part but this probably reflects the
very low number of parts likely to be made.
Overall
This part from YCC adds flexibility to the Conrad model
and provides rigging options not otherwise available.
If you can afford the high price it is highly
recommended.
Footnotes
The part first appeared in January 2012. It
was also made in white red and yellow to suit other
liveries. |
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| The box insert
has high quality foam rubber. |
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| The parts out
of the box. |
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| 'Where are the
chocks for the dolly wheel?'
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| This is the
YCC
hook for the AC500. It is a better match than the
Conrad hook. |
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| Heavy lifting
is now possible on a luffing jib. |
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| Anemometer
looks good |
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| Rigged on a
fixed jib with an extension on top. |
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| Conrad's
plastic pins cannot be used at the dolly wheels. |
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