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WSI Liebherr LTM 1050-3.1 Mobile Crane 'McNally's' by Cranes Etc TV - YouTube
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The Liebherr LTM 1050 comes in a standard Liebherr branded box
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and although this is the version in the Irish
company colours McNally's
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it is only a label on the side that
indicates that.
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Inside the model is contained within
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expanded polystyrene trays as usual.
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On the top you have the various pieces
of counterweight and also a
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Liebherr ingot that can be used as a
load and we'll see that later.
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I've already split the tape around the edge
in the box
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and if your luck's in when you take the lid
off
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the model will be the right way up and
inside you've got a small pack of parts,
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the crane itself, and you have to be careful
handling it because like many WSI models
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there's lots a very small parts on the model.
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It could be damaged if you handle it roughly. Lastly the fly jib but there are no
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instructions for this model
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which is a bit disappointing. WSI
have said they will correct that
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in future models.
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This is a version in a special livery and
it does come with a
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little certificate which gives some
history of the McNally's company
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and a unique serial number for the model
and before we look at any of the details
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of the model we will assemble some of the
parts that have to be fitted.
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This is made of four separate pieces
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which just clip together in the
right order.
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The caps are just plastic push-fit
clips
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and on the view model they were a little
bit loose so they can come apart so
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try to press them together, and if you've
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done it in the right order then you see looking
end on its like a kind of a triangle
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shape.
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And then with the completed piece
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you can just pop it on the underside of
the crane.
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Again it's just a push-fit and
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it clips into place and when that's done
you've got the counterweight loaded
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as if it was in an operational
configuration with the crane working.
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It's also possible to show the
counterweight
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correctly stowed when the crane is
in
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road going configuration so the bottom
three pieces just
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pull off and you can just clipped onto
the
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top of the carrier and when that's done you
can lower the boom
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and the last touch is to lower and fix the hook
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to the tying on point in front of the cab.
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and then you've got the crane in
road configuration. One last thing we
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can add on is the swing away fly jib
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and this is a little bit fiddly just to
get in place. It rests on
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three holders that come off the
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boom and if you position it right you can
actually then just pin
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one of the eyes of the fly jib into
position
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and it securely fixed. So with the model
fully assembled we can have a look at
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the details
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and this is a very detailed model and if
we have a look at the tread on the tires
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that's really good
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and you can see the outriggers and the
lights
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and number plate in the front are very good. At the back there's good
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light details with number plates
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and you can see the Liebherr name cast
into the counterweight section
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and there are some hydraulic hoses underneath. The interior of the caB
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is particularly well detailed on this
model with the computer console and the
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dashboard having graphics
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and you can see even the hook is well
detailed when up close.
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Now we'll check out the functionality of
the chassis.
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The steering is notched on
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all the axles but the range of movement is
good.
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The range slightly less on the middle axle which is realistic
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and all the steering is independent so you can
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set it to steer at quite an angle if you like and
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that works quite well. You've also got the
option to
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set the model for crab steering in which
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all the axles point in one direction and
that works quite well too.
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Looking underneath the model the
suspension,
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transmission and steering components are
all modelled really well, mostly in plastic,
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and at the front there is a ladder which
can disconnect.
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It's a bit of a short ladder so you can't really
use it to reach up to the
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fly jib connections but you can rest
against the body.
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if that's what you'd like to do. One feature which is really good on this model
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is the outriggers. The beam's just pull out
and when you wind the pads down
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you can see that the pistons look like pistons
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and not screw threads so it's very
realistic.
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The pads have an interesting
mechanism because they can be offset from
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centre
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just like that and reason for that is that
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when the crane is driving along the pads
can be fully
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underneath the line of the body and not
sticking out.
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So it's very well implemented on this
model.
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You get four small pins which can be used
to pin the Pads into place
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so you can insert the pin into its offset
position like that to secure it
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and when you're setting the crane up as if
it's being used
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you slide the pad over and then you can insert the pin in.
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But a word of warning the pins are
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very loose within the pads
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and they're very easy to drop out and
lose on the floor.
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Here the crane is now set up with all
the outriggers down and they on
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the support pads
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supplied with the model and if you
unhitch the hook
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from the front it's an easy matter
to raise
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the boom up because the boom lift cylinder is
not very stiff on this model.
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Of course the crane can be rotated
quite easily.
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There's another feature which is the
tilting cab
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and this is used when the operator has
to look up
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for a long time and it saves his neck ache.
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Now the crane's all set up with the full
counterweight installed at the back
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and we can hang the Liebherr weight that is
supplied with the model onto the hook.
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This gives it a little bit of weight
which helps keep some tension in the hoist ropes
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and there's a special case supplied which just
fits onto the end of the winch
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and by turning that you can raise and lower
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the hook, Also at the back there's
another little feature which is
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a flap which can be opened just above the
winch drum
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or closed. With the boom up it's easier to
see some of the details and here behind
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the
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cab of the carrier you can see some
other really fine mesh work
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that is present on the model.
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There are also plenty of hydraulic lines
in the body of the crane.
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There is another good small feature on the
cab and that is the
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walkway just in front of the cab and you
can see that just slides out
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and pops back again so you can maintain an
accurate width
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when on the road. Extending the boom is
easy and straightforward
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you need to remove the pin of the fly jib if
you pinned it on
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and then it's an easy matter just to pull the
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telescopic sections out and you can see
on this model that the McNally's name is
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appearing on every
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boom section which is a nice touch.
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One display option you have is to fit the
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fly jib and it just opens up and pins
into place.
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Because there's no pulley at the end of
the lattice section you have to open up the
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the solid section and then just pin it
into place.
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Fixing the fly jib to the to boom is easy you
just
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pop it over and then using the two long
pins supplied
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you pop them in through the holes on each side and that
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secures it to the boom. Now you can
disconnect
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the hoist rope tie-off points by just
pulling the pin out
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and the tie-off point just
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comes off and in the thread can
actually just neatly slot out just
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like on the real
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crane but the thread has
a knot at the end as you can see which
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keeps it in place. But unfortunately that
knot means
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it can't pass through the hook so you
don't have any choice but to cut the
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knot off and tie a new one when you're
ready.
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So you pass the string over the top of the fly jib
just like that. Pass it through the hook
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and tie a new knot and attach it to the tie-off
point and fix it to the top
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of the fly jib. That gives you a two fall
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arrangement on the hook but really this
model needs a single line
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hook which would look better on the fly
jib. With the hoist cut-off chain fitted
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to model is all set
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and poses well with the fly jib fixed on
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and if you fully extend the boom then you
get quite a large model.
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I mentioned before that the main boom
lift cylinder wasn't very stiff
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so if you want to avoid that feeling of
your boom drooping
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you can insert a supplied pin and the
one that seems to fit
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just pushes into the cylinder although it
doesn't look too good - it's
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quite obtrusive really. There is one more
configuration possibility
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and that is using the fly jib and you can
disconnect
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the very end it and get what's known as
the
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short erection jib. So you just pull out
the two clips
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and that leaves this piece which can be
used on its own at the end of the boom.
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Although you can't adjust the angle
of the short offset jib and it is quite
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difficult to rig the hook properly
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it does give you another display option.
In summary this is a really good
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crane model by WSI.
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The details on it are excellent
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and the functionality is very good too, and it
looks really good in
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McNally's livery. No hesitation, it's
highly recommended.
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