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A easy fix is to use a car wrench (the ones you buy at a hard ware store) I am not sure what size it is but this is a little bit stronger and it will prevent taking the paint off. I had the same problem with my for the LTM 11200 for Mammoet.
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i was going to do that, and grind down the spanner so the wrench would have more grip instead of the tip. but after tightening it as much as i can with the boom extended, i pulled on the boom a little bit and the cylinders started slipping, so i really dont think they will hold up with the luffing jib on. they might hold up with just the tele boom on and no load or at a low angle. really sucks as they are a great piece and really look nice. so ive come up with this solution, i am drilling a bunch of small holes in the cylinders, just on one side, not all the way through. so i can stick the old cylinder pins in and the weight of the boom will keep them from falling out, this way, i can set the boom at any angle without worrying if it will collapse, and since the holes are on the upper side of the cylinder, its not that noticable. i have to take them to my work tomarrow and finish drilling them with the drill press, dont want to break anymore bits, broke one but luckily got it out  . here are some pics, what do you guys think? this is the only other option i can think of that will work    
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Brandon. Your'e the drilling dude lol.
I don't understand why you got YCC cylinders if finally you were going to drill them. In my case, I will drill the stock cylinders. Sometime ago, Paul R post a solution for the AC 1600 cylinders (almost same case). That was putting some wood rods inside the cylinders at the measure you need.
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J.Galvez wrote:Brandon. Your'e the drilling dude lol.
I don't understand why you got YCC cylinders if finally you were going to drill them. In my case, I will drill the stock cylinders. Sometime ago, Paul R post a solution for the AC 1600 cylinders (almost same case). That was putting some wood rods inside the cylinders at the measure you need.
That is correct and I have used the same solution on the YCC cylinders when I had the luffing jib attached. I didn't trust the YCC cylinders to hold all the weight so I got some dowel, cut it to length and popped it inside the cylinder. Works a treat and is completely hidden and also means you don't chip the paint trying to tighten them up:  Your solution obviously works well Brandon but I don't think I could bring myself to drill holes YCC cylinders for what they cost and you end up with unsightly holes. But the one positive is that with holes, they are easily adjustable. For me this is not an issue because once I have a crane set up, I don't change it for quite a while. Paul R
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Thats a real pity that they still slip, I was gonna get them for my McNallys 11200 because the originals can't hold much of an angle but think ill pass now if they dont make much of a difference  They still look good though Brandon 
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i would have put dowels in mine but i adjust mine all the time and i would have to take the crane apart/down to take them out just to adjust it, this way works well and are hardly noticable i finally stripped the paint off my lr1280 today, got tired of seeing it sit in the corner all taken apart, now i will repaint her the right way then i will have to do the gmk7550 again, thats what i get for rushing them  
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man i would love some free concrete trucks!!! i have always wanted some concrete trucks but never choose to spend the money on them as i think they are a bit on the steep side. How did you get the hook up though!? if you dont care about them feel free to send one my way, i wont mind 
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Very nice additions! Seems like everyone is stocking up on these lol
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the trucks are very nice, but i agree, are a bit expensive. i got these from *****, they have a rewards zone program, if you sign up, write model reviews, referr people or get referred by people, they will give you reward points. ive saved up 480 bucks worth of points, so i used them all and got these, and they have a free shipping option, which i think only works on the reward zone models, not if you buy other models. they are a twh, sword, and now nzg dealer. they always have some great sales going on. mike- these are the only good models out of the bunch, besides the freightliner flatbeds, which i already have 3 of whish they had more better models on the list, but i have pretty much everything i want that they sell already
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Those make the model look so much better! Great job on installing them
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How did you attach the hardware on the wagon B? Did you drill holes?
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adds much character to the model, I like it. Definitely get a workout walking that distance back and forth especially on an incline. 
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Those handrails were a real pain to attatch I drilled holes and glued them in place, but I glued each handrail together side by side after I drilled the holes, then glued the walkway on, then I glued the whole thing to the wagon. That way worked pretty good, I didn't try that on the first set, I tried to glue each handrail one at a time, didn't work so well. Overall they look great on there though Thanks guys
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Looks great Brandon, that length of boom makes for a killer look ... I especially liked the jack - knife shot where the luffer is still on the ground ...
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i was looking at my 16000 today and was not liking the windmill tip on it, i like it better with a heavy lift tip instead. so i took it down and pulled the wind tip off, and fabbed up a heavy lift tip, well not really fabbed up anyhting, just added a few sheaves, rod, and the rooster tip from an old ccm 555 boom tip section ive had forever, and added a ycc 9 sheave block, then vuala, a heavy lift tip. i think it looks great, reminds me of a 2250 now       
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Looks awesome, great job on it! I need some more sheaves to do this to my second 16000
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thanks, i have a few metal sheaves i could have used but theres only like 4, which isnt enough, so since i have a s***load of plastic ones from the old conrad models, i used a bunch of them, they work great
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cranedude07 wrote:thanks, i have a few metal sheaves i could have used but theres only like 4, which isnt enough, so since i have a s***load of plastic ones from the old conrad models, i used a bunch of them, they work great Oh, the plastic ones look pretty good. Wish I had some extra ones laying around.
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