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Came home from a dinner out with the lady only to find the boom of my 16000 folded over. I was going to take the boom apart tomorrow to glue all the pins that were coming out of the boom. I hadn't had a load on it at all and when i came home it was buckled. 1 40ft section and the 10ft section are ruined. my pendants are ruined.. this sucks...     From here I don't have a clue what to do.. Should I contact TWH and tell em' what happened?? the 10ft section and 2 40ft sections are ruined...
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When I was assembling mine the same thing almost happened.I called Towselys and they sent me new sections. I noticed other sections were lose so I gingerly (not all pins are lose)pried them open and glued the pins to the tubing.Not all the sections and not all 4 pins were lose. Hope this helps. Bob
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damn that sucks....i hope you get it fixed...i would try to see if twh would help....good luck man
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SDBOB wrote:When I was assembling mine the same thing almost happened.I called Towselys and they sent me new sections. I noticed other sections were lose so I gingerly (not all pins are lose)pried them open and glued the pins to the tubing.Not all the sections and not all 4 pins were lose. Hope this helps. Bob I'll do that, i honestly don't understand how this happened. It's up away from everything, I came home and it was buckled over the back of it. I'm looking at some of the other boom pieces and they seem to be damaged also. Thanks craneboi, I hope I can get it fixed Im still not 100% on how much of the boom is damaged. I know this is a really stupid question, but is there a website for TWH?
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here you go Phone: 920-683-7400 or 1-800-854-3536 Fax: 920-683-7411 Mailing Address: Towsley's Inc P.O. Box 2140 Manitowoc, WI 54221-2140 Shipping Address: Towsley's Inc 1424 Dewey Street Manitowoc, WI 54221-2140 Email: orders@towsleys.com
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craneboi07 wrote:here you go Phone: 920-683-7400 or 1-800-854-3536 Fax: 920-683-7411 Mailing Address: Towsley's Inc P.O. Box 2140 Manitowoc, WI 54221-2140 Shipping Address: Towsley's Inc 1424 Dewey Street Manitowoc, WI 54221-2140 Email: orders@towsleys.com Thanks bud!! 
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anytime man....hope you get it fixed
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She broke of short and took out the operatoers cab to?......
the paint took a pounding also ...it sucks is an understatement
best of luck hope you get her back up soon .
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crane op,
sorry to hear about your disaster. as you repair post pics, it might help someone out.
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It has to be a sick feeling to return home and discover that. I feel your pain Crane Op. I hope everything gets restored to its original. keep us posted
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The store manager at TWH is a new member here, his name is johnyb. PM him or call TWH store right now, they are open on Saturday's as well.
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That sucks I had that happen to my LR1750 jibluckily nothing broke. Sorry for your misfortune hope you get it all fixed Jason
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dam that sucks....its not even my model and it makes my stomach cringe seeing that...and on that note, ill buy ya a beer...hope ya get it fixed back up
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You better check the log on that computer to make sure the operator wasnt over picking. Seriously, that sucks. How much boom did you have on? Is it the amount that came with the machine or did you have more?
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turbo21835 wrote:You better check the log on that computer to make sure the operator wasnt over picking. Seriously, that sucks. How much boom did you have on? Is it the amount that came with the machine or did you have more? I had a short boom on, I keep the 16000 on my desk next to the computer. It wouldn't fit on my desk without removing a section. I kept out 2 40ft sections... Cheesehead (oiler) I can't believe this happened to us!!!!! I've never been more pissed in my life!! My lady is the one that's mad she bought it for me 
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Gentlemen, I'm not saying this is the cause, but here is an observation that could be a cause. Seems I have seen three (3) Manitowoc 16000 crawler cranes with boom problems. All three (3) have been custom painted. It very well could be that either the process to remove the original paint or the paint being applied is effecting the joint. Not sure if the pins are glued in or pressed in. If glued, either process could be softening the flue. Or if pressed in the metal is being fatigued, causing stress fractures that are being effected by either process. It will be interesting to see if anyone with factory paint has this problem. Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack@us.army.mil
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RMS Models wrote:Gentlemen, I'm not saying this is the cause, but here is an observation that could be a cause. Seems I have seen three (3) Manitowoc 16000 crawler cranes with boom problems. All three (3) have been custom painted. It very well could be that either the process to remove the original paint or the paint being applied is effecting the joint. Not sure if the pins are glued in or pressed in. If glued, either process could be softening the flue. Or if pressed in the metal is being fatigued, causing stress fractures that are being effected by either process. It will be interesting to see if anyone with factory paint has this problem. Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack@us.army.mil I don't think it has to do with custom painting, There have been many complaints about the pins being loose before it's set up, or while it's being set up. Mine sat for 7 months before this happened Althought painting may seem as the cause. If it was I figure it would have happened 7 months ago and not 7 months later.
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Too long of boom for the pins to handle?
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CheeseHead wrote:Too long of boom for the pins to handle? It was fully rigged, I had 2 40ft sections out of the boom. 2 it was the 10ft and 3 40ft instead of 5 40ft sections.
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Sorry to read about the terrible thing that happened to you & cheesehead.I hope you both get the problem fixed by TWH as soon as possible to what looks like a great model
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