That first sketch I made first, and the sheave numbers 8 and 9 are from the manual.
But the manual is confusing - f and r mean front and rear, but that depends on which way you look at it.
Also, where the manual says "start" it starts from the winch with one rope end, and it expects you to reeve that rope end all through and then return to the winch.
I find it much more practical to take the rope all the way out and reeve both rope ends from outside through the sheaves and end up on the winch drum.
But then you need to know where to start with the rope ends.
That's why I made the second sketch, viewed from behind the crane, with the sheeves renumbered chronologically for each side.
Left: 1--16, right 0-1--16.
From sheaves 2, left and right are exactly symmetrical.
The big arrows after 16 go to the winchdrum.
Here's a series of pics I took while I reeved it.
First unwind the double winch completely and detach the rope.
Then take both rope ends and start reeving as shown in my second sketch.
I used counterweights to hold and guide the rope while reeving.
When both rope ends are reeved through all the sheaves, attach them to the winch and wind up the winch further, thereby eating up the remaining rope sleeve until it spans between sheaves 0 and 1.
The last picture was taken just before that
Hope it helps... it's a tough one if this is your first crane and you never did any thing like this!
Victor
