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Handling and lifting

Lifting jib

Lifting jib fitted at the end of the equipment and held out horizontally: a block and a hook hang from its tip, and two slings hold a concrete element resting on the ground.
What it gains in reach:
it loses in permissible load.
Synthetic image.

A jib that takes the place of the bucket and carries the hook further out.
What it gains in reach:
it loses in permissible load.

Other names for this tool: lifting gallows, handling jib, lifting pole, handling arm.

The essentials
Family
Handling and lifting
Classes (t)
Depending on the size
Coupler
All, by plate
Power source
None — passive tool

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01 Use

What it is for

On the left, the jib carries the lifting point ahead of the dipper arm and sets the pipe down across the excavation. On the right, without a jib, the excavator has to move up to the edge of the excavation to set down the same load. Computer-generated image.
the jib carries the lifting point ahead of the dipper arm and sets the pipe down across the excavation without a jib, the excavator has to move up to the edge of the excavation to set down the same load
Left: the jib carries the lifting point ahead of the dipper arm and sets the pipe down across the excavation.
Right: without a jib, the excavator has to move up to the edge of the excavation to set down the same load.
Computer-generated image.
An excavator setting down a concrete element over an open excavation, the machine kept back from the edge, two operators in high-visibility vests guiding the load.
The load goes where the machine cannot:
it is the reach you are buying, not the capacity.
Synthetic image.

It is used when the load has to be set down where the machine cannot come close:
over an excavation, behind an obstacle, beyond an embankment.
The hitching point moves forward of the dipper arm, and that is its whole purpose.

Some offer several hitching positions.
This is not a refinement of comfort:
each position corresponds to a different reach, and therefore to a different permissible load, and the choice is made before lifting, never during.

Lengthening the lever arm reduces the permissible load, always. The carrier's load chart is read at the real reach, jib included, and it is almost always the machine that limits, not the jib.
Lifting with an earthmoving machine is moreover a regulated operation:
we supply the part and the information, the organisation is yours.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

A lifting jib fits all couplers, via a mounting plate.
The excavator class depends on the size: we calculate it with you for your machine.

What the tool does

This tool is used for handling and lifting loads on the hook.
The reach at the hook, the permissible load and the weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

It is a passive tool: no hydraulic connection is needed.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.

03 Your study

Have your machine checked.

Describe the load, the distance between the machine and the setting-down point, and the obstacle that stops you coming closer.
It is that obstacle which will say whether a jib is the right answer.

What we need to answer you
  • Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
  • The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
  • The coupler in place Its system and its class.
  • The work The use, and the material.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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or describe your need

Book an appointment with the specialist

Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

  • 01 — The reach required Measured from where the machine stands to where the load is set down, not judged by eye.
  • 02 — The load at that reach It is the reach-load pair that decides.
    Never either one taken alone.
  • 03 — The hitching positions Several positions make the jib adjustable, provided you know which one is in use.
  • 04 — The weight of the jib itself It is added at the end of the arm before the load even arrives.
05 Check

What is checked before ordering

  • The carrier's lifting load chart At the maximum reach envisaged, not at the foot of the machine.
  • The marked maximum load It is specific to each hitching position, and it must remain legible.
  • The machine's safety devices They govern the use, and they are checked in working order.
  • The interface Coupler designation or pin dimensions.
The hitching point
Reaching further another way
Checking the load
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