AS 2550.5-1993

1 - AS 2550.5-1993 CRANES - SAFE USE - MOBILE AND VEHICLE-LOADING CRANES
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - 1 SCOPE
5 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
5 - 3 DEFINITIONS
5 - 4 SITING
5 - 4.1 General requirements
6 - 4.2 Excavations and embankments
6 - 4.3 Soft surfaces
6 - 4.4 Riverbed, tidal or flood water areas
6 - 4.5 Working over cellars, ground cavities or underground services
6 - 4.6 Working on structures
6 - 4.7 Outriggers
6 - 5 ERECTION AND DISMANTLING
6 - 5.1 Crane stability during erection and dismantling procedures
7 - 5.2 Adjustment of outriggers
7 - 6 OPERATION
7 - 6.1 Travelling and transportation
7 - 6.1.1 Road travel
7 - 6.1.2 Site travel with a boom or a jib fitted
7 - 6.1.3 Loading cranes for transportation
7 - 6.1.4 Security of crane for transportation
7 - 6.1.5 Transportation of the boom section and the jib section
7 - 6.1.6 Travel and transport clearances
7 - 6.2 Working near aerial conductors (overhead power lines)
8 - 6.3 Load rating
8 - 6.3.1 Load chart
8 - 6.3.2 Radii extending under load
9 - 6.4 Precautions in the use of a telescopic boom crane
10 - 6.5 Travelling with suspended loads (pick-and-carry)
10 - 6.5.1 General
10 - 6.5.2 Surface preparation
10 - 6.5.3 Out of level operation
10 - 6.5.4 Slopes
10 - 6.5.5 Avoidance of side loading on boom or jib
10 - 7 LIMITING AND INDICATING DEVICES
10 - 7.1 Inspection, testing and calibration
10 - 7.2 Records
11 - 7.3 Maintenance
11 - 7.4 Operating instructions
14 - APPENDIX A - BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND FUNCTIONS OF TYPICAL MOBILE CRANES

This Standard specifies the requirements for the safe use of mobile and vehicle-loading cranes. It includes sections on siting, erection, dismantling and operation together with a section on loading limiting and indication devices.

This Standard specifies requirements for the safe use of mobile and vehicle loading cranes.Where this Standard uses the word(s) crane or mobile crane it shall be taken to include vehicle-loading cranes where appropriate.It is complementary to AS 2550.1, but requirements given herein take precedence over the corresponding requirements in AS 2550.1.NOTES:1 The basic terminology and functions of typical mobile cranes are given in Appendix A.2 Typical types of mobile cranes and vehicle-loading cranes are illustrated in AS 2549.

Under Revision see DR 00398 First published as part of AS 2550-1982.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 2550.5-1993.