So there is a reason for there not being too many cranes on the site. Well because its annoying to make them.... but they're still fun to play with.
But you want them to be strong etc.

The telescopic ones are more annoying to make, naturally but what is even more annoying?

Knuckle boom cranes/loader cranes! Man these things are so damn annoying. I haven't seen one on the website, at least not one that is like one of the palfinger ones.......

But that's what I'm working on... and its super annoying, many sections = a lot of wobble that mass editing etc won't fix. I think I found a way that fix it, and it's basically the system for this but on steroids.....
Its multiple pistons placed in a pattern and now the connections are edited and its just annoying to repeat over and over, and then when it's done and I find out it didn't work that will be even more annoying!

And this is how stuff like this is made.... atleast when I make it.

UPDATE

Small step, but its not bending

UPDATE AGAIN....
As expected things are going less well now...

This is a bit more than 5k lbs....... and its bending... uuuuugggghhh