Patent ID: 8839966

Claim:
A method of assembling a mobile lift crane, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a rotating bed, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to a distal end of the boom; iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the distal end of the boom, the first strut including a first strut cap having sheaves, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the second strut including a second strut cap having sheaves, the method comprising: a) connecting the first strut, together with the first and second strut caps reeved with a first line, to the distal end of the boom; b) connecting a second line to an end of the first line, the second line being wound around a rotatable drum mounted on an immobilized drum frame; and c) removing the first line to thereby pull the second line through the sheaves to reeve the first and second strut caps with the second line.