one bit of crane advice I could share - when using the small cranes (the American one is yellow, Russian is blue) since they activate and extend automatically when you select them, be aware of anything that may be in the way of their extending. it can run into nearby trucks or scenery. the yellow one activates rather violently, so be sure to set the anchors first. I've actually had a truck knocked over by this crane opening against a tree or a building. good times
8:38 A noteworthy detail is that when you hold cargo with a crane while driving and then get stuck and use the winch, the crane will disconnect from the cargo. So better not get stuck :P (or, worst case, pick the cargo back up after winching out of the mud/snow/rock you got stuck on). Thx for the guide. Learned another thing or two, especially about the very heavy cranes from Season 10 👍
Good point, that's the downside of the crane cargo trick! Although I've seen some people wedge cargo without having to be attached. Glad my guide was somewhat helpful.
1:29 you can also do this (extend crane legs) with the L3 button (PS5) while in the crane menu. 3:13 or you can select the winch point just like with manual winch (PS5: square button ▪️, then arrows).
I know this may be late, well, it is, but I have just noticed the frog jumping off the tyre on the new snowrunner homescreen! Love it! Oh happiness in little things 😂
By the way in the settings there is a crane button menu you can enable to display all the crane buttons on screen. There is also an option to toggle through the points to attach when picking things up.
@@M3PH11 good to know. I play on switch so with out a mouse you need to enable a mode to use left and right on the d pad to select points over it choosing the closest one.
Another nice crane trick: sometimes when you flip your truck, you can restart the engine after “restore crane”, and use the crane to get it upright again, by pressing the crane into the ground.
Crane strength is tied to vehicle weight, same as winches. Heavier crane trucks will have better lifting ability. I use a P12 with the big heavy crane as my main crane truck and it can lift any cargo easily at even full extension. It is somewhat accurate to real life though. Lifting things at a distance requires not only power, but very heavy counterweights, and actual crane trucks can be absurdly heavy. Kenworth makes a C500 with rotator, a type of crane, that weighs in at over 200,000lbs for just the truck alone. As as far as cranes go, it is pretty small.
@@danielhomant2832 irl, for bigger telescopic cranes it's mostly tied to the counterweights that are transported seperatly. On the biggest ones (for windmill contruction for example), even the boom is transported seperatly from the truck itself because the roads could crack and bridges could collapse under it's weight. They really could expand this game alot by doing missions to set up cranes
@@crashtestdummy87 Weight isn't an issue, we transport multi-hundred ton super loads regularly. The issue is size. The massive cranes with telescopic boom are moved separately to reduce wear on the boom joints and ring gear. Smaller mobile cranes drive themselves all the time with the end of the boom on a dolly. The weights are moved by individual truck because of DOT regulations. Since there is no specific need to have all the weights as a single solid mass, they are instead made as standard sizes able to be moved by truck. Yea, setting up a big crawler crane and having to transport the tracks, chassis, body, winch, and boom pieces would be an interesting multi-stage job in itself.
@@danielhomant2832 i don't know how the regulations are in the US, but in belgium max load for exceptional transportation is only 60 tonnes. and most of our bridges are only rated for max 44 tonnes. Pretty sure your roads and bridges can handle alot more tho since the US is pretty much mostly dependant on their road network. I've been to america last year and it's a joy to drive there
You can also use the cranes to help you get unstuck - I have done this once when I got stuck in some broken ice. Managed to push the truck out with the loading crane. Very handy!
Best tip I can offer is if you have a truck that is useless to you, make it a dedicated crane truck especially if you are in hardcore and have to manually load all of your cargo. Even if you have to tow it into place it's better to have a truck with a larger crane handy then to try and make do with the small cranes. Obviously if you have mods then you can crank up on the power to a degree but even that isn't a sure thing in my experience. If you need a crane for rescue work then again use a dedicated truck but just use one that has good off road performance and can operate with some level of independence.
You can often save yourself from a partially rolled over position with the crane. So long as the truck is upright enough for the engine to start/run, you can use the crane to push against the ground and tip you back onto your wheels. You can also push yourself along or out of mud/gaps with the crane pushing against the ground or other immovable objects (like punting a boat)
The Kenworth 963 has a unique LC 3.8 and Log Crena version (not interchangeable with other trucks). However, the cranes for Loadstar 1700/Navista/Western Star 4953 (PC320)/Zikz 605R(Avto-23) are interchangeable with other trucks. Very useful information for Hard Mode... Personally, I only see differences with PC320 for Wester Start and Kenworth 963 cranes. There are more such differences, e.g. Dan has a unique fuel tank (it looks identical) and a service addon (old type). If you look in the game files, modified cranes also have: Burlak, Femm (small), Zikz 612 but I didn't check if they are interchangeable. The funny thing is that the tires are interchangeable between trucks that have 3, 4 or 5 axles ;)
You can actually extend the anchors after getting into the crane mode. Just press 5 on keyboard, or right stick (R3) on the controller. Also, you can cycle through the winch points in crane mode. Press X (Square) to go into this mode, then use D-pad left-right to cycle between the points.
3:00 as a couple others have mentioned, around this point you discuss picking up cargo, but you don't talk about the manual cargo point selection, which you can't see because you don't have the controls displayed on screen. You don't actually have to maneuver the crane close to the cargo you want to lift.
When using the LP-4 log crane with another log truck nearby, I sometimes see a big red arrow pointing from one truck to the other. Also there can be a big green hit-box shown within a truck's log carrier. What do these mean and can you use them, e.g. to swap logs between trucks?
On switch, open the menu and press x to use crane. Move the crane with L joystick and attach/detach with A. You can activate anchors in the menu or press the L joystick.
Has anyone figured out what the custom addon controls do. I already have crane functions mapped to my joystick thanks to Savino on UA-cam and joy2key but would really like it if I could avoid having to go through the functions menu to use a crane, bucket, or fork lift.
If you need to unflip a vehicle it's usually best not to use a crane. Drive another truck perpendicular to the flipped one, select the highest winch point on the side, and try to pull it back on its wheels.
Correct. Cranes in Snowrunner are terrible at flipping things over. In real life, cranes wrap their cable around the vehicle they want to roll upright, and this allows them to do the job safely. We cannot do this in Snowrunner, cranes and winches can only hook directly to a point and pull straight. This makes using cranes to upright trucks and trailers very difficult. But there is still an advantage to cranes as recovery vehicles. Winch strength is based on vehicle weight. The heavier the truck, the stronger the winch. Since the cranes are so heavy, especially the big crane, it makes the winch stronger. Add in that already heavy trucks are the only one that can mount the heavy crane, and it provides you with an extremely powerful winch truck. Just be careful not to flip it over, heh.
Easy to do in Michigan. The large mission fuel trailer at the eastern fuel station nearest the garage has a centered lift point. Even the medium cranes are able to lift it high enough.
You really missed the mark on this one. You say how to use cranes, but don't actually show using cranes in practical ways. Like counter boom to keep from tipping on a slope. Dragging in a large or heavy cargo with a small crane. Pushing a cargo to load. Using the big cranes to load big cargo. Most importantly, how cranes are terrible for uprighting a tipped vehicle. Also, how crane strength is based on vehicle weight, like winches. This means heavier trucks have stronger cranes, as well as being more stable. A great place to have shown useful crane operations would have been the big 4 slot Large Pipe in North Port, Alaska. Rather than struggling with a small crane, using a large crane makes it super easy. Later in other missions on various maps, cranes are useful for transferring cargo around. This means you can save a lot of time by getting cargo with smaller and slower off road capable vehicles from difficult spots and then transfer the cargo over to a faster truck or bigger trailer. Additionally, heavy crane trucks make great winch trucks due to their extreme weight. Finally, why cranes aren't useful for uprighting a truck. In real life we wrap the cable around the vehicle to roll it over. But since Snowrunner cables don't exist, we can't do that, making cranes terrible at uprighting a truck or trailer. Probably would have good to actually show practical crane operations too, rather than just faffing about not doing much of anything.
one bit of crane advice I could share - when using the small cranes (the American one is yellow, Russian is blue) since they activate and extend automatically when you select them, be aware of anything that may be in the way of their extending. it can run into nearby trucks or scenery. the yellow one activates rather violently, so be sure to set the anchors first. I've actually had a truck knocked over by this crane opening against a tree or a building. good times
You can use that to upright the truck back on its wheels if you rolled over and the engine hasn't died yet.
@@vladvulcan oh yes, have done that many times! also used crane to push against terrain when you're stuck and there are no winch points
8:38 A noteworthy detail is that when you hold cargo with a crane while driving and then get stuck and use the winch, the crane will disconnect from the cargo. So better not get stuck :P (or, worst case, pick the cargo back up after winching out of the mud/snow/rock you got stuck on).
Thx for the guide. Learned another thing or two, especially about the very heavy cranes from Season 10 👍
Good point, that's the downside of the crane cargo trick! Although I've seen some people wedge cargo without having to be attached. Glad my guide was somewhat helpful.
Some cranes (TAT-12) are strong enough to keep the cargo in place anyway, just by pressing it down, without keeping it on the winch.
1:29 you can also do this (extend crane legs) with the L3 button (PS5) while in the crane menu.
3:13 or you can select the winch point just like with manual winch (PS5: square button ▪️, then arrows).
I know this may be late, well, it is, but I have just noticed the frog jumping off the tyre on the new snowrunner homescreen! Love it! Oh happiness in little things 😂
Yes, it's cool. There are deer also in the new map. More wildlife for the win! The simple things indeed...
"1 cargo slot is just a suggestion" - probably any SR driver after a while ingame 😁
By the way in the settings there is a crane button menu you can enable to display all the crane buttons on screen. There is also an option to toggle through the points to attach when picking things up.
or i just use a mouse to find the point i want to attach to
@@M3PH11 good to know. I play on switch so with out a mouse you need to enable a mode to use left and right on the d pad to select points over it choosing the closest one.
Another nice crane trick: sometimes when you flip your truck, you can restart the engine after “restore crane”, and use the crane to get it upright again, by pressing the crane into the ground.
Press X to enter winch control to manually select hook point - same as selecting winch point.
Cranes are underpowered, they need a bump to the amount of weight they can carry. I feel like they are super weak
Crane strength is tied to vehicle weight, same as winches.
Heavier crane trucks will have better lifting ability.
I use a P12 with the big heavy crane as my main crane truck and it can lift any cargo easily at even full extension.
It is somewhat accurate to real life though. Lifting things at a distance requires not only power, but very heavy counterweights, and actual crane trucks can be absurdly heavy.
Kenworth makes a C500 with rotator, a type of crane, that weighs in at over 200,000lbs for just the truck alone. As as far as cranes go, it is pretty small.
@@danielhomant2832 irl, for bigger telescopic cranes it's mostly tied to the counterweights that are transported seperatly. On the biggest ones (for windmill contruction for example), even the boom is transported seperatly from the truck itself because the roads could crack and bridges could collapse under it's weight. They really could expand this game alot by doing missions to set up cranes
@@crashtestdummy87 Weight isn't an issue, we transport multi-hundred ton super loads regularly. The issue is size.
The massive cranes with telescopic boom are moved separately to reduce wear on the boom joints and ring gear. Smaller mobile cranes drive themselves all the time with the end of the boom on a dolly.
The weights are moved by individual truck because of DOT regulations. Since there is no specific need to have all the weights as a single solid mass, they are instead made as standard sizes able to be moved by truck.
Yea, setting up a big crawler crane and having to transport the tracks, chassis, body, winch, and boom pieces would be an interesting multi-stage job in itself.
@@danielhomant2832 i don't know how the regulations are in the US, but in belgium max load for exceptional transportation is only 60 tonnes. and most of our bridges are only rated for max 44 tonnes. Pretty sure your roads and bridges can handle alot more tho since the US is pretty much mostly dependant on their road network. I've been to america last year and it's a joy to drive there
I've actually used the small cranes to help push myself off of stubborn rocks/stumps that cause the trucks some grief.
You can also use the cranes to help you get unstuck - I have done this once when I got stuck in some broken ice. Managed to push the truck out with the loading crane. Very handy!
You're right, good point. Or you can have the crane pre-deployed and use it like a walking stick for stability before you even tip.
Best tip I can offer is if you have a truck that is useless to you, make it a dedicated crane truck especially if you are in hardcore and have to manually load all of your cargo. Even if you have to tow it into place it's better to have a truck with a larger crane handy then to try and make do with the small cranes. Obviously if you have mods then you can crank up on the power to a degree but even that isn't a sure thing in my experience.
If you need a crane for rescue work then again use a dedicated truck but just use one that has good off road performance and can operate with some level of independence.
You can often save yourself from a partially rolled over position with the crane. So long as the truck is upright enough for the engine to start/run, you can use the crane to push against the ground and tip you back onto your wheels. You can also push yourself along or out of mud/gaps with the crane pushing against the ground or other immovable objects (like punting a boat)
L3 on PlayStation to quickly deploy the anchors. Thanks for the video, Ben.
The Kenworth 963 has a unique LC 3.8 and Log Crena version (not interchangeable with other trucks). However, the cranes for Loadstar 1700/Navista/Western Star 4953 (PC320)/Zikz 605R(Avto-23) are interchangeable with other trucks. Very useful information for Hard Mode... Personally, I only see differences with PC320 for Wester Start and Kenworth 963 cranes. There are more such differences, e.g. Dan has a unique fuel tank (it looks identical) and a service addon (old type). If you look in the game files, modified cranes also have: Burlak, Femm (small), Zikz 612 but I didn't check if they are interchangeable. The funny thing is that the tires are interchangeable between trucks that have 3, 4 or 5 axles ;)
You can actually extend the anchors after getting into the crane mode. Just press 5 on keyboard, or right stick (R3) on the controller.
Also, you can cycle through the winch points in crane mode. Press X (Square) to go into this mode, then use D-pad left-right to cycle between the points.
Good to know, thank you Vlad.
3:00 as a couple others have mentioned, around this point you discuss picking up cargo, but you don't talk about the manual cargo point selection, which you can't see because you don't have the controls displayed on screen. You don't actually have to maneuver the crane close to the cargo you want to lift.
The TAT-12 crane is great for overloading. That’s why you can easily load up to 6 slots cargo on the back of the Tatra Force truck.
When using the LP-4 log crane with another log truck nearby, I sometimes see a big red arrow pointing from one truck to the other. Also there can be a big green hit-box shown within a truck's log carrier. What do these mean and can you use them, e.g. to swap logs between trucks?
Thanks bro I just started playing again
No worries, happy trucking!
you should mention in the video that driving with an extra item hooked by the crane means you can't use your winch without letting go of it
Excellent point, I should have mentioned.
On switch, open the menu and press x to use crane. Move the crane with L joystick and attach/detach with A. You can activate anchors in the menu or press the L joystick.
Has anyone figured out what the custom addon controls do. I already have crane functions mapped to my joystick thanks to Savino on UA-cam and joy2key but would really like it if I could avoid having to go through the functions menu to use a crane, bucket, or fork lift.
I have a question, how do you make the craned truck [as a small task] that is flipped to be unflipped?
If you need to unflip a vehicle it's usually best not to use a crane. Drive another truck perpendicular to the flipped one, select the highest winch point on the side, and try to pull it back on its wheels.
Correct. Cranes in Snowrunner are terrible at flipping things over.
In real life, cranes wrap their cable around the vehicle they want to roll upright, and this allows them to do the job safely.
We cannot do this in Snowrunner, cranes and winches can only hook directly to a point and pull straight.
This makes using cranes to upright trucks and trailers very difficult.
But there is still an advantage to cranes as recovery vehicles.
Winch strength is based on vehicle weight. The heavier the truck, the stronger the winch. Since the cranes are so heavy, especially the big crane, it makes the winch stronger.
Add in that already heavy trucks are the only one that can mount the heavy crane, and it provides you with an extremely powerful winch truck.
Just be careful not to flip it over, heh.
I couldn't activate the crane im on xbox
Edit: Im dumb i forgot to turn the engine on
Easy mistake!
Apparently Licensed mods are Allowed in Snowrunner now
On console? They've always been on PC
@@RevolutionFalls Yeah one of the pick ups is a Fully Licensed Ford Duelly 🤔
It's probably a tweaked truck
I tip over like the best of them! You can’t tip over as good as me. (said like a rap song. Specifically Snoop Doggy Dogg.)
I wish they gave a real heavy crane for vehicle recovery
nah, I use crane to balance my fleet on slopes hahaha
my only issue with cranes is that damn achievement
Easy to do in Michigan.
The large mission fuel trailer at the eastern fuel station nearest the garage has a centered lift point. Even the medium cranes are able to lift it high enough.
Yo I was wondering if we could play?! :)
Sold all my crane trucks. Theyre basically useless. Better to just get a long winch line and snatch it out
Definitely more for cargo loading for me.
You really missed the mark on this one.
You say how to use cranes, but don't actually show using cranes in practical ways.
Like counter boom to keep from tipping on a slope.
Dragging in a large or heavy cargo with a small crane.
Pushing a cargo to load.
Using the big cranes to load big cargo.
Most importantly, how cranes are terrible for uprighting a tipped vehicle.
Also, how crane strength is based on vehicle weight, like winches. This means heavier trucks have stronger cranes, as well as being more stable.
A great place to have shown useful crane operations would have been the big 4 slot Large Pipe in North Port, Alaska. Rather than struggling with a small crane, using a large crane makes it super easy.
Later in other missions on various maps, cranes are useful for transferring cargo around. This means you can save a lot of time by getting cargo with smaller and slower off road capable vehicles from difficult spots and then transfer the cargo over to a faster truck or bigger trailer.
Additionally, heavy crane trucks make great winch trucks due to their extreme weight.
Finally, why cranes aren't useful for uprighting a truck. In real life we wrap the cable around the vehicle to roll it over. But since Snowrunner cables don't exist, we can't do that, making cranes terrible at uprighting a truck or trailer.
Probably would have good to actually show practical crane operations too, rather than just faffing about not doing much of anything.
It's a basic guide for those new to the game, people can work on advanced stuff from learning the essentials.
Love the videos but y do I need this?!
Thanks! It's for newer players or those just starting out, not the SnowRunner veterans.
ok , toi tu te prends pas pour de la marde...
Great video, just 3 YEARS late dont you think😅
I mean, there was a new crane added last year
He explained in the intro that new players are starting the game all the time... 🙄
You can attach one cargo to the crane and use the arm of it to pinch down another cargo on top of other cargo on your bed.