How to move tower crane in realistic mode.

[Zura_Janai]

Pretty much the title. Can't find a way to move crane from customs to construction office, or any other building for that matter. Tried buying a flatbed at customs, tried moving existing flatbed to customs... nothing worked. Help me, comrades!

[karel2501]

It's a little unintuitive. First, you buy the crane at the customs. It should now appear at the bottom of the customs tab. Then, you have to pick up an open hull truck capable of carrying sufficient weight. You can grab one from your construction office, and send it to any available car depo.
You then manually order the truck to go to the customs (add stop order). Here, you will get the usual Load/unload menu. At the bottom of it, under the usual construction materials and stuff, there should be a vehicle icon, when checked, two more options (new and used vehicles) will appear.
Check the correct one (most likely "new"). Then give the truck a second waypoint, at a construction yard of your chosing. Again, in the load/unload submenu, there should be an option to "unload - new vehicle".
Then send the truck on it's way. It will pick up the crane, and drop it off at the CO. Keep in mind that the truck will continue to travel between customs and the CO indefinitely, so you need to hunt it down and delete the orders afterwards.

The same process is also needed when you are buying a track-laying machinery for a rail-construction yard, or cabins for your cable-cars. The latter often requires your tuck to take several rounds. You also use more-or-less the same system to take things like vagon's from your customs to your depos and railroad distribution centers.

[Silent_Shadow]

When carrying vehicles/containers, tonnage is ignored. What you really need is a vehicle with enough room on their flatbed/deck to accommodate the size of the vehicle/container.

For example, the V3S truck can carry the KT50 bulldozer despite the bulldozer's weight exceeding the V3S's maximum tonnage capacity.

If you're not sure what vehicles/containers a vehicle can carry, or if you want to know what vehicles can carry a given vehicle/container, you can open its menu and click on the icon that looks like a blue (?) over a truck. This will open a menu of all the vehicles/containers it can carry or the vehicles that can carry it.

Vehicles also seem to be shrunk down a bit when carried, probably so trucks can carry their own model/brand for export.

[Zura_Janai]

Originally posted by karel2501:

It's a little unintuitive.

That was an understatement. Thank you, it worked. I was about to switch mod off and use quick buy.

[EL-Xatrix]

wile we were by transporting, how can i transport a specific wagon from my do to a depo? last time i tryed the train just picked everyting from the do, including the train and moved it...the wagons got there chance depo icon but that does nothing, or i havend figured that part out.

[Silent_Shadow]

Originally posted by EL-Xatrix:

wile we were by transporting, how can i transport a specific wagon from my do to a depo? last time i tryed the train just picked everyting from the do, including the train and moved it...the wagons got there chance depo icon but that does nothing, or i havend figured that part out.

If you click on the vehicle icon in the vehicle's line options, it will bring up a menu with all of the vehicles. If you select a wagon for loading, the locomotive will only grab that type of wagon.

If you have more than one of that type though, it will attempt to load as many as it can, in which case your only option is to send the locomotive to the next stop once it has the number of wagons you want it to take.

[EL-Xatrix]

ah i find new checkboxes and sub menues all the time...wonder if i someday catch up to all of them :)
thx that helps that at least i dont get the train stolen by myself ;)

[MrKrabs]

I made a video about it.
It covers your question as well.
You can watch it here if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfcY2M9pjYk&list=PLbl3zr6Ymg9q-5fP0Vetqiz6EDCc_bx_b&index=1&t=8s

[blelm]

Originally posted by EL-Xatrix:

wile we were by transporting, how can i transport a specific wagon from my do to a depo? last time i tryed the train just picked everyting from the do, including the train and moved it...the wagons got there chance depo icon but that does nothing, or i havend figured that part out.

This actually got fixed relatively recently. Now you can select the wagons you want to move and change their workplace to the destination. When you send a train with orders to load wagons it will only grab the ones that you flagged. No more moving RDO wagons by intercepting a train, thank god.

[Sirius Czech]

Originally posted by blelm:

Originally posted by EL-Xatrix:

wile we were by transporting, how can i transport a specific wagon from my do to a depo? last time i tryed the train just picked everyting from the do, including the train and moved it...the wagons got there chance depo icon but that does nothing, or i havend figured that part out.

This actually got fixed relatively recently. Now you can select the wagons you want to move and change their workplace to the destination. When you send a train with orders to load wagons it will only grab the ones that you flagged. No more moving RDO wagons by intercepting a train, thank god.

Wow, really? I need to check that out. Never heard of this mechanic before!

[EL-Xatrix]

Originally posted by blelm:

Originally posted by EL-Xatrix:

wile we were by transporting, how can i transport a specific wagon from my do to a depo? last time i tryed the train just picked everyting from the do, including the train and moved it...the wagons got there chance depo icon but that does nothing, or i havend figured that part out.

This actually got fixed relatively recently. Now you can select the wagons you want to move and change their workplace to the destination. When you send a train with orders to load wagons it will only grab the ones that you flagged. No more moving RDO wagons by intercepting a train, thank god.

wow i can pick specific models...was expecting someting like pick tanks or covered wagons...

[steeldog]

any ideas why it can not to work? i just tried it with some buss - ok.
but not with crane.
i use Mark E with crane TC2

TC2 shows that Mark E is ok for carying it.

so what could be? may be i need some investigation finished, or building office highest tier or what?

[MrKrabs]

Crane and truck need to be in the construction office.
Than it works automatically.

[ling.speed]

There are 2 mark Es, make sure its the shorter one. Longer one has shorter bed and cant haul TC2s.

Also i think some changes to crane logic were made semi recently, if you are trying make it move to a small construction site it might not work. Cant remember the criteria but some constructions will only take road cranes now afair (idk if it can be forced through).