Method and device for attaching and removing an additional device to the main boom of a mobile crane

A method for attaching and removing an additional device to and from a main boom of a mobile crane using no auxiliary crane, the additional device comprising a plurality of individual elements defining a first end and a second end, the plurality of individual elements including a first partial piece and a second partial piece, the first partial piece extending from the first end to an adjacent first individual element of the plurality of individual elements and coupled to the adjacent first individual element and configured to be coupled to the main boom, and the second partial piece extending from the second end to an adjacent second individual element of the plurality of individual elements and coupled to the adjacent second individual element, the method comprising:

• placing the additional device on the ground in alignment with the main boom of the mobile crane such that the first end faces a head of the main boom;
• raising the first partial piece at the first end so that the first partial piece is raised into an inclined position by rotating about an upper pivot point;
• holding the first partial piece in the inclined position;
• bolting the head of the main boom to a lower end of the first partial piece so that the first partial piece, in the inclined position, is rotatable relative to the adjacent first individual element of the plurality of individual elements;
• pulling the additional device into a horizontal position using a hoist cable fastened to the second partial piece;
• connecting the additional device to the head of the main boom;
• and
• placing the first partial piece of the additional device onto a displacement device, configured to transversely displace a longitudinal axis of the additional device, into alignment with a longitudinal axis of the main boom of the mobile crane.