Barge-Mounted Clamshell Crane

[lorenzo]

No Joe, the function of the tag line is to reduce the uncontrolled swinging of the bucket.

[Jared]

Thanks, Lil Giants. What lorenzo said. And to keep the bucket from spinning and twisting up the hoisting lines. If you have a power operated tagline you can even pull the bucket in to dig closer or cast it farther away from the machine.