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5,500 ton crane hook for the vessel Pioneering Spirit.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneering_Spirit_(ship)

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...860#post148525
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...055#post149367
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2313#post76134
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...826#post148398
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...203#post145855
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...459#post142768
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...826#post133430
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...307#post131104
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...024#post115213
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...209#post115950

I want to see what those BIG cables are hooked to on the other end!!!

Me too!!
This crane is insane

there are a lot of cranes that cannot even lift that HOOK!

I was 100% convinced that it was a scale miniature and those guys were moving via stop-action animation. I thought if the video was in real time it would be obvious. The Wiki page set me straight. What a monster!!

I couldn't find the source vid, but I did find this beautiful video of this same vessel, Pioneering Spirit, removing the Brent Delta topsides. 7:47 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_jBDw34uec

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Originally Posted by Jon

5,500 ton crane hook for the vessel Pioneering Spirit.

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I know I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the hook – or those cables – once things start moving around.