Crane load smashes into building - GIF

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Jun 22, 2021, 07:13 PM
Altair

Crane load smashes into building - GIF

Lifted crane section smashes into building.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...420#post177474
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...452#post177625
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...441#post162098
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...361#post169520
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...557#post166723
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...383#post169612
Jun 22, 2021, 10:21 PM
Frank S

OH well so much for a completed job. the glaziers can lower themselves over the side of the building to repair the damage. is it beer time yet:sweating:
Jun 23, 2021, 04:39 AM
NortonDommi

The crane operator is the glaziers brother in law.
Jun 23, 2021, 08:04 PM
Haroun

Was it take your daughter to work day?
Jun 23, 2021, 08:30 PM
FEM2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haroun

Was it take your daughter to work day?

I am speechless :headscratch:
Jun 23, 2021, 09:19 PM
NortonDommi

The worlds most skilled crane operator is a Chines woman who is responsible for erecting the sections of the South to North viaduct. She is openly acknowledged as such internationally.
Jun 24, 2021, 05:16 AM
Hoosiersmoker

I think the new guy lied on his application...
Jun 24, 2021, 09:24 AM
crotchetyoldbastard

No, no, NO!! Vertical clearance first!! THEN horizontal movement!!
Jun 24, 2021, 10:51 AM
Hoosiersmoker

Really? One person on the ground with a radio looking up could have said "Hey you need to come back about 10 degrees, you're not vertical Brad!"
Jun 24, 2021, 11:00 AM
crotchetyoldbastard

Well, they used to have a guy but he's been paid an extra $600/month to stay home so . . . :)
Jun 26, 2021, 07:19 PM
nova_robotics

Every job I've ever been on, the crane operator might as well not even possess a brain. The operator exists only to follow hand signals from the ground. One of the worst f'ups I've seen was because a crane operator decided to improvise and crashed the boom into a 185 ft manlift, extended, with people in it.

1. What was this crane operator doing?
2. Where is the spotter?
3. Where is the tag line to guide the load?

This video is just amateur hour. No wonder they crashed the load into the building.
Jun 27, 2021, 08:17 PM
FEM2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by crotchetyoldbastard

Well, they used to have a guy but he's been paid an extra $600/month to stay home so . . . :)

How is it extra if he's not earning a salary?
Jul 1, 2021, 03:49 AM
TheElderBrother

I think he missed a couple windows. There's still some left unshattered by his stultifying incompetence.