Crane tips over while lifting bulldozer - GIF

[Altair]

Crane tips over while lifting bulldozer.




Previously:

Crane collapses while lifting bridge section - video
Crane drops excavator into tunnel shaft - GIF
Righting toppled crane nearly kills two - GIF
Crane drops combine - GIF
Locomotive falls from crane - GIF

[Frank S]

I know it is always dicey to walk a crane while in a lift but in this case the operator would have been far better off backing up as the dozer was brought to the surface.
Crawler cranes do not have the advantage of outriggers so keeping the load as close to the centerline of the track groups as possible is always best

[12L14]

Did blade caught one of those poles in top row?

[BuffaloJohn]

Did blade caught one of those poles in top row?

Good catch!

[mwmkravchenko]

Did blade caught one of those poles in top row?

I watched this on my TV I have on my computer and sure enough the blade teeth caught on the steel bar coming out of the concrete. The crane probably could lift the dozer. The rigging was the problem. The guide rope was very lax. someone recognised the problem and gave the safety/guide rope to another who evidently didn't know what to do.

[Frank S]

That was about the time when the operator probably figured out the load was hung up and tried to rotate to clear it rather than attempting to lower the dozer a little. He would have had to rely on whoever was doing the signaling anyway as there was no way he could see an obstruction from the operator's cabin.
Agreed that guide tether was not doing much from the angle it was being pulled

[Duke_of_URL]

Wow! That block must weigh a ton and it went bouncing like a toy ball on a string!