An excavator held up by a crane - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

An excavator held up by a crane.




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[nova_robotics]

What's the objective here? The excavator is going to drop a boulder, which is going to roll down the hill onto the excavator and kill both operators?

[Saltfever]

The excavator is dangling and is stationary. Any force it exerts against the cliff would have an opposite reaction and cause movement and most likely rotation as well. This is probably a hoax but I can't see the video cues. Can anybody debunk this?

[BuffaloJohn]

The excavator is dangling and is stationary. Any force it exerts against the cliff would have an opposite reaction and cause movement and most likely rotation as well. This is probably a hoax but I can't see the video cues. Can anybody debunk this?

There you go - expecting a tik-tok to follow the laws of physics...

I don't see how the crane can lift that excavator at that angle without huge outriggers and those tiny cables. That would be the start of the debunk.

Also - they didn't paste any stupid music for the video but they pasted the sound of a jackhammer...

[that_other_guy]

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction...... or so I believe!
Brian

[Frank S]

My guess is they are attempting to set the excavator on top of the mountain. otherwise, the crane operator may as well be using a wrecking ball for all the good it is going to do.