Excavator slides off barge - GIF

[Altair]

Excavator slides off barge.




Previously:

Amphibious excavator poling itself downriver - GIF
Excavator sinks into sea - GIF
Excavator rock transfer dumper fail - GIF
Demolished water tank falls on excavator - GIF
Crane drops excavator into tunnel shaft - GIF

[Frank S]

That's almost too painful to watch. When doing marine work the rule is the higher the center of gravity the longer and wider the work barge needs to be to counter the weight of the high CG.

[bob_3000]

Starboard bow side pilon was extended down, as the barge sunk deeper the pilon kept hitting bottom and pitched it over...the morons were doomed from the start.

[NortonDommi]

Where are the tie-downs?

[old kodger]

Where are the tie-downs?

What difference would they have made, except to capsize the barge as well.

[NortonDommi]

What difference would they have made, except to capsize the barge as well.

Who knows but all the marina dredging I worked on the machines which were things like excavators and tractor mounted drill rigs were all securely fixed to the scow deck.. In this case the digger starts slipping sideways further upsetting the balance.
As Bob_3000 pointed out basically ya can't fix stupid and having anything sitting unrestrained on deck is a no-no.

[WorkerB]

Appropriately named barge too

[Frank S]

Appropriately named barge too

Ha,ha, your right I didn't notice the name

[N00b Machinist]

Appropriately named barge too

I'm assuming they named it after the god, not the adventure.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Does that model excavator have an exit on what became the topside of the cab? Because if it hit and sunk, the operator might not have escaped!