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Excavator slides off barge.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...342#post122017
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...368#post127014
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...300#post121763
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...013#post134001
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...383#post169612
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.
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.
Where are the tie-downs?
What difference would they have made, except to capsize the barge as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by NortonDommi
Appropriately named barge too
Ha,ha, your right I didn't notice the nameQuote:
Originally Posted by WorkerB
I'm assuming they named it after the god, not the adventure.Quote:
Originally Posted by WorkerB
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!
Hope that guy didn't drown. With it landing on it's side like that, he could have been trapped.
Update: No one was injured.
https://news.yahoo.com/excavator-fal...212109973.html
What could the red thing, with what looks like a "cab" round it at the front of the barge at 20 be? has by some miracle ,(or lat minute work by the operator slewing the bucket left) caused the thing to right itself?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by old kodger
As Bob_3000 pointed out basically ya can't fix stupid and having anything sitting unrestrained on deck is a no-no.