Crane spinning out of control

[ishallkillall]

It's the demon crane from HL2

[MrMikebakker1]

in holland those things happens a lot because if there is to much wind the pull it of the brake so the crane can make turns.

if they dont do that than the wind can blow so hard that the crane will fall.

[doktorandom]

As the foreman on this site, and the designer and builder of every one of those cranes, I say that this video has been altered and is fraudulent.

[MrAhole001]

@doktorandom Ok mr designer as an operator on that site I will tell you that was no stunt the wind suddenly started blow at a sustained 50 mph we had to shut all crane ops down the operator of that unit was an idiot who failed to set the brake as far as the lights go all tower cranes in las vegas are required to have there lights on at all times especially on the strip due to the proximity to the air port

[deanlivanos]

cranes dont just collapse if not left to weathervane in high winds, there was an abandoned tower crane locked for 2 years and it never collapsed. All that happens is it wrecks the slew brake and the slew gears a lil bit so you get some free movement. But anyway yeah it was in weathervane or free slew mode, probably 50mph winds only a cowboy idiot would work in such weather.

[DougDaCosta]

I was a tower crane operator for 7 years. When high wind suddenly begin, the pivoting is put on weathervain before you quickly climb down to the safer ground. I've lost my hard hat a couple of times when sudden windstorms began. Normally, once the wind speed attains 30 mph, you shut the thing down because there isn't enough swing power to swing into the wind anyway, and any suspended load would be damned near impossible to control.

[AWDTurboPOWAH]

@DougDaCosta I'm a contractor, and I have always had massive respect for crane operators. I am not a big fan of heights and the job always seemed terrifying to me, plus add in the risk of high winds and I would shit myself.

[MAXXPAULL]

i thought it would hit the tower!

[pardyhardly]

That's pretty messed up.

[23HAMSANDWICH]

i too, design these cranes, and it is actually out of control. the late nights, the bloodshot eyes just give it away that this crane is tearing its future apart. the rest of the cranes on site are planning an intervention and hopefully by this time next week, this victim of addiction will be in rehab.

[AWDTurboPOWAH]

@23HAMSANDWICH this made me laugh. kudos.

[kingjames8283]

There is nothing wrong with this crane, it is designed to do this to prevent being felled by heavy winds. Even cranes on crawlers do the same thing for the same reason. Usually for a crane on the ground we'll lower the boom to the ground to prevent it from tipping but skycranes don't have this option. This is why when you see multiple skycranes together, they are at different heights so they can rotate without hitting each other.

[cutty636]

Weathervaning duhh!!

[SVTintro]

got your wife in that rig. top off and shorts down. how do we get your pension? Sleep tight.

[Ziggynutter]

It seems to be moving under power, if you look at the direction the wind is blowing everything including the reeve block it isn't weather vaning.

[73849309378]

The only thing that's out of control is the makers of worthless videos like this.

[DESO718]

In Florida all tower cranes are wind free especially if a storm is coming.

[lflaherty]

you fucking rapist. i want my twenty eight seconds back, you scammy cocksucker.

[nate956]

Crane is designed to "weathervane" or it could topple

[jasonyeozhishen]

i'll like to be on the top !! its sooo windddy !!

[007markybhoy]

the crane is spinning because it gets set in a "wind free setting" if it doesnt it could more or less snap if there were high winds, the reason i know this is i am a tower crane engineer and i build these things for a living!!!

[cadgenius]

@007markybhoy OK, that is understandable. What about the other 7 cranes on the site?

[akogi1987]

@cadgenius Someone or something failed, easy money. We all watch a video of a crane spinning at the end of the day.

[robby844]

@cadgenius he... just answered that... i set them up for a living and if they dont free spin then they could come crashing down if the wind is strong enough. matter of fact i helped put the exact cranes up in this clip. we lost one putting it up because they had 100 mph gusts of wind.

[ultaMMA]

@cadgenius if they all spin they mite hit therefore they put select ones and this setting since there the high risk ones

[Diddds79]

@cadgenius the operators were sat at home shitting themselves waiting for the phone to ring cause they all forgot to put in wind mode maybe?

[TheManoftheyear123]

@007markybhoy tell me one thing is it fun as hell spinning up there all by urself

[007markybhoy]

@TheManoftheyear123 it can be fun but ill be honest, some times it can scare you shitless lol only yesterday we were taking a crane down and we use pully chains in the break down of the crane and one pully chain failed and the chain ran out about 3 meters and then came to an abrupt halt.....scary stuff when your 85 meters up lol

[TheManoftheyear123]

@007markybhoy fuck that id buy a butt plug for that job so i dont shit myself over and over

[ac83052]

@007markybhoy COOL

[WARNSKI]

aww maaaan! i missed my opportunity to explain free slew!!!

[cadgenius]

That sounds logical but all the other cranes that were on site were locked in position. Only this one was spinning round and round.

[marcorodamien]

@cadgenius the cranes are suppose to be free, why some of them are lock ?

[li7in6]

It isn't spinning out of control. It is weathervaning so that it doesn't collapse in high winds. If the crane were locked in position it would catch wind and bend the main supports causing a collapse. The crane is allowed to harmlessly swing in the wind like intentionally and by design.

[sam19771977]

@li7in6 Correct and no passes.