Crane Accident Installing New Pool NJCRANE.COM

[scott1966ish]

stupid!!!

[ironmartonline]

@scott1966ish Stupid is Stupid Does Sir !!!

[compressionfx]

may not have been reel ends may have been round wood outrigger pads but yea.... no way enough on residential driveway. nothing wrong with using a 2 part line(which is what i saw) with a 4 part block as long as its approved by the block manufacturer. what happened is the operator went outside the chart. never argue with physics. ever. THATS WHAT HAPPENS GOING OUTSIDE THE CHART FOR THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE UNIT

[MerlnXCamaro]

there are several indicators that this guy did not know what he was doing 1. reel ends for cribbing on 4" thick concrete driveway is not enough for any crane much less this one that I would guess is about a 70t. 2. that pool only weighed about 2 or 3 k yet he had a 4 part in. 3. and the reason for the accident no counterweight plus alot of stick and low boom angle usually means CRASH!! just the humble opinion of a 21 year operating engineer. Hire union!!!

[Scrubble71]

umm.. sucks to be that guy.. the decimal might have been in the wrong place

[doorsnut]

Maybe it would have worked better --- if the pool wasn't full of water??! Kidding! : )

Was anyone swimming at the time? : )

[ironmartonline]

This is your brian on Drugs...See what can Happen..

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[DUSTY8090]

Why have the load 30-40 feet in the air!!! You gotta boom out more , keep the load 12 inches off the ground!

[ironmartonline]

Operator fell asleep...

[mwk109]

"What happened? "

Crane operator fail.

[solbergsindre]

I think 2:29 pretty much sums it up :P

[rollinlowford]

more counter weight may have been the answer but looking at the crane it probly doesnt have anymore stones. The question should be why was he so far back from the garage,why did he have his hook block on and not the ball and my guess on that pool is around 6 or 7000lbs, 3000lbs is way to light

[MultiT66]

Neighbours: "he he he… "

[Indyrail]

Wonder if he knows they guy on the H&W crane who sais "holy shit"?

[kingmike40]

I'm surprised the concrete in the driveway didn't break. He was, in my opinion, too close to the edge plus the concrete is only about 3.5 to 4" thick. My guess is that the pool was 3000lbs. I lifted pools that size but I have never gone over a house.

[Oli92Technik]

ahahhahahahaha



[kc5vgw]

MMMM 2 things. Not enough counterweight and 2,, Bypasses computer. That would equal,,, New house. Higher insurance for the crane co. Or not ever gettting coverage again and 1 Unemployed crane operator now working at mcdonalds.

[truckerjay1]

@kc5vgw agreed more counterweight, sure sounded like the computer alarm to me going off while he was still at the chimney. also just before he started tipping look at the end of the boom, he was extending it even more. which in turn threw more weight out further from the crane. also he could have gotten closer to the house and used more boom at a higher angle which would ahve given him more capacity. should have done a trial "lift" first to see if he could reach the hole.

[notBMW18]

"What happened?" "I don't know." Um.. you were lifting something too heavy while swinging the crane too far over a house. hm..

[vlvette]

My guess "rigging mode"

[generationll]

LOL.You need a bigger crane

[jcso1985]

holy sh*!!!!!!!!! everything that goes up, goes down!!!