November 2009 165.avi

[TheWolkenspitze]

Versteh ich nicht. Der Kranplatz war doch verdichtet... :)

[5150ramjet]

not very "RELIABLE"  HAHAHAHAHA

[smsevya]

Мы в УВНе всегда краны на попа ставим.

[Brainkramp]

all we need is one more big crane to pick up that one

[cmeib]

Notice all these accidents, where is the counterweight. Lazy Bastards wont put it on. Unless this guy knows how much a tree weighs.

[insomniac2868]

PLUS- the operator didn't have on much counterweight. that machine is capable of adding ALOT more counterweight. That cranes boom is pretty heavy to start with, so the basic counterweight is not good for much of a load chart. Someone cheaped out on that job and didn't want to pay for the extra trucking of counterweights.

[jessfod]

@insomniac2868 another thing, in my opinion they positioned the crane wrong, they were suppose to position it so that the boom should have been between the outriggers.

[SLOBOX13]

@jessfod Over the rear is the strongest chart...Even if it says 360 is just as strong. Sit your butt in the seat and tell me what feels better---> Over the rear with the entire crane used as a counterweight, which the operator did NOT have enough of apparently!

[insomniac2868]

cutting down trees with cranes are some of the most dangerous kinds of picks, because 1- it's difficult to determine the exact weight of the branch or trunk, 2- once it's cut free from the tree, you own it whether you can handle the weight or not, 3-tree companies try to do the job with as few cuts as possible and take pieces that are bigger than the crane can handle

[440roadrunner]

@insomniac2868

nailed it

[SLOBOX13]

@insomniac2868 All true. I pick trees as arborists cut them down, but I am the one in the operators seat, and in control, so if I say top the tree, it's done, or we bring in our bigger crane and get the whole tree... Looks like this guy should have had more CW.... Hope no one was hurt!

[bad12man106]

how it happen lol

[PWPLP]

The were removing a full grown oak in sections. The piece they weighed turned out to be hollow, so the next section was much heavier than they were expecting .Wow this is my hometown, I always read people saying that lol.

[ibew196]

yep Gong is right, well they were in ahurry, dont ya know, it would have taken 40 minutes to put the cw on, and , well its just a tree, we gotta hurry or the boss will chew our asses

[XKP69X]

lazzy or dumb...ether way full boom with jib and tree removel,yet your best friend counterweight is not where he should be.....

[benspreen]

haha lol it says reliable crane and rigging on the side

[giggleherz]

@benspreen ya they reliably screw up every time

[Gonq310]

it would have been about 200T if the counterweights on the transport behind him were on the crane

[pastorgeorgem]

@Gonq310 Lol Ty For mentioning it i wouldn't have seen them lol

[MrSupermoto1]

Lucky the ladder held the two tubbies...otherwise there would have been two stupid incidents that day

[kingmike40]

That must have been one hell of an oak tree because the crane is about 200 ton.

There was a story about a coach for the dallas cowboys have a crane fall on his house when the crane was setting a tree.

[whitemaninharlem]

why don't you let the load down and set the crane back down? Turn the computer off override the controls and set it down??