Crane spinning out of control

Here is a construction crane that was just spinning out of control like a weather vane in Las Vegas. This is the City Center site.

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[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?

[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.

[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.

[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.

[TheManoftheyear123]

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

[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

[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

[ac83052]

@007markybhoy COOL

[TheManoftheyear123]

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

[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.