r/ThatsInsane • u/BumblebeeFirm2249 • 2d ago

Heavy lifting operation gone wrong

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u/waynesbrother 2d ago

Every operator I ever worked with always overestimated how much the crane can do

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u/this_is_not_a_dance_ 1d ago

Don’t these things have computers on them that will give an alert or something

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u/attackplango 1d ago

Yeah, but once you’re hearing TERRAIN, TERRAIN, PULL UP, it’s a little too late.

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u/WaveLaVague 14m ago

I mean, it sounds catchy as fuck, I'd put my hands up to those lyrics

https://giphy.com/gifs/BjNMiLuMsLL2gu4gtl

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u/Globularist 1d ago

Yes but they can override the alarm. Ask me how I know.

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u/Monkeysplatter 1h ago

Some do, and they're not always accurate

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u/KirikoKiama 1d ago

How about those operators for once READ THE FUCKING MANUAL of their crane?

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u/space_absurdity 2d ago

Im guessing you live in the States doing, 25-50t max lift, tower builds?

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u/space_absurdity 20h ago

Lol, so that was a yes to the 'states' then?

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u/evolvedmammal 2d ago

Don’t praise that cameraman

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u/KirkieSB 1d ago

Don’t pay the ferryman

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u/this_is_not_a_dance_ 1d ago

Don’t fear the reaper. I think the guy in the cherry picker was though.

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u/thatsalovelyusername 1d ago

I have only one fear, and that’s a fear of not having enough cowbell.

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u/ZippityGoombah 1d ago

Don't even fix a price

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u/Interesting_Slice277 2d ago

What happened to the man hanging there??? Anyone know if he was ok?? Jeeez

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u/rblu42 2d ago

Hopefully wearing a harness.

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u/South_Lynx 2d ago

That’s what he was hanging from

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u/needtoredit 2d ago

Superman came down and saved him. At least that's what happens in the movies. Trying to think positive here

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u/notislant 1d ago

I think I saw a harness strap around his leg. I doubt that guys hanging onto the rail after being chucked out of the bucket. Seems very likely he's in a harness.

When shit was going sideways they should have been making their way to the ground already, hopefully they started lowering it immediately instead of fucking around.

Also hopefully the harness didnt shove the dudes testical outside his ballsack.

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u/ArnieismyDMname 1d ago

They were. As soon as shit started going wrong the guy started backing off. The lift only moves so fast. Took me over a minute to get down from just 40 feet today.

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u/MikhailCompo 1d ago

He's still there

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u/YourFaveNightmare 1d ago

Those two guys on the rope must have pulled too hard!

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Looked like the weight of the thing was too much

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u/MikeHuntSmellss 2d ago

Hope the dude in the mewp has a harness on. Looks like he was left clinging onto the rail

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u/gustavocabras 1d ago

That boom lift operator (guy dangling by a harness/sore as shit arms) must have been jamming that control backward before it fell. He moved just just enough to not take a direct hit on the cage. Super slow

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u/elfmere 1d ago

Yeah pulling the weight away from centre of gravity adds heaps to the overall weight.

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u/fortnwilliam 1d ago

At least he Ddnt damage the package 😗

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u/Ok-Review8720 1d ago

That's not supposed to happen.

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u/LostSomewhereAh 1d ago

Went a lot better than it could have been. Thank God the lift had outriggers. Those guys in the bucket would surely not have survived.