Crane falling due to soft ground. Video.

The guy with the radio should have said something much sooner. The crack in the soil formed much earlier as they worked. Fresh fill is not a good base for a crane especially that close to a bank.


Once a crane starts to tip like that there isnt much that can be done. at least he was able to turn it so he was facing up. As long as a seatbelt is used its best to stay in the cab. otherwise you could end up under the crane.
 
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Try and get it down, the swinging load could really hurt someone.

I really hope I never have to figure it out though, that was very fast and very scary.

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Once a crane starts to tip the tipping momentum increases.

As the crane starts to tip the capacities reduce drastically since the radius increases as it tips.
 
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The guy with the radio should have said something much sooner. The crack in the soil formed much earlier as they worked. Fresh fill is not a good base for a crane especially that close to a bank.


Once a crane starts to tip like that there isnt much that can be done. at least he was able to turn it so he was facing up. As long as a seatbelt is used its best to stay in the cab. otherwise you could end up under the crane.

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Looks to me that during the ENTIRE video they are working on getting that weight close to the crane as fast as possible.

Almost had it too, next move might have been to boom down after the load was down so that it put it's weight of the boom opposite the bank side that was falling away.

yikes, makes me feel sick to see that.

I think the opperator did an awesome job from the looks of it, except for whomever decided it was okay to set up on new fill.
 
I would assume that fill was compacted? Until I saw the entire video, it sure looked like they had plenty of cribbing, obviously not. Spooky, and it looks like the operator did all he could, winching down sooner would have done harm to the bridge structure and he was probably not wanting to do that. He also for sure was trying not to take out his stabilzer by swinging the load into it. Using a seatbelt, though not a confidence builder with the crew you're working with, makes sense. I have one for my 22101S, just so I could give rides while going down the highway and be legal (close enough anyway, I've asked troopers and they just laughed) but getting pitched off the operator seat in an upset could really hurt.

I know from seeing other tipped over cranes, the swing/rotation does wild and unexpected things as the load goes out of control, the dynamics are so different from what we're used to when NOT tipping over.
 
What a violent tip.
At :50, it doesn't appear as though the piece being hoisted is in 'control', as it swings into the structure and contacts the lumber. When doing 'heavy' lifts like that, shouldn't they be doing soil compaction tests? That soil was way to loose.
 
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yikes, makes me feel sick to see that.

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I got that too. Hard feeling to describe watching that let alone what the operator felt. Once it started, happened so fast.
 
Definitely nauseating, even when you know something is coming. Makes me feel helpless.

I don't know enough to say but I get the idea the operator knew he was in trouble and stayed with it, probably because of the rigging crew.

I was thinking things looked a little uncontrolled when it hit the stanchion or whatever that was too, but I guessed they anticipated it and that's what the lumber was for.

That Miller Park accident is pretty sickening too.

When you start using geometry to distribute loads and create MA... the force concentrations can get plain stupefying.
 
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I really hope I never have to figure it out though, that was very fast and very scary.

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Man, that was all that was going through my mind, i couldn't believe how fast that went over.
 
I'm paying a bit over 2K a year for $300,000.00 coverage, which of course is not much if stuff really happens, so I am CAREFULL. I should have more coverage but I keep putting it off as work is slow due to the economy.
 
Your getting a great price I pay 3600 for full coverage on my bucket , even know its mine if it rolls I don't think they would give a fair price for it, and god forbid rolling it onto a house ....Roughly 1800 per smaller truck for 500,000 and I think thats a good price everything over 26K starts to get a little pricey..
 
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What a violent tip.
At :50, it doesn't appear as though the piece being hoisted is in 'control', as it swings into the structure and contacts the lumber. When doing 'heavy' lifts like that, shouldn't they be doing soil compaction tests? That soil was way to loose.

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Without a doubt Norm, there should have been some soil testing done before allowing that crane to be lifting loads that close to the embankment.

That looks like it was a bridge project by some State DOT, so there definitely were enough engineers on site that should have know what the soil compaction was and if it was safe to work.
 
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I'm paying a bit over 2K a year for $300,000.00 coverage, which of course is not much if stuff really happens, so I am CAREFULL. I should have more coverage but I keep putting it off as work is slow due to the economy.

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Do you carry Hook insurance? I currently dont because I dont have anything of great value on the hook. Often thought about it though for the occasional non tree lift.
 
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Do you carry Hook insurance? I currently dont because I dont have anything of great value on the hook. Often thought about it though for the occasional non tree lift.

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Aren't you on the hook most of the time?
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