crane flips in Chester County pa

In all reality the boom is still probably okay. It looks to be un touched. I still wouldn't buy it. But maybe after an inspection form altec I might!!
 
flyingsquirrel25 said:
I will keep my eyes open Royce. I had to steal theses kinda. From what I understand about these 3 axle 60s is the are very heavy (may not even be road legal). When they put them on a property they don't try to jockey them to get the best position due to the damage they can cause.
I would guess the tree was a tulip poplar (from the picture), we grow them pretty large around here.
If I find any more pics I will definitely share them.
Do you guys think the outriggers folded up or was it short jacked?
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I think the outriggers are buried into the soft ground
 
classictruckman said:
I think the outriggers are buried into the soft ground
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Buried in the soft ground? The full span has has got to be almost 7 feet on each side. If the ground was that soft they should have seen it once set up (maybe they did and didn't care).

Getting second hand info today saying there was an argument between the op and climber prior to the accident. Don't know the specifics though.
 
There's something odd about the first photo of the crane you posted, the outriggers on the driver's side are fully retracted... weird
I looked at the pic in the article again, the outriggers could be bent under the crane, but something really messed up would have to happen for them to get there since they're no where near the blocking that they were using.
 
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classictruckman said:
There's something odd about the first photo of the crane you posted, the outriggers are fully retracted... weird
I looked at the pic in the article again, the outriggers could be bent under the crane, but something really messed up would have to happen for them to get there since they're no where near the blocking that they were using.
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I might be wrong but I think they short jacked the side it flipped to. This is why; if you were to tip that crane back to its wheels the cribbing seen in the article would be directly under the truck. If physics taught me anything when that truck tipped it went down the hill some (wouldn't think a lot). If the outriggers had been at full extension the truck would have had to move 7' of outrigger (per spec of that 60t grove) and half the truck, so over 10' down hill to end up with the cribbing in that location in relation to the wreck. Maybe I'm seeing something wrong here. I attached the image so you can blow it up.

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I wish it had been taken from 10' farther back.
 
That's like saying you dont need a mini skid cause you can carry wood, or you don't need a chipper cause you can throw brush in the back of your pickup.



The same could be said for using the crane, skills would have kept the dirty side down.
 
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Daniel said:
More like your falling and rigging skills suck so you just call the crane anytime they're really needed..
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Thats a pretty silly statement. I can climb really well, can drop a tree on a dime head. Just hired a foreman who is an insane climber. We both would use a crane over rigging a tree down any day.
110 foot tall pine tree you drop into the back yard. Great, now it takes how long to clean it up. Plus how many trips with brush to the chipper? Use a dingo with a grapple still going to take longer than picking it and putting it behind a chipper.
 
ROYCE said:
Thats a pretty silly statement. I can climb really well, can drop a tree on a dime head. Just hired a foreman who is an insane climber. We both would use a crane over rigging a tree down any day.
110 foot tall pine tree you drop into the back yard. Great, now it takes how long to clean it up. Plus how many trips with brush to the chipper? Use a dingo with a grapple still going to take longer than picking it and putting it behind a chipper.
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Exactly why work harder! Work smarter and more efficient, every large removal I look at that can't be murphed will be done with the lift or crane unless it's an easy little climb. We can do more crane removals in a day then some co's around here can manually take down in 3-4 days. Plus make great money doing so and we aren't dead tired at the end of the day. It's 2016 last I checked time to start getting up to date on arboriculture and move Past propping up trees. I say this with respect.
 
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