no way not me !

[Riggs]

our 23 ton crane flipped on wednesday, just trying to move wood around a yard , no tree picking. We set the crane up on proper cribbing and when the boom was raised the passenger side outrigger went into a sinkhole and the crane flopped. Everyone cries about the ball and tying into it but I always say the rig is only as good as the ground it is is sitting on.We got lucky no damage, the crane went down slowly like a dinasour going to bed . just sunk in mud. Never thought I be running for my life on the street cause a crane boom is falling. Too close for comfort.Three tow trucks ( big ones) and a 80 ton crane , 7 hrs. and 2 thousand dollars later the truck was upright. So how was your wednesday?

 

[Mark Chisholm]

You still have some hair on your head? That would be pretty weird and scary if you ask me. I'm glad that you finally ran the right way Riggs /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif I can't imagine that hasppening while swinging a log over a climber's head- woH!

 

[Colin]

Dayum! /forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[roachy]

Glenn is this you?

 

[roachy]

one more

 

[Riggs]

cmon now Roach , you know thats me . Crazy thing is, only the chipper light was damaged . Took the crane to the dealer and the only thing wrong was we lost 20 gallons of hydraulic fluid . Didn't even scratch the mirror. Think rigging a tree is hard , try standing one of those things back up , it was a project . It took so long to stand up because we didn't want to damage the crane. I've done a dozen jobs with that crane since and I still can't believe it was on it's side. I was on the street and didn't realize it was falling , so I when I saw it falling I had to out run the boom which was up 88 ft., cable flipping on the ground , missed me by ten to fifteen feet. All the crane jobs I've done in my life I almost bought it standing on a street . The only other major crane accident I had was with a 80 ton crane about 10yrs ago, and the operator made the pick , lost control of his boom , just missed me with the poplar lead I just cut , and dropped the boom on a neighbors tree .The operator said the computer shut down , what an a-hole. Just another day at work .....

 

[roachy]

nope wasnt quite sure care of trees sent the pics.Funny thing is I was only a mileor so away doing a major beech when our operator got wind of your crane going down he gor really nervous.