Machines | Truck Crane Service Crane Tips Over in Shoreview, MN
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First Id like to give credit to AdvantageElectric1 This was uploaded on Jun 10, 2011 In his own words: "We (www.advantageelectricians.com) were wiring up a continuous motion pool/hot-tub in Shoreview MN the home owner was over seeing all the work himself had the hole dug rented the crane operator etc.. We were onsite waiting for the pool to be set so we could bond the frame and what not, when things took a wrong turn.... I was filming with my phone and I heard the crane operator scream and I took off running toward the front of the house as soon as he started to yell I knew something went wrong. It sounded like thunder when the thing hit the house knocked out the chimney crushed the garage and busted up the house good. The operator was shaking in his boots scared the hell out of him not to mention things like this do not happen they have a load chart that prevents things like that.. needless to say he was on the phone with the owner of the company right away. Crazy Friday...." My take. Plain and simple. He over loaded the crane. One would think as a crane operator you might have a little more common sense. Personally, I would have done a dry run. I would have had my boom configured for the lift. Booming down then scoping out is a mistake that a person that doesn't know how to operate a crane makes. I haven't seen the report on what happened. but if you are gonna blame it on the computer... that's laughable. You have a load chart behind your seat....... try using it sometime. Crane Info: Grove ATS 870 (70 TON) Maximum boom length: 138 ft
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GOD DAMN IT!
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They shouldn't carry it full of water.
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After setting up , should have done a dry run !
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Shouldn't be telescoping out with a load on in the first place, should have sent it all out and then done the lift,
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Idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Believe it or not these clowns are still in business, the incident in the above video contradicts this statement on their website "Ten years and running our company has been a recipient of the MNSharp safety award.".
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Why didn't the operator park closer to the garage, didn't he realize his position was wrong when he had to extend the boom, but yet he continued, hopping that some how some why he would deliver the load safely. someone could of died .
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"don't put it out with your boots Ted"
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"dammit it's one of those flaming bags again"-
"don't put it out with your boots Ted!"--"don't tell me my business Devil Woman!" -
LOL
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Watch the chimney, and he did watch it, but nothing else just the chimney . Ouch
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WHAT A FUCKIN DISASTER!!!!
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What happened? I don't know nothing about cranes and can see what happened
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The only guy dumber than the operator is home owner that is getting a outdoor pool in MN.
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That machine could have put that pool in the backyard of the next house down the street. Look at that long jib stowed on the boom. I think the pool was probably in the driveway, hence the 20' away from the garage. Instead of picking it, setting it down, and moving the machine closer, he just picked it and boomed over too much. Plus, he wasn't scoped out all the way. All that weight and over he went. What a waste damaging that crane. OK, who's got the recovery video? LOL
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if he did that to my house and pool id be pulling him out of the crane by his hair. could of killed somone ffs
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Hope everyone was ok.
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Mr Phillips pretty well sums it up here. We were always taught if you cant do the math don't operate the crane!
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Yeah Yeah Yeah a veteran operator screwed the pooch. Or that's what the audio sounded like. Rooooooof!
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This is foolishness. Yes, great that no one was hurt, and property damage was probably $20K to $30K, not $1 million, but the operator didn't plan the lift. This type of work must not tolerate such poor practices; next time someone may die as a result. Like many said, he left a wasted opportunity to get closer to the garage and shorten his operating radius for the final set, then he proceeded much too fast to properly evaluate the crane's stability as he boomed out. His setup was also flawed in that he didn't lift the crane carrier weight off the tires, leaving it's tipping capacity as an unknown.