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OSHA would have gone crazy.
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Someone this dumb should never be allowed to operate vehicles that deadly.
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Everyone can pull handles, but by far not everyone understands physics. Just like putting the pedal to the metal and not knowing how a car will react at high speeds. Lack of knowledge.
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This is why some company hates experienced operators. Because they feel like they’re slowing down the process by ensuring the ground is stable, proper counter balance, latch, wind, so many factors I don’t even know has to be in safe working order otherwise this shit happens. Other companies will appreciate their expertise though.
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Google “Big Blue Crane Accident.”
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Is this like a blue waffle incident?
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No. A extremely large “heavy” lift to add a section to a roof on a sports stadium. The wind exceded the max velocity, but it was attempted. Listen to the video on with sound level up.
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Ok now THAT’S a bad one…
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Welcome to Russia…
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Where deadly vehicles operate dumb2x?
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Vodka helps.
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Before or after?
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Yes
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Both lol.
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I’m sorry another commentor won the prize, the answer was “Yes”.
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During.
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2nd best army in Ukraine!
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Shit like this happens all the time. Not nearly this scale but dangerous situations are always going on because someone is always bitchin to get it done quicker and then most everyone falls in line. No one wants to get fired.. I hate that shit when it comes to anything construction related..
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Yep. It often leads to yelling and arguments and all kinds of bullshit. When I’m told to do something the wrong way I like to agree, then go do it the right way and act like I was confused when they ask why I didn’t follow their imbecilic plans. “Sorry boss, yeah I cut out all the rebar that was in our way that you wanted to stay in our way and fuck everything up, my bad, I’ll get it back in place and tied up when we’re done”. Saves a fuck ton of time and bullshit and annoys the hell out of middle management, love it.
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Nah they should have just all gotten onto the front of the truck.
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I used to operate a 120ft tower crane. Some of the things those idiots on the ground asked me to do were mind-boggling.
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Russians you mean?
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Now they’re going to need the crane that they should’ve used in the first place.
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it’s just cranes all the way down. Pretty soon they’ll be enough in there so they can just fill in the rest with dirt and call it good.
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The Russian flag visible at the end explains so many things…
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But their most experienced operator Vlad got sent to the front lines and he hasn’t been heard from in a while. Now all they have is Temu Vlad, Slad.
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Blyad
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Magnificent. Both vehicles relocated safely to the bottom of the pit, in record time. Amazing work.
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Where does the crane go? That’s right, in the square hole
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Of course it have to be Russia…
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Was there something more obvious than probably a load calculation done wrong? This seems like a fairly standard lift and they just messed up the weights.
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Either its far too much load for the crane or they forgot to put the counterweights on. The ground and crane itself didn’t fail. It just overturned.
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It’s a ~15t crane at the max, likely less, with that offset to the load you could lift ~3-4t max, ignoring the 75% safetey window. No calculation done, the operator is just a moron.
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I looked up a midsized looking JCB backhoe starts at 13,000#.
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Pretty much any sane person who has operated a crane and has been around heavy equipment, would have known that this isn’t going to work out. A short look at the cranes loading diagram would have told any layman that this wouldn’t work out, lol.
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If they had properly counterbalanced it, would it have just failed in that case?
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Maybe, maybe not. The structure itself can usually take a lot more than it’s rated for, but I wouldn’t rule out things bending or breaking either. As you can see, they already parked it in a way where the cab is at the opposite side and adds to the counterweight. And as I stated, I have no idea what crane that is exactly.
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Load calculation aside, I’ve worked blue collar a quarter century and there is nothing standard about what they were trying to accomplish here.
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I have seen videos [like this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN7YtoEa74) and was told that is basically how they get heavy equipment into and out of underground construction jobs in urban construction.
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I’m terrible at physics but I wonder if part of it was the fact that the load was lowered below the ground level the crane was at?
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I think it’s just that at maximum boom (completely flat out) the crane experiences the maximum shift in weight. This would have been less catastrophic if there wasn’t a hole involved.
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bruh, height of the load shouldnt have any effect on the centre of gravity, only the horizontal distance from the crane itself, but if the load is swinging and lower down then the force it exerts will be greater
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Really? I am having a hard time seeing how the physics of that work. The force on the boom will always be the weight of the load right? It doesn’t matter how high or low it is. You get a negligible amount added for like the weight of the cable… But if you look at the force at the pulley at the end of the boom, it is going to be constant regardless of how long the cable has extended. What am I missing here? Edit: Just looked up a crane [load chart](https://www.reliablecraneservice.com/application/views/themes/theme-1/assets/pdf/crane_charts/RT335-1LC.pdf) it only mentions boom angle and load radius as factors in weight capacity. It makes no mention of how much cable is played out in determining load. I am no expert, but I think I am calling shenanigans on your claim.
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Well, so did the operator.
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You can’t park here mate.
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*Russian troops will be marching in the streets of Kiev within 72 hours* LOL
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The guy with the slow down motion looks over to the crane off the ground lol
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I guess they need a bigger crane now
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