Crane falls onto garage while delivering pool

[joslar15]

There is a reason they are called the LAWS of Physics!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vljB2xdhhG8

 

[wrigleycub]

New pool, new garage, ajd go ahead and ad me a new gun room/vault also:yeswaGotta love idiots sometimes!

 

[Bigdee06]

Looks like somebody didn't pay attention to the load charts or the computer in the crane. I bet they will next time, its all right there in front of you all you have to do is use it.

 

[SEIndSAM]

They are lucky that no one was hurt. I've been in construction for a long time and have seen people doing things with cranes that scared the crap out of me.

 

[THard6]

that's pretty nuts.. you'd think these people would know what that crane can and can't handle.. but good thing everyone was safe..

 

[! twitty]

It could probably handle the load but the problem was he was trying to move the load too high. Anyhow, that should be a costly mistake.

 

[Bigdee06]

It could probably handle the load but the problem was he was trying to move the load too high. Anyhow, that should be a costly mistake.

It handled the load just fine, all the way until it reached the tipping point and the garage caught it. . He extended the load to far away from the base and it got him, he really should have did the math and never let it get that far.

 

[CountryBoy19]

It handled the load just fine, all the way until it reached the tipping point and the garage caught it. . He extended the load to far away from the base and it got him, he really should have did the math and never let it get that far.

+1, the issue wasn't that the load was too large, or that it was too high, it was because he took it too far from the base.

There are chart/computers/calculations that tell you how far you can reach out with a load of X weight. Seems to me somebody made the wrong calculation, made an error on the right calculation, or just didn't make the calculation at all.

I won't jump to conclusion and call anybody an idiot just yet. Nobody is perfect, and it's very possible that this was just a simple error; we all make errors.

 

[Phil502]

+1, the issue wasn't that the load was too large, or that it was too high, it was because he took it too far from the base.

There are chart/computers/calculations that tell you how far you can reach out with a load of X weight. Seems to me somebody made the wrong calculation, made an error on the right calculation, or just didn't make the calculation at all.

I won't jump to conclusion and call anybody an idiot just yet. Nobody is perfect, and it's very possible that this was just a simple error; we all make errors.

That and the water and pool toys were in it already.

 

[E5RANGER375]

That and the water and pool toys were in it already.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Counter weights? What are those?

 

[Brandon]

after driving a forklift for a few years... it could of been a mechanical/hydrolic failure or something to that effect...

but it very well could of just been human error as well... i dont know, i wasnt there.

 

[longbow]

That is what happens when you rent a crane without an operator................I want to see the video on how they got the crane back to all wheels on the ground!

Me thinks they brought the wrong crane to the jobsite. Looking back, a poured in place concrete pool was cheaper than this mess!

 

[joslar15]

That is what happens when you rent a crane without an operator................I want to see the video on how they got the crane back to all wheels on the ground!

Me thinks they brought the wrong crane to the jobsite. Looking back, a poured in place concrete pool was cheaper than this mess!

Here you go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4v9N2uCUu4

 

[Bigdee06]

after driving a forklift for a few years... it could of been a mechanical/hydrolic failure or something to that effect...

but it very well could of just been human error as well... i dont know, i wasnt there.

I vote for human error. I think that a hydraulic failure would have resulted in the boom pivoting down on the the garage without taking the rest of the rig with it. If it was another type of mechanical problem I would expect the winch to freewheel or the mast to collapse and then just the pool would have hit the ground/garage. I've spent a lot of time around cranes and heavy wreckers and I think it was a case of too much weight to far out.

 

[melensdad]

Notice the safety flashers are "on" on the crane that is stuck on the garage. . . can never be too safe you know!

 

[BE Mike]

Now I'm worried. I hope the stork doesn't fall into the garage when it delivers my next grand baby!

 

[Rookie]

10-12 years ago, the transmission plant had some contractors with a HUGE crane that they were using to set equipment on the roof. In order to safely move it, they had to disassemble, move it, and re-assemble which costed quite a bit each time. Someone in management decided to save money and told them to move it without taking it down. The contractors warned them about the danger and made them sign a liability waiver, after all what could go wrong? Yep, it tipped over and tore a massive hole in the roof causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the idiot that signed the waiver was probably promoted.

 

[Rookie]

Now I'm worried. I hope the stork doesn't fall into the garage when it delivers my next grand baby!

Are you expecting baby Huey?

 

[Clif45]

If you read the youtube page for the video it gives a little news article that says that it was a computer error...

"The crane company, Truck Crane Service, told the homeowner, who did not want to be interviewed, that a computer error is to blame for the mishap. They said there was a lot of margin between the pools weight, and what the crane could handle."