Been a while since we’ve had a good crane accident thread (and this one is good cause no one was hurt!)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/17/state/n120434S96.DTL
The oak broke apart as it was being lifted, and away she went!
Been a while since we’ve had a good crane accident thread (and this one is good cause no one was hurt!)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/17/state/n120434S96.DTL
The oak broke apart as it was being lifted, and away she went!
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Just logged in - again:( My question is what was the load? I see a jib in one photo.
Perhaps the sales guy/operator fouled up?
wow those houses are sure close together
duh...that's cuz it's in calif. =-)
So the story says the tree being lifted was int he front yard. sure looks like they had enough boom and were in the backyard. Head scratch #1.
then the story says the oak broke loose and then yanked the crane (100k lbs at that) down. (?) 2nd head scratch.
The irony is the HO were taking out the tree because they were afraid it would fall on the house!
I love that the company's name on the boom is "Reliable!"
Glad nobody was hurt, of course....