Question for the crane operators

[urban rednek]

After viewing this video clip: how do you verify your helper has consumed a large enough breakfast to be an effective counterweight?
https://www.facebook.com/1419717081615466/posts/2188450261408807

[CaberTosser]

He needs to bring his entire family. Infant children can be slung on improvised outriggers to increase the leverage effect.

[Cottus]

Well for starters, no safety glasses. Probably no FLHA in his pocket, either. Other than that seems fine. It worked, so??

[expedition]

I assume he thinks he is making a difference. Hillarios

[penguin]

Hopefully he filled his pockets up with rocks, lol.

[buckbrush]

In one small farmer owned shop I worked in when I was 17, we had one small fork lift and one big one. One type of skid we would build was just a bit too big to move with both. Luckily they had employed two counter weights. They would get these two guys (over 300# each) to hang on the back of the smaller one. I always wondered, being a welding shop and all. Could we not just build a counter weight holder and put some suitcase weights on it...SMH.

[58thecat]

Ok so over lunch a fella found something to do for entertainment.:)


You should see the crap I saw in the patch:scared0018:

[SteyrSSG]

Funny how folks try all sorts of ideas to improve a machine's lifting capacity.

http://dccgroup.com.au/uncategorized/crane-crash-fail-compilation-crane-accidents-caught-on-tape-1/