We need a crane thread ....... so here it is

V8Druid

V8Druid

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for those who can't see this ---- some gantry :oops::oops:- couldn't have had the hook block 'slung' at the front end -- another 'hollow ram' @Bri963:rolleyes:
some devastation that ....... 80-120t machine -- peeled the slew ring clean off
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Monkeybusiness

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Gecko said:
I'm guessing the gantry is to catch anything falling from the gondola above.
Presumably it's designed for impact and is stronger than it looks.
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Maybe designed to catch skis/bodies falling from above, I doubt it was built to catch a 100 tonne crane at speed from the side though!
 
Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Monkeybusiness said:
Maybe designed to catch skis/bodies falling from above, I doubt it was built to catch a 100 tonne crane at speed from the side though!
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I think it's actually a bucket cable way like the one at claughton brickworks up here.

Must have been a helluva an impact!!
Fair play to folk that built it.

Do we think boom was up? Ram is extended but weather it was ripped up is difficult to tell...

Imagine driving that back into the yard nonchalantly without the boom and cab on 😎😳
 
Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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another chinese pile of crap?
how many more snappages before some serious amount folk killed?

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V8Druid

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Lancs Lad said:
another chinese pile of crap?
how many more snappages before some serious amount folk killed?

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another Zoomlion made of chinesium cheddar :(
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been 25 years since big Blue collapsed and that only killed three (miraculously) ... he was made of best American metal :rolleyes:

" The Lampson LTL-2600 or Transilift 2600 is a super-heavy mobile crane. With an ultimate load capability of over 2,600 short tons-force (2,400,000 kgf), it is among the largest land-based mobile crawler cranes in existence in terms of capacity. It has a maximum boom length of 460 feet (140 m) and maximum jib length of 240 feet (73 m).

Design of the crane began in 1994, making it relatively old. Four examples of the crane are in existence: two built in 1995 that operate in Australia, one built in 2003 that operates in the United States, and one built in 2008 that operates in China. The older three cranes are operated by Lampson International, with the Chinese example the only one to be sold to and operated by an outside company.

As a crawler crane, the entire machine can carry a load short distances at a job site, increasing its flexibility. The crane consists of two crawler modules, a boom/jig assembly, and a large counterweight composed of containers of local materials (typically earth or gravel). The crane assembly is designed to be mobile, with pinned rather than welded modular construction, so it can be broken down and transported by a fleet of trucks. Each unit costs approximately $28 million. "


" Three firms were fined a total of over US$500,000 as a result of the collapse.
The jurors awarded $1.4 million to each of the widows for pain and suffering, as well as $350,000 apiece for loss of companionship. In addition, Mitsubishi was ordered to pay punitive damages to the three women in the amount of $94 million

The widows of the workers, Marjorie DeGrave, Ramona Dulde-Starr and Patricia Wischer, settled a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America, the company responsible for constructing the retractable roof of the stadium, for an undisclosed total of over $99 million. "
 
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Smiffy

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How much of it is the machine and how much is poor working practices.
All the videos I've seen of the moment it all goes wrong have clearly been operator error.
Overloading mostly but also seems to be a lot of twin lifts, or uprighting or laying down where coordination is non existent.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Smiffy said:
How much of it is the machine and how much is poor working practices.
All the videos I've seen of the moment it all goes wrong have clearly been operator error.
Overloading mostly but also seems to be a lot of twin lifts, or uprighting or laying down where coordination is non existent.
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you probably have it pretty bang on there TBH ... that's been side loaded and as you say looks to have been tandem lifting/tailing a load
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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common practise to move 'em short distances rigged .. days of work to de-rig/rig ... obviously run into a soft spot ...... would want to be bloody sure of your ground prep. and that it is FLAT / LEVEL ... any camber or soft spot and it's game over - as above
 
Gecko

Gecko

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V8Druid said:
common practise to move 'em short distances rigged .. days of work to de-rig/rig ... obviously run into a soft spot ...... would want to be bloody sure of your ground prep. and that it is FLAT / LEVEL ... any camber or soft spot and it's game over - as above
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The outriggers were full width on the LHS, but not visible on the RHS. Might have saved it (might not)
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Gecko said:
The outriggers were full width on the LHS, but not visible on the RHS. Might have saved it (might not)
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other way round - fully retracted on the left, but no way would they have saved it ... ground was too soft, end of
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Gecko said:
I meant from the drivers pov
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that was the top cab that died ... we're viewing that from the arse end of the carrier ;) ... either way it was well ****ed and a VERY expensive cock up ....... to say now't of the costs of a recovery exercise :oops::oops:
 
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