Major Crane Failure in California

[Stuart A-C]

I reckon they were trying to pull the stump out!

[Stuart A-C]

or the local roofing company lifted it with the crane on the left, to try and get some extra work.

[Johny Walker]

what a wast off an oak tree

[Joe]

good publicity for the tree firm, but not the sort of publicity you want though!!!

[rbtree]

omg

 

have you seen the jib on the one they are lifting it with

 

Jib? It is stowed on the hydraulic crane attached to the boom. The crane supporting the truck is a lattice boom crane. Has to be set up onsite. Takes a long time. But lattice booms are light and capable of lifting a lot of weight when the boom is at low angles. Likely they didn't have any other cranes in their fleet that would work.

[rbtree]

One big difference, I went for the ride of my life when mine failed, a 45ft free fall adrenalin rush.

 

I really cant see why the tree wasn't felled, processed and power barrowed out .

 

Cranes are the future though

 

It could have been pieced out, but not felled. Canopy was immensely wide. Plus, the drag around the house looks rather narrow. Di you see all 24 pictures? Sure was a cool tree. Didn't look very diseased....

[Mesterh]

Who do you think will win the bun fight between the arb's insurance and the crane company!

 

Hope he had PL

[Yorkshireman]

Who do you think will win the bun fight between the arb's insurance and the crane company!

 

Hope he had PL

 

depends on the type of lift/hire contract really , many ways to get stung . you can mistakenly believe that as you hire a crane & operator therefore it his fault if it goes wrong NOPE.

[slasherscot]

what can that crane lift at that stretch, i did a bit of road access clearance to let a big crane in to stretch over the Clyde to lift some metal work on other bank.......34 metres horizontal stretch and he could only lift 1 1/2 tons... obviously driver got his sums wrong with that tree

[skyhuck]

Bit of info here

 

There was NO info there, it said the the tree had gone through the house???????????????????

 

Looks like a crane to me??????????????

 

And then a few bitchy "UNTRUE" posts:thumbdown:

 

Not a site I have visited before and if thats a typical thread, not one I will visit again

Edited November 27, 2009 by High Scale