[Jerry Spearn]

Not my project but I am operating a crane just like this one.

It was a tragic day as the operator did not survive. From what I understand he was setting a wind turbine when the wind came up (duh thats why they are building a wind farm here) and he continued with the lift even thought wind speeds exceeded manufacturer specifications (35 mph for this crane in this configuration) The crane is a Liebherr LR 1300 in Maxer. what that means is it is a 330 ton crawler with max counter weights (240,000
lbs on crane upper, 114,000 lbs on car body (between crawlers) and 240,000 lbs on a suspened platform (the blue frame work you see hanging sideways beside the boom)

 

[427Capri]

dude wtf?

 

[420]

Shit went REAL bad.... never seen the photobucket logo looking so bad!

 

[67 bird]

Sorry to hear about the guy, but pics didn't show.

 

[BigWheelz]

Not so bad but...Friday had a person cut his finger at work, saw the blood and passed out.

 

[chadman]

Not so bad but...Friday had a person cut his finger at work, saw the blood and passed out.

pussy

 

[dragrcr71]

I don't know where they are building them in AZ but I feel sorry for those poor phuckers that end up with wind farms in their backyard. Those things are noisy and annoying. And not worth the investment IMO.

BTW, your pics are a fail.

 

[Jerry Spearn]

 

[Jerry Spearn]

 

[Bigin71]

That was not a pretty thing

 

[67 bird]

Out of that entire crane, the cab is the only thing made out of tin.

 

[tenfiveracer]

Dam ! You only hope he went quick ..

 

[1Slowmopar]

Tragic, and avoidable.

Getting past procedures not being a heard to, there is no reason why the cab cannot be reinforced for the unexpected.

Manufacture need to step up and start building full cages for these rigs.

 

[Jerry Spearn]

If operators were trained propperly and had the balls to say no this wouldn't happen

 

[mike gerlach]

had the balls to say no this wouldn't happen

Sometimes not so easy if you want to keep your job. It's a tough call at times

Sorry to see this...

 

[Chi Town Race Products]

Sometimes not so easy if you want to keep your job. It's a tough call at times

Sorry to see this...

And THE very reason for good Unions.

 

[Imlow78]

If operators were trained propperly and had the balls to say no this wouldn't happen

Say'n "No I'm not doing that" can be considered Insubordination and grounds for termination by some employers.

Its a shitty world we live in.

RIP to the operator.

Shannon

 

[sicktruck]

operator should always have the final say,especially a rig that big.

 

[smitty34]

Besides the operator loosing his life, the sad thing about it the employer will blame him for it.

 

[aaron p]

Say'n "No I'm not doing that" can be considered Insubordination and grounds for termination by some employers.

Its a shitty world we live in.

RIP to the operator.

Shannon

IDK about you, but ill tell my boss to suck my cock if they wanted me to do something that would endanger my life or the lifes of my co-workers. I would sue the fuck out of them if they fired me. The operator ALWAYS has the final say when it comes to heavy lifting.

RIP