Fun with crane trucks

zippyt · 11-20-2004, 02:38 AM

but WHO was operateing the crane ???? I have Looked hard at ALL the pics and have YET to figuer it out .

Griff · 11-20-2004, 05:39 AM

I think its an RC crane, I saw a guy putting up a timber frame with one, they're pretty sweet. My money is on the gray haired gent with the dark sweater standing closest to us in the first shot.

404Error · 11-20-2004, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

but WHO was operateing the crane ???? I have Looked hard at ALL the pics and have YET to figuer it out .

OK, with a little photo manipulation I removed the glare from the windshield and low and behold, it looks like LJ and his cousin NBN operating that crane truck!

Elspode · 11-20-2004, 10:56 AM

Griff is probably correct. RC crane operation is increasingly the standard. The unit is usually something a bit smaller than a shoe box, worn on a belt apparatus, leaving the controls at comfortable waist operation height.

If you look closely at the zoom shot third from the end, where the white car is being lifted by the larger truck, you can see that same guy (although he looks more blonde on my monitor) with his back to the camera. It appears that he has a grey strap running below his sweater line, which is probably the control unit belt.

I'm really curious as to what the hell the operator of the first truck was thinking. It appears that it was operating waaayyy our of parameters. I see no outriggers on it to begin with (the reason it went over)... In fact, it looks like the bed is a RO/RO (roll-on, roll-off), making me believe that the truck and it's arm were more designed for short reaches and straight-up lifts onto the bed.

I also wonder if the Brit (it looks to be Britain, anyway) pollution regs are as stringent as ours, because you can see tens of gallons of diesel pouring out of the first truck as it goes over the side. Probably mucked up the water in the quaint little port for a bit.

richlevy · 11-20-2004, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I'm really curious as to what the hell the operator of the first truck was thinking. It appears that it was operating waaayyy our of parameters. I see no outriggers on it to begin with (the reason it went over)... In fact, it looks like the bed is a RO/RO (roll-on, roll-off), making me believe that the truck and it's arm were more designed for short reaches and straight-up lifts onto the bed.

Well, it looks like there was some kind of support set up, but it looks pretty flimsy.

busterb · 11-20-2004, 11:48 PM

My guess, is the outrigger slid off. Always hire cheap help or outsource it.
Then call A flapping Lawyer

404Error · 11-21-2004, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Well, it looks like there was some kind of support set up, but it looks pretty flimsy.

I don't think that object you circled was part of the trucks support Rich, it is in all the subsequent pictures, even after the truck is in the water. Looks like it's attached to the wall as some kind of hand railing or something.

busterb · 11-21-2004, 09:01 AM

Look close in photo #4. you can see, what I belive to be the outrigger.

wolf · 11-21-2004, 06:21 PM

I was very disappointed by the Squished Guy archive.

After braving all the dire warnings, there was only one darn picture ... and you couldn't really see the icky parts all that well. At the very least they should have a had shot of after the load was lifted off the dude.

I've seen better on rotten.com and ehowa.com

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2004, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I was very disappointed by the Squished Guy archive.

After braving all the dire warnings, there was only one darn picture ... and you couldn't really see the icky parts all that well. At the very least they should have a had shot of after the load was lifted off the dude.

I've seen better on rotten.com and ehowa.com

They're out there, I've seen them.

11-20-2004, 02:38 AM	#1
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	but WHO was operateing the crane ???? I have Looked hard at ALL the pics and have YET to figuer it out . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-20-2004, 05:39 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think its an RC crane, I saw a guy putting up a timber frame with one, they're pretty sweet. My money is on the gray haired gent with the dark sweater standing closest to us in the first shot. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-20-2004, 11:48 PM	#6
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	My guess, is the outrigger slid off. Always hire cheap help or outsource it. Then call A flapping Lawyer __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 11-20-2004 at 11:50 PM. Reason: Add

11-21-2004, 09:01 AM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Look close in photo #4. you can see, what I belive to be the outrigger. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-21-2004, 06:21 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was very disappointed by the Squished Guy archive. After braving all the dire warnings, there was only one darn picture ... and you couldn't really see the icky parts all that well. At the very least they should have a had shot of after the load was lifted off the dude. I've seen better on rotten.com and ehowa.com __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-20-2004, 10:56 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Griff is probably correct. RC crane operation is increasingly the standard. The unit is usually something a bit smaller than a shoe box, worn on a belt apparatus, leaving the controls at comfortable waist operation height. If you look closely at the zoom shot third from the end, where the white car is being lifted by the larger truck, you can see that same guy (although he looks more blonde on my monitor) with his back to the camera. It appears that he has a grey strap running below his sweater line, which is probably the control unit belt. I'm really curious as to what the hell the operator of the first truck was thinking. It appears that it was operating waaayyy our of parameters. I see no outriggers on it to begin with (the reason it went over)... In fact, it looks like the bed is a RO/RO (roll-on, roll-off), making me believe that the truck and it's arm were more designed for short reaches and straight-up lifts onto the bed. I also wonder if the Brit (it looks to be Britain, anyway) pollution regs are as stringent as ours, because you can see tens of gallons of diesel pouring out of the first truck as it goes over the side. Probably mucked up the water in the quaint little port for a bit. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 11-20-2004 at 11:05 AM.

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