Comments on: Look Out Below! https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Moose https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503874 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:30:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503874 While it was happening-two things occured to me:

1. He’s overextending…

2. Where’s the counterweight on the nose?

Lee:
“Do those things have load sensors on the jacks? I’d think it would be relatively easy to monitor and see if the jacks are about to become a fulcrum.”

The sensors do exist-but rely on the operator to set configuration info-like “yes, I have a counterweight on the nose…”

Oops…

]]> By: Lee https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503873 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:40:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503873 “What happened?”
“I don’t know!”

Do those things have load sensors on the jacks? I’d think it would be relatively easy to monitor and see if the jacks are about to become a fulcrum.

]]> By: MacTurk https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503872 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:51:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503872 In other news, local housing starts are up….

]]> By: gwen https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503871 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:20:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503871 After it cleared the chimney, I became aware of how far the arm and pool were from the crane and anticipated the end result. Someone didn’t do their math correctly! I hope his insurance was paid up!

]]> By: Lynn Wilhelm https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503870 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:21:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503870 Looks like that crane operator really screwed up. Good thing no one was hurt.

I was on site for a landscape project that included a pool (bigger than this) that had to be craned into place. Certainly wondered if such a problem wsa likely. Luckily, the pool installer ordered the right sized crane. This guy didn’t.
The pools don’t weigh much, but it really seemed to me that the arm was low.

]]> By: Len Bonacci https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503869 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:47:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503869 I think he hit the chimney.

]]> By: Ahcuah https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503868 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:24:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503868 Yeah. Doesn’t anybody know how to calculate a moment arm?

]]> By: nomuse https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503867 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:11:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503867 Levers! How the @#&% do they work!?

]]> By: Benton Jackson https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503866 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:31:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503866 I don’t swear much. It’s not that I find it morally objectionable, I just like to reserve it for when I really need it. If you use it like punctuation, you have nothing to say when you drop a crane on someone’s garage.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503865 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:57:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/11/look-out-below/#comment-503865 The local news site adds this to their link to the video: “We have to warn you that there is some vulgar language at the end of the video right after the crane crashes.”

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/06/11/crane-crashes-on-house-in-shoreview/

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