Epic Whoops thread.

I am not a crane operator/pwner. but even I can see (before the inevitable incident) the setup doesnt "look" right.

Angles bad, cranes seem stressed, booms fully extended and off vertical (e.g., lift a 50lb dumbbell straignt up, vs. holding it extended straignt out perpendicular to your body, while standing on one leg), etc,.

I did have a client once who was an OEM manufacturer of heavy lift cranes. They knew and definately published what their equipment could/could not do.

Users violate those requirements at the risk of this stuff happening.

hope nobody got killed in these examples.

 
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1999 – A Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker, 57-1418, c/n 17549, of the 153rd Air Refuelling Squadron, Air National Guard, was undergoing maintenance at the Oklahoma ALC, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. When a civilian technician commenced a pressurization test using what some say was a home-built non-standard pressure gauge...

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amazinblue82 said:
I am not a crane operator/pwner. but even I can see (before the inevitable incident) the setup doesnt "look" right.

Angles bad, cranes seem stressed, booms fully extended and off vertical (e.g., lift a 50lb dumbbell straignt up, vs. holding it extended straignt out perpendicular to your body, while standing on one leg), etc,.

I did have a client once who was an OEM manufacturer of heavy lift cranes. They knew and definately published what their equipment could/could not do.

Users violate those requirements at the risk of this stuff happening.

hope nobody got killed in these examples.

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Ah the trades these days...



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Recently from The China Show on YouTube. New bridge construction from the Belt & Roads what'eva'.

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Driver was rescued alive.

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Old Mike said:
Once while I was in a gas station filling up my ‘71 Newport, a guy who looked to be in his 40s told me “nice Impala”.
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That's what I'm thinking happened with the gal at registration. Probably just glanced at my slip and saw CHrysler IMPerial and self auto-corrected Chevrolet Impala and placed me into group 2(gm) not 3(Mopar).
 
King Hooter said:
That's what I'm thinking happened with the gal at registration. Probably just glanced at my slip and saw CHrysler IMPerial and self auto-corrected Chevrolet Impala and placed me into group 2(gm) not 3(Mopar).
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I hate it when cars are misgendered. Time to take to social media and put them on blast.
 
Old Mike said:
Once while I was in a gas station filling up my ‘71 Newport, a guy who looked to be in his 40s told me “nice Impala”.
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I've had people ask my if my car was an Impala. I understand that, as I think the '69 Impala is similar to my '70 Newport.

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Snotty said:
I've had people ask my if my car was an Impala. I understand that, as I think the '69 Impala is similar to my '70 Newport.

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It happened again on Independence day. I was returning to my home with some fireworks when I guy in a pickup pulled next to me at a light. He says, "Nice car; 454?" I said, "That's a Chevy motor." He said, "Yeah, well?" I said, "This is a Mopar; you think it's an Impala?" "Yes."

It doesn't surprise me anymore.
 
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