Glad this is not my house! The fun starts at 2 minutes http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=28443
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Wow! So glad nobody got hurt.
Wow, I can't believe that slipped by em. Lucky no one got hurt. Man, hope they had a good umbrella policy.
Crane company's insurance agent: " Sorry buddy, there is not such thing a s "Stupidity Insurance".
BigT8600
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Found it on Youtube...this is the removal of the truck from the house!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4v9N2uC ... re=related
I work in commercial insurance. This video makes me feel good about turning down any chance to quote these type of crane operators! Yikes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4v9N2uC ... re=related
I work in commercial insurance. This video makes me feel good about turning down any chance to quote these type of crane operators! Yikes!
These video's don't really tell the whole story. We'll never know what really happened - and you can't necessarily lay the blame on the crane operator. Those guys are not hired right off the street.BigT8600 said:
A number of years ago, I saw this same scenario at a home in a suburb of Dallas, TX. It was the home of Bill Bates - ex Dallas Cowboy. They were lifting a spa onto a deck on the 2nd story of the back of the home and the crane's boom cut the 2nd story in half when it failed. I got there a couple of hours after it happened.
Flotsam said:
The operator over extended the crane to avoid the chimney.
This in turn allowed the pool end of the crane to be heavier than the truck end. Gravity wins.
The crane company claims it was a computer glitch. http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=926475
Where this happened, Shoreview Minnesota, is a suburb directly south of mine...I wish I could figure out the address to take a look.
Where this happened, Shoreview Minnesota, is a suburb directly south of mine...I wish I could figure out the address to take a look.
Google Earth might have updated in the past year... look for a back yard with a big hole :~}
From the news story write up,
"The tub was placed in the ground, and only suffered a crack in the fall. The job should be completed soon."
Gee, just what I always wanted! A brand new pool with a crack in it!"
"The tub was placed in the ground, and only suffered a crack in the fall. The job should be completed soon."
Gee, just what I always wanted! A brand new pool with a crack in it!"
zea3 said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yea...Sounds just great! Can you believe that they put it in?
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