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Crane Arrival and Unforeseen Limitations

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Crane Operator refuses Lifting 5000 LBS Beam Safely! (ep. 4)

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What happens here

A yellow P&H crane arrives at the site. The presenter quickly realizes it's a smaller, outdated model, not the larger capacity crane he anticipated. The crane operator confirms significant limitations: the beam's weight (4500 lbs) exceeds the crane's safe lifting capacity at the required distance (by 1500 lbs). Furthermore, the steep, loose dirt driveway poses a major safety risk, as the crane operator fears getting high-centered or even 'snapping the chassis' if he attempts to maneuver up the incline. This lack of proper equipment for the site conditions and load requirements means the crane cannot perform the job, resulting in a $1000 bill for a failed operation. This situation highlights the critical importance of a detailed pre-job site inspection and precise equipment specification in crane operation planning to avoid significant delays, costs, and potential safety hazards.

Goal: A small, outdated crane arrives but is immediately deemed unsuitable due to insufficient reach, load capacity, and instability on the sloped terrain, leading to a costly wasted effort.

Tools and materials

  • 60-foot Wooden Beam
  • P&H Crane (yellow)
  • Telehandler (Genie GTH-844)

What they say

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capacity I'm way over my head on all of this so let's just start removing some of the stuff and then kind of going from there we're going to try we're going to try either there or here so it's I really thought today was going to be a lot easier than yesterday the crane cannot reach this far up the hill side I thought they're going to bring their biggest crane I thought there's only one crane but they just sent me a crane uh so he can't reach from there other problem is is if he comes up down this driveway the slope right here is way too steep so he's going to get high centered here he's afraid to go up there just because he thinks it's a loose packed ground and by the time his stabilizers go down uh it might just go into the ground like a hot butter knife so we don't even know if we're going to get get this beam up here um he's going to try to weigh it to see what it weighs and then he'll kind of crunch his own math to see what the risk factor here is I really thought today is going to work [Music] the length of the property I think is uh the building is uh 50 ft uh, 1500 lb over what I can lift at that distance at that at this distance way more than I can lift from that distance so what about where all this down below here yeah let's get the lift out of there yeah yeah take the lift to the to the top of the hill cuz uh if he's going to have trouble coming back out [Music] you said his suspension is already making a bunch of noise cuz he doesn't have air ride it's all direct to frame so it's a lot harder on the suspension he says even that slope right there is already just wish I was notified or at least asked about the reach capabilities I was assuming a big cran just coming you know we'll get the job done all right next week did you say Monday do you have a rig that's capable of doing this as you spoke to the ace crane crane doesn't work it's not long enough from my original plan from that road there um and because he doesn't have air ride suspension it's direct to frame that driveway is too steep he said his he feels like he's going to snap his chassis and a half so I'm left with a $1,000 bill for a job that can't get finished freaking blows dude we're trying to solve this problem right now uh the guy gave me a different contact which this is what frustrates me is I called when I ordered the crane I said I have a 60ft long beam they go cool no problem they didn't ask me the the distance we're traveling so they sent me a small outdated crane I thought…

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