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Exceptional Engineering: Mega Cranes
Higher, stronger, more robust: Crane builders excel with superlatives. Loads are getting heavier and need to be lifted to hard-to-reach places. One of the big crane companies in this country is Knaack Krane in Hamburg. The company currently has about 60 different cranes, the largest of which can lift up to 750 tons. It takes a long way through planning and installation until the machine is used for the first time - the report accompanies the creation of a mega crane.
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@ToTheTopCrane 5 лет назад

I operate a Tadano 200t capacity crane almost daily. They are great machines. Part of what I do on my channel is to show the career of a crane operator from a unique perspective. Both from the operators seat and the behind the scenes. This is a great video. Thanks for making it. 🙂👍

@ryanleith6399 5 лет назад

Nah

@chadsimmons6347 5 лет назад

On a job site in Kansas City i was keeping an eye on the sleepy looking Mexican running a crane an extension pole type crane, on a very windy day, the loads were swinging like crazy

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

@ Well said some people think they have a easy job but far from it.

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

Thats so cool. How long have you been doing this

4 года назад

@@davidm3maniac201 I have a ton of 'work experience' and crane operators have one of the toughest jobs around, next to nuclear plant operators.

@wmden1 2 года назад

Some really great looking machines in this video. I have watched the smaller cranes being picked up by progressively larger cranes, several times. It is an extremely impressive demonstration. I think I remember one demonstration where the largest crane is lifting and holding a total of 4 cranes that are each one lifting a smaller crane, down the line. For a company to sponsor a demonstration like this, they would have super confidence in their engineers, designs, operators, riggers, materials, and assembled machines, when one weak point, or mistake could mean a monumental disaster.

@snakesonn3590 Год назад

Great comment as usual

@samc5898 5 лет назад

More Exceptional Engineering! This is the best series on youtube, by far

@FreeDocumentary 5 лет назад

Thanks, Sam. Please stay tuned. There is more to come!

@brandysigmon9066 5 лет назад

I agree, I love this series, keep 'em comin'!!!

@nathanrose2421 5 лет назад

@9:00 imagine writing some very “important software” and then naming it *Projekt Assistant**

@mrc6032 4 года назад

For the men working on top of the wind turbine. My hats off. Can't be afraid of heights doing that job

@redlew012 5 лет назад

I like how he says operators are highly trained specialists. For the most part they are. I work in this industry and I have seen many of them that have no business running one of these machines. However there carelessnesse provides me a large pay check and endless work.

@michaelledford4751 3 года назад

I'm betting your talking about non union small boom truck operators ,where im at all union operating engineers must have a CCO certification or crane operators license which eliminates all half assed operators quickly.

@redlew012 3 года назад

@@michaelledford4751 No our operators are Union. Our largest "truck Crane"( lol....It still takes i think it takes 13 trailers if maxed out with mega wing and Luffer) is a 600 ton demag. the smallest is a 30 terex. we have multiple crawlers like 2250s typically doing tilt wall and everything else like 222,888,999 ect. We are a legit company. And they keep me gainfully employed.

@redlew012 3 года назад

@@michaelledford4751 I also am CCO certified, but I'm not an operator. I just have a signal person and rigger level 3. I am a very busy welder in a business that makes me allot of money from operators and truck drivers. I am also certified from terex and American crane

@michaelledford4751 3 года назад

@@redlew012 So your telling me that your company owns a 600 Ton Demag and your company doesn't have a dedicated operator for that rig whos highly skilled sober and safe ? Please don't tell me your using Day laborers from Operating Engineers unions to run even a 20 ton truck mount crane ,the only crane accident I've had on 1 of my sites was nearly 30 years ago & wasn't operator error,the main pin holding the boom to the turret sheered with a BANG ! and the boom collapsed ,we have dedicated operators responsible for their crane only & when it's not in use the operator is running SkyTrak or a roof top hydraulic Smith hoist crane,we never use unknown operators.

@redlew012 3 года назад

@@michaelledford4751 yes the operator for the demag is dedicated. Gets a pickup and all(he is a good Operator). The entire "Taxi" fleet has dedicated Operators. In not saying all you guys. I said some of these guys. You Are around the industry and you can tell me that you haven't seen a bad operator with a cco. Just like I've seen bad welders that are certified

@wesleyleigh4063 4 года назад

I feel like when a documentary has to point out that it's free, it's actually an ad

@josephhodges9819 2 года назад

I am thoroughly impressed with the demonstration at 10:49. They not only show the demonstrable abilities of the cranes but they do it with great flourish and showmanship.

@joedanero5360 5 лет назад

This was fantastic. I didn't want it to end. Very well produced. I bet crane operators have their drinks paid for by the team.

@lasvegassnowman5505 5 лет назад

Or the craneis get hated for having an easy job, IDK

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

@@lasvegassnowman5505 Its not a easy job though. Crane operators have a big responsibility making sure they lift safely. Its so easy to kill someone so you need maximum concetration at all times. Peoples lives are in your hands and if you have a bad accident and its your fault then off to prison you go for manslaugter if you kill someone. Easy job think again

@lasvegassnowman5505 4 года назад

@@davidm3maniac201 good comment and you are right I thought about easy as physical lifting goes not the psychology part of it.

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

@@lasvegassnowman5505 Thanks bro and stay safe

@chaseshaw9130 4 года назад

holy crap dat soundtrack though. I heard Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix, and Command & Conquer!!!!!

@ThirdHillFromTheLeft 4 года назад

Mission Impossible too!

@KaigoSRK 4 года назад

The Dark Knight too

@IraTopp 4 года назад

Con Air, and The Rock as well .

@ROTTERDXM 4 года назад

Man that C&C music brought me right to the comment section.

@stevepettifer4896 4 года назад

Didn't hear any C&C but I reckon you might ave been confusing it with Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine which was definitely being played around 43:00

@isconnected 4 года назад

exceptional engineering and exceptional dedicated person there, great.

@juangiles1916 3 года назад

Operator here 👷‍♂️

@ronaldvanwaveren6121 3 года назад

Uú

@iamdr.electronmagnetron519 4 года назад

Awesome crane...from Philippines..mabuhay!

@louisjones4644 4 года назад

My father who's retired now use to train instructors to train other people to drive these cranes in the UK and around the world. He was the instructors instructor. He worked on mobile cranes, Tower cranes, crawlers and gantry cranes respectively.

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

@Tsunauticus III wow i want to watch that

@stretchmfe4913 4 года назад

Interesting stuff. So-called cranes are pretty badass

@TaserSkunk 3 года назад

That’s got to be the most constructive pirate I’ve ever seen.

@cloud3918 3 года назад

you are a god for this comment.

@squid3062 3 года назад

Yessss😂

@josephhodges9819 2 года назад

I just got what you were saying with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme music. I was looking for a guy with a patch but I would guess an eye patch and working a crane would not go well.

@nunyabiznes4458 5 лет назад

At 20:10 Guy on the left: That's one of those moments when you say "WE'VE DONE IT!" Guy on the right:

@Jedwardkakin 5 лет назад

Cranes of the Caribbean: The Curse of Liebherr

@thatoneguyEVAN 5 лет назад

I was wondering if someone caught that too.

@willfishing5605 5 лет назад

also armageddon and con-air

@Jedwardkakin 5 лет назад

@@willfishing5605 Good Catch, Will Fishing. You're casting out the big nets today.

@Nick205150 5 лет назад

Also Dark Knight. This is so ridiculously scored.

@StapleMaster5 5 лет назад

And some Batman too.

@StrangerHappened 3 года назад

*Crane works is the art of barely avoiding a catastrophe.*

@trumootm143 4 года назад

42:00 "The boom benfs like a giant banana" 🤣😂😂😂

@joep1535 5 лет назад

nice documentary on so called mega cranes!

@jasonrex3436 5 лет назад

lol, was 'so called' bugging me too. ;)

@saadhassan4031 4 года назад

He sure does say "so called" a lot🤔. I thought only I noticed that. 😀😀

@music10095 4 года назад

So annoying

@jayarrison4807 4 года назад

The truth is, "They are pretty "dam" big"! The term "mega" usually does mean "big, "huge", "monstrous", (etc.etc.)

@rln970 5 лет назад

I would commend the narrator for being calm and not being overly dramatic.

@leeblackharry 5 лет назад

Heard the Pirates of the Caribbean theme and had to pause the video and check the comments. Sure enough, laughter ensued.

@taylorfauley4084 5 лет назад

This is literally me right now...12 minutes 51 seconds in haha

@omega4chimp 2 года назад

They have to make video on how construction cranes are made from scratch.for all nations to build.

@weldmachine 2 года назад

Always amazing to see Limits pushed. Cranes definitely do a great job of doing this.

@Анатолий-ж6ж 2 года назад

Обожаю гусеничные краны" и сам работаю на таком, правда далеко на старом. Здесь же такие красавцы свежих годов, в современном сегменте, приятно созерцать.

@EricDowning Год назад

Whoever decided to play rage against the machine in the background deserves an award.

@emmilitia4241 5 лет назад

These guys are very professional. I watched a video on German pipe fitters, our 638 guys are extremely professional and do exceptional work, the Germans fitters are on another level. They do outstanding work.

@inc2000glw 2 года назад

I wanna watch this all night

@FirstNameLastName-js3ry 5 лет назад

This makes me want to dig out my Legos and start building with them again.

@lasvegassnowman5505 5 лет назад

How about Minecraft

@FirstNameLastName-js3ry 5 лет назад

Marcel Zatko I guess I’m showing my age here but I was born long before Minecraft was ever made. I also like more of the real hand ones feel and build of how Legos are. Where Minecraft is probably a amazing game for myself it’s harder to compare the job satisfaction of building something on a computer compared to having them physically right there. But that’s just me.

@benj.kerman609 3 года назад

@@FirstNameLastName-js3ry No, I like having physical things too, although it is still somewhat satisfying to build cranes on the computer (See my RU-vid channel) That is why I like it when companies have physical paper catalogs instead of online ones. I am actually building a Lego crawler crane! It is really tiny compared to even small crawler cranes, since it started out as a medium sized excavator, and it has been turned into a material handler right now, but I can easily switch it between material handler, crane, and excavator. I am sure I would really like having a diecast construction equipment model, but I have looked at the prices and the models cost about as much as the real cranes!

@aaronray9295 4 года назад

2:21 *exeptional* *engeneering*

@jovemckenna7019 3 года назад

I was just about to say! 'No one noticed?!'

@plasmahead2 5 лет назад

"Nothing can ever be routine!" Later "... Its almost routine..."

@Tramseskumbanan 3 года назад

Almost.

@yewcraynian7915 3 года назад

Noticed that too haha

@aasimyousaf2455 4 года назад

Incredible machines

@lorenzopatricioramos611 3 года назад

Im excited to see what crane will be for the Starship to place at the top of a Super Booster 😁😊

@shawndouglass2939 2 года назад

By the time you read this it will have been done once already😃

@JJSmalls 5 лет назад

7:00 "The so-called weather protection roof needs to be removed..."

@purdybeard8772 3 года назад

I’ve seen some of the cranes that do windmills crazy how big they’re when you stand next to one.

@anthonyshepard9606 3 года назад

OUTSTANDING INFO COMMENTARY. 🐢 👍 😀 🐢 👍 😀

@ZylvanTheFox 4 года назад

"Hey, its a documentary, who cares if we violate a bunch of international copyright laws several times over for good background music."

@prnvmtr 4 года назад

Hattsoff to crane operators...

@nathanmartin5397 5 лет назад

I am loving this series. I just wish the narrator knew the proper use of the term " so called".

@ejcheli 5 лет назад

haha I know right?

@Dragonman-dp2ft 5 лет назад

I just keep telling myself that it is the brand name. haha

@davejones5640 5 лет назад

Literally.

@trainman071 4 года назад

damn! thats a big machine!

@abdulelkhatib2674 3 года назад

Dam that's huge That's what she said

@kenyatunneling3010 4 года назад

Amazing work!

@underseaboat 4 года назад

*American Documentary* Constant jump cuts Unnecessary rock and techno Constant threats of worst possible outcome

@nwagner0828 3 года назад

Pretty sure this was produced in Germany with English translation.

@musschootski 3 года назад

Its probably important that new operators learn, hands on, how to assemble their crane.

@RefinedRags 2 года назад

It's probably important that new drivers learn, hands on, how to assemble their car.

@youndrip2955 2 года назад

@kindoson Burns it's probably important that new users learn, hands-on, how to assemble their phones.

@anon2916 Год назад

@@RefinedRags hmm not the same thing

@icool247 5 лет назад

Americans: Aluminum Europeans: Ally Min Yum

@applesucks2633 4 года назад

iCool247 The British like to add syllables and letters to words… Makes them feel superior

@wildone8397 4 года назад

From Australia, it's pronounced *al loo min knee yum* Aluminium

@raobhamidipati3737 3 года назад

@@wildone8397 p ppptryg677

@wildone8397 3 года назад

@@raobhamidipati3737 🤨 zzzzwonf941

@Pyramid1974 3 года назад

Is that Hulu ad with the dudes makin out pissing anyone else off??

@nasrolanasrolaesmaeil7411 5 лет назад

perfekt....lebher

@ssisnake 5 лет назад

My dad was one of 2 people licensed to inspect these on the west coast and I got to go see a bunch when I was a kid pretty awesome

@lasvegassnowman5505 5 лет назад

Did he get a lot of heat from the crane makers.?

@marekhajduk6269 4 года назад

Fantastic film! Thanks!

@bigbadwolf5870 5 лет назад

The crane seats look really comfortable don't they?

@Baninzi 4 года назад

German engineering at it’s finest

@thomash3218 4 года назад

Awesome documentaries

@johnberry5275 3 года назад

*•* [Trusses] are sensitive to damage when loads are not applied at the anticipated joints. They are especially sensitive to loads on the middle of the bars; *•* Trusses usually have little or no redundancy, so failure in one part can lead to total structure failure; [ from _Introduction to Statics and Dynamics_ ; written by *Rudra Pratap* and *Andy Ruina* ; pg. 133]

@backamdavid7318 4 года назад

nice videos.

@marlonholness5021 4 года назад

Love that crane

@costafortia 4 года назад

Now watch mega crane fails so you can see how smart these operators really are. Hahahahaha

@louiscolborn6715 4 года назад

And when have you had responsibility like that. Fool, no guts no glory

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

@Larry Riffett Lmao

@maartendetemmerman393 2 года назад

well like most things they very rarely fail, of the thousands of lifts if it goes wrong you'll most likely see it. most of the time it happens because of instable ground surface or weather. both can be hard to predict

@espritdealaska 4 года назад

Destin from Smarter Everyday: "SNATCH BLOCK!"

@നിസ്സാരം 4 года назад

Nyz documentry✌️✌️✌️

@williehubbard3315 2 года назад

education is important especially in machines cause i deal with machines every day i take leaves up i cut grass done everything as far as working with machines is considerend so I'm in to this kind of work for real i'm into everything that deals with machines and working outside because it's good for me to be outside and around people who are intelligent and not small minded.

@christianpedersen9404 4 года назад

Everything is "straight" with a spirit level that short 😅

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

Makes no difference how long the level is so you make no sense.

@rayanbethune6939 2 года назад

nice video

@eeshetu2257 4 года назад

Fantastic!

@SeamusMcGillicuddy0 3 года назад

When these cranes are out on jobs do they bring their own accompanying symphony orchestra to provide background music ?

@sheri1983 4 года назад

Best series! keep it coming!

@naderabsy628 4 года назад

I like this channel, thank you for these amazing documentary films!

@gabrielrinaldi1662 4 года назад

CRAZY!!!

@TechyMedic28 5 лет назад

Anyone else notice the Pirates of the Caribbean music in the background?

@dsinger369 5 лет назад

I thought I was hearing shit😂

@NiceMuslimLady 5 лет назад

And the call of the valkyrie.

@antr7493 5 лет назад

really hope Zimmer gets some money for this

@Kavurcen 5 лет назад

No, Klaus Badelt!

@MongeziRobertMbanjwa 4 года назад

40:26 30 degrees, humid, hard work.😱 You should visit South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 in summer Bruv, see guys working in 40degree heat in full overalls Bruv🇿🇦😎

@waynepollard6879 4 года назад

Like Lego's ? More like an Erector set ! So cool !

@G37KING101SPEED 4 года назад

Insane!!!!!

@robogoofers9131 5 лет назад

45:00 The worst would be if hey dented the housing, cause it's only aluminium. or if someone got squashed.

@NoFalse_id0Ls 5 лет назад

3:53 That was some camera work.

@jimkaipanen6577 5 лет назад

Of the largest cranes doing heavy duty lifts, how many feet of cable or wire rope is used ? I have watched many videos cranes but no mention of the length of the cable.

@Dpknox 5 лет назад

Over a mile

@jimkaipanen6577 5 лет назад

@@Dpknox thank you ,thought it might be more, but you more than I do.

@tom7601 5 лет назад

Jim Ķaipanen: no disrespect meant, but the answer was "Over a mile." You said more. Just thought it was funny when you said you thought it was more than "over a mile." Amazing machines!

@jimkaipanen6577 5 лет назад

@@tom7601 Well Tom when I posted that statement I was on my 3rd. Or 4th . vodka soda and lime.materoffact it's 5:30 p.m..cocktail hour, talk to you later.

@sakhawathosain73 4 года назад

nice

@mahurosakatetno3778 4 года назад

That computer simulation is amazing, i need that, i only do lifting plans and computation manually.

@juskillz5229 4 года назад

Your an ap

@benj.kerman609 3 года назад

Check out Liebherr's CranePlanner 2.0

@willfishing5605 5 лет назад

"so-called"

@Shvetsario 3 года назад

It's also annoying when they keep saying "and again...", "so again...", "but again..."

@Nick205150 5 лет назад

Dark Crane Rises

@DGTHRE 5 лет назад

Lol

@MeepMu 3 года назад

Spelling the name of the documentrary wrong... in the documentary. Great quality.

@badbatch974 5 лет назад

The “so-called” narrater should really do more research on the proper terminology of cranes. Just say what it is or use the slang terms that are most often referred, and stop saying SO-CALLED! Please “The so-called Operater is going to use the so-called crane to lift the so-called load onto the so-called work.”

@wadehammerstrom2685 5 лет назад

"so called colossus" in every Exceptional Engineering doc. Must be translated straight from German

@mikeworkman3593 5 лет назад

Why do you think anyone except you should do any "research" It's obviously being translated from German to English, and there are words that either don't translate properly or they are using German laymans

@NiceMuslimLady 5 лет назад

"So says the so-called commenetator" in the illustrious words of the narrator. ;)

@NiceMuslimLady 5 лет назад

@@mikeworkman3593 Well...what is the "so called operator" in German? It's "der sogenannte Operator". And, "so called crane"? It's "der sogenannte Kran".

@borisrussian6925 4 года назад

Bad Batch stop bitching so called BITCH

@marktarver4218 5 лет назад

Yes please, i'll take 2 in Kelley red.

@505197 5 лет назад

Jeff Boat had these very large cranes that sat way up high. They rolled on rail road tracks and were used to build barges and tow boats. When I was a child mom would take me to the flood wall to watch them work. It's a fond memory. One day somehow one of the cranes, there were several got yanked over and crashed, killing the operator. I believe the load got to going down too fast and when the brake was applied it toppled the damn thing. It takes awhile to fall over from 100 ft high, it must have been a terrifying last few seconds of life. I don't believe I have the nerve to operate a crane, huge stuff gives me the willies.

@jasonstinson1767 5 лет назад

505197. Do you still live in the Louisville area?

@505197 5 лет назад

@@jasonstinson1767 Yes, across the river in New Albany. New Albany, the city that built the Robert E Lee.

@r2doucebag595 4 года назад

Can't believe nobody is pointing out they misspelled engineering in the title segment @2:19

@TrebleForTheBass 4 года назад

Damn...good catch. I'm a grammar/spelling Nazi and I didn't even catch that one!

@davidm3maniac201 4 года назад

Only about 20 people have pointed out so far. Cant believe you did not read the comments first

@pudermcgavin4462 4 года назад

Workers are only here to clean up parts, wall-e hold my beer

@denniskaaihue7519 4 года назад

Amazing the way cranes are built. Very precision built from computer drafting to testing. I was a operating engineer crane operator in the 70s, 80s 90s and early 20s before retiring. Most operators started as crane oiters as apprentice to crane operators. All cranes in cab has a load chart but throughout years working every work site has its challenge and physics. The operator attitude, physical and experience must be in top shape. I wish they had something like this back than. But now cranes are bigger, heavier, and booms are higher can't see the job and. Amazing !!!!!

@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 Год назад

I don't know anything about Germany nor Cranes I'm from the USA✋🏻🇺🇸 Beautiful Equipment Though.

@jmikronis7376 3 года назад

American Naval Supercarriers are masterpieces of engineering as are the nuclear power plants that some of them have.

@micoarellano4102 4 года назад

Who carried the first crane if the first crane had not existed yet

@DeluxHippopatumus 4 года назад

I thought this crane documentary would have more cranes in it.

@jamesholt7340 4 года назад

So once they get their measurements in meters they have to convert to feet?All that converting must suck so mi dont see why they just dont use feet since its more easier to measure in feet..

@maartendetemmerman393 2 года назад

what? noone uses feet. the only reason anyone would measure something in feet is cause americans don't understand

@Racer_o_the_Reaper 5 лет назад

Between The Rock, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean and Armageddon, this show is a pretty good music mix. However, the terms used are “so called” inaccurate.

@gabrielg.9274 5 лет назад

I was waiting to see if anybody else would pick up on that.

@Moose181 4 года назад

Don’t forget the dark knight

@ronniepirtlejr2606 4 года назад

Black and white LCD screen. Why would you not throw some high definition color in there?

@kichansilva 4 года назад

Right off the bat, where are those cranes located??

@yewcraynian7915 3 года назад

It said Baden-Württemburg. Its a state in Germany.

@ericlakota6512 5 лет назад

Im a old iron worker we set and break down the crains use to need to set are old 180 from id say the 60s erly 70s and we use to do it in 2 hours but it was more like the hydrolics of today with a latice boom its funny we used it tell 2007 had no buzzers or any specal computers and it ran all day every day for 40 50 years now i think back at how skilled the old time operators were im shoure they were lost wen they enterd a new one i know once we had a brand new one we had problems

@mindlesspear8840 4 года назад

Love the pirates of the Caribbean music lol

@TheGheseExperience 5 лет назад

Love all the random music. Pretty sure they were playing the Dark Knight theme at one point

@pjcouture5203 4 года назад

I love the FLAT horizon !!

@donaldvincent 4 года назад

Wow!

@xXBuckOFiveXx 4 года назад

East Freezeland... sounds like a nice place

@Javierinfante424 4 года назад

I approve the batman music used in this video

@terrybell898 5 лет назад

Precisely and spirit level. Two things I've never heard used in same sentence.... It's not as though a level with a bubble in the liquid is extremely precise. A laser level would be more precise.

@mikeworkman3593 5 лет назад

Why the fuck are you going to use a laser level to measure angle? First off, a liquid level is always going to be the most accurate way, period, becuase you can't have a defective bubble. But you can have a defective digital level, like if the batteries were low. NOW... regardless of what the narrator said, that level they were using had a digital angle meter integrated into it, so it wasn't just a bubble level. That level probably cost around $300 US dollars. So IDK how much better you want those guys to measure their shit? I think they know wtf they are doing, wouldn't you say? Besides all that, a "laser level" doesn't use the laser to find the angle, there is circuitry inside the device that digitally measures gravity and turns it into a digital readout. The lasers are only used for shooting a beam across a wall or floor, like a chalk line would. The only thing they use lasers for measuring is distance, but it still needs something solid to bounce the beam off of to send it back.