This was an extremely dangerous operation. The container which did in fact not contain oranges or monitors weighed in at 65,000 pounds. On our first attempt it pushed both of our machines back. The spreader twisted and pulled toward the inside when we hoisted which put lots of pressure on one side of the mast. We could have tipped over too. We didn't go over because we knew what to do and without saying it did it at the right time.
At the south Carolina port we put 65,000 pound boxes up 4 high with an old yellow cat with no problems but I guess it also depends on who the operator is and if they know how the machine is going to do when it is that high and heavy
I only drive little 3 tonne forklifts, but even so, sometimes when we move large wooden panels or loads with a large surface area, the wind can sometimes have us rocking like a sailboat, so could those containers be big enough to cause so much drag in a strong wind that they topple?
Years back I loaded cotton bales at my families warehouse. We would have trucks come pull up and loading cotton bales 4wide in these containers. You only have an inch clearance on the clamps. Loading a regular van you can go full speed into the trailer. But loading these containers your clamps are scraping the sides a little bit. I’ve done this to a fork lift or more like a clamp lift. We never used forks only the aluminum clamps. with 8 - 500lb bales you could only get the cg so high before you went over.
That was some good team work. What I'm curious about, is what happened to cause this problem? like was he going in to set a box? and going to fast? & then it was a 'Fubar' kinda situation..? I want to act like I'm perfect, but hell I've made little mistakes, where I didn't want to.. on older equipment and it not respond like you want it to, & your used to something else.. better. And thanks to great co-workers I've squeaked by, then just try to be better next time.
Seriously ??? ILWU 500 members are the equipment operators, ILWU 514 are the Foremen, and the rest are Site Superintendents, etc... One day you might grow up and graduate from playing withTonka Toys
I don’t know what he’s celebrating about. They have another 7 containers tipped over to go 😅😅😅😅. It’s more that 10 yrs on my HYSTER , and so far ……. ZERO ACCIDENTS !!! I kid you not . CN yard in MONTREAL,QUEBEC CANADA 🇨🇦. ZEEERRRROOOOO . We do empties ,and full .20’s to 53’s . 👍👍👍
TODO ALUSIVO A ESTIVAR ES BASTANTE COMPLICADO NO ES TAN FÁCIL COMO SE VE TODO ES PRÁCTICA Y ESTAR ATENTOS A TODO POR QUE UN PEQUEÑO DESCUIDO ACÁ ESTÁ ESTE VIDEO MÁS CLARO QUE EL AGUA.
Hmm funny thing I did this work with mobiles and gantry cranes! for 10 years, I never had anything like this happen to me. Why would anyone operating a mobile crane want to lift a 65,000 pound container and is that plus the weight of the container? 4 high? Not to frigging bright I would say.
@Wayne Rogers The 65,000 lbs. is the gross weight. It is the total combined weight of the cargo and the container. Those large container handler lift trucks are all rated at about 80,000 - 90,000 lbs.capacity. The machine that tipped forward might of required de-rating capacity due to the lifting height.I wonder if the mast was tilted forward past the vertical position.It wouldn’t surprise me if that’s what caused the accident. The whole situation could have been much worse. Luckily there were no people injured in this accident.
Umm no not yeaaahhhhhahaaahaaaa there is a big problem for a long time from this one you still have problems . All those cans are damaged and need to be replaced and the contents are most like damaged at least packaging every can needs that crane style lift to pull them off. Huge money for twenty people to be standing around. That guy should be fired at the very least of top lifts. Came in racing. I bet the guys going we don't got no more problems any more. Nowwww. Was the guy driving it
