When hired to move other peoples property their property is top priority. You first looked for damage of your property glad no harm done to either. The old saying responsibility pays always has always will. when someone puts responsibility in your hands they always put cash there also.
That is such an awesome service truck!! I remember the video when you and your dad found that thing. That is such a great find. I found an old Altec pole drilling and setting rig but I have no idea what the guys who have it might want. It has been there so long that the one outrigger is extended and into the ground almost two feet. I do not think it is going anywhere soon . The crane dwarfs any crane I have seen on any service truck odf its size. It has a beautiful 12V Cummins under the hood though.
you should drain the air out of your tanks on that truck everytime you run it to evacuate oil and or water, to keep your air tanks from rusting through (that is if its equipped so ) especially with all the humid air down there in FLA , an air dryer for the brake system would be a good addition also .
Your chains were to short running up to the hook. It popped the safety latch at the hook which was under tension from the chain. Watch it in slow motion. I've made this mistake myself. The angle that the chain was at puts pressure on the safety latch instead of in the cradle of the hook.
Co-worker did this a year ago and dropped a 10ft tall 1+ ton weldment about two feet onto the floor. It blew out the clip on the hook. Didn't damage anything else or anyone, but made a hell of a bang and was a little embarrassing for him. 1 piece of rigging goes in a hook. If you need multiple angles coming off your lift point, that's what a bow shackle is for.
That'll make the ole butthole pucker up in a hurry. That was about the best place for that to happen. When shit like that happens at our shop we say "I meant for it to do that". hahaha
If you had a proper tag line rigged up you could have worked that with your remote unit from a safer location, next to the house and not near the boom…. Any failure of that little truck crane would kill or maim you. Plus, as others have mentioned, get some soft slings and shackles.
That's scary shit! I'm a millwright at a paper mill and my crew just had a boom and forks fall off of a forklift! Thankfully know one got injured. It was all on camera too. The company was head hunting trying to find something / someone to blame. They had experts come in and they determined that it was the side shift on it that failed. The forklift was not being operated at the time it happened. There was a man on it too. Scary shit!
That locking flipper thing on your lifting hook is not cutting it. Get a real heavy-duty hook with a positive locking closure bail on it. Before something bad happens. Your rigging was mostly on point though. That compressor is so top-heavy you’re lucky it didn’t tip over. Stay safe!👍
I'm glad it was solid on the truck before it turned loose on ya man. It would have sucked to see it go inverted and hit the ground. I welded a piece of 5 x 3/8 inch flat bar sticking strait up in between the motor and the pump on a twin tank wheel barrow compressor once with a lifting eye cut in the top well above everything. Not sure if you have room for it or even want to fool with it but it sure is handy when your trying to get loaded and get gone to have one simple hookup.
The load wasn't centered and the chain slipped past the mouse. A shackle would have prevented this, in this case. But this was not the proper way to rig that. Glad you weren't hurt. Keep the vids coming.
You did the job exactly how i would mate! Smash it into position with whatever lifting equipment you can find (I even use ratchet straps sometimes). Then get straight down to the pub before happy hour.
A proper bridle setup can help prevent that, I have a some 2-leg and 4-leg bridles and then a long single leg "beater" chain for pulling tracks etc, not trying to be critical just some advice. As an HD mechanic I use my crane almost daily and "proper" rigging is all that's allowed on some sites, of course I'm guilty of the quick and dirty as much as the next guy.
Why it’s great idea to have locking d shackles. Any force multiple accident can be disastrous. Papa always used 2 say 2 ways to learn, screw it up or learn from someone who screwed it up before you.
Anthony , you could see the clip on the hook failed to keep the chain in the hook...is it bent or too short? .I always thought those hook keepers were not needed and a pain, now I know why they are there.....looks like it is on outside of the hood......glad you and the compressor made it out ok.....Paul
I think you should call a welder.. damn damn damn started writing this freaking smart-ass comment before I finished the video ! . son of a bitch .well it is pretty cool to see a fellow (seemingly) native Floridian who is starting to get a lot of views on videos and doing something he loves think it's f****** awesome. And yes this was done in a New York accent if you can imagine it... even though I'm from Florida.(having epiphany and coming to a realization about my life..): Keep up the good work
When you don't want a load to come unhooked, try this . They make hooks with a spring loaded bar to close the gap. If you don't want that expense. You can drill a hole at the tip 1/8" and close the gap with tie wire. The kind used to tie rebar on construction jobs
His hook already has a safety latch, also, drilling into a lifting hook and using tie wire is a huge no in the professional world, that would get you kicked out of a lot of sites
Little over spread for the length of the chains. Try and keep your hands off the load, if something is going to fall you want more than an arms length away from it.
Hey Anthony, that big truck seems really expensive to run and actually use on a jobsite. Do you actually tend to use it or does it sit idle most of the time?
those stupid compressors never have any way to lift them even on forklifts they tend to be top heavyand want to fall over , you would think the manuf would figure some way for a lifting eye so you dont crush the fuel tank or pump been down this road also
Shit like that is not sketchy.its what happens when your clueless of your tools.this is a adolescent playing with his tonka trucks in his back yard.if any injury comes from this it's well deserved.if you hire the clown you get the whole circus.
