Whoops - somebody didn't use the stabilisers!
Whoops - somebody didn't use the stabilisers!
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GasEngineer

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2,335 posts

89 months

Wednesday 6th May
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valiant

13,832 posts

187 months

Wednesday 6th May
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Looks like he did from the second photo but maybe overreached with too heavy a load?

Looks like a stand up meeting with the boss later on though…

bobtail4x4

4,367 posts

136 months

Wednesday 6th May
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the stabilisers are supposed to extend out,

Sporky

11,486 posts

91 months

Wednesday 6th May
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valiant said:
Looks like a stand up meeting with the boss later on though
No biscuits?

the griffin

127 posts

218 months

Wednesday 6th May
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I recognise that place, the old Pier Avenue in Southwold!

Byker28i

88,677 posts

244 months

Wednesday 6th May
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Didn't extend them as close to the wall?

Smint

3,258 posts

62 months

Wednesday 6th May
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There's a reason the usual building suppliers use 18/24/32 ton GVW trucks for hiab deliveries.

_Rodders_

2,919 posts

46 months

Wednesday 6th May
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Surely not beyond the wit of man to fit sensors that sense the thing getting light on one end and stops you going any further.

Mabbs9

1,631 posts

245 months

Wednesday 6th May
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_Rodders_ said:
Surely not beyond the wit of man to fit sensors that sense the thing getting light on one end and stops you going any further.
They went one better. They fitted stabilisers.

njw1

2,731 posts

138 months

Wednesday 6th May
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_Rodders_ said:
Surely not beyond the wit of man to fit sensors that sense the thing getting light on one end and stops you going any further.
They do, they also fit an override button.....

John D.

20,704 posts

236 months

Wednesday 6th May
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Byker28i said:
Didn't extend them as close to the wall?
I reckon you're right. Short rigged it so could park closer to the wall, to get the reach far enough into the property. Looks like there is plenty of space otherwise.

Or turned off the limit sensor and messed it up that way. Probably both!

Its Just Adz

18,462 posts

236 months

Friday 8th May
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One of my regular recovery places did similar. Didn't put a spreader plate down and the leg went through the pavement while lifting a Cayenne.
Luckily it didn't tip, but it did find it's way onto Tiktok.

smifffymoto2

114 posts

8 months

Saturday 9th May
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njw1 said:
_Rodders_ said:
Surely not beyond the wit of man to fit sensors that sense the thing getting light on one end and stops you going any further.
They do, they also fit an override button.....
They do but you can only reduce the radius not extend it.
My guess he has swung the crane to quickly,destabilising the truck and got it rocking on the suspension.

miko382

26 posts

3 months

Sunday 14th June
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Ouch. Missed the white brick pillar by absolute millimeters, though! At least they won’t be adding a structural rebuilding bill on top of recovering the grab arm. Gravity always wins when you skip the outriggers.