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Re: Filmed from one of the cranes in Southampton
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 10:52:06 AM »
call that clever? i once had to push a very heavy control panel along a walkway at a sports arena in amsterdam. it was 35 metres above the arena, no one knew the loading limit of the walkway, but it was assumed  it should be strong enough to take the weight of 2 fat blokes. luckily i am thin and the controller was about 150 kgs. so we worked out that if i didn't jump up and down too much it might be alright. i am still here so it was alright.
 watching that video gave me the same sensation. wished i hadn't watched it before breakfast though. i would feel sorry for anybody underneath if he did fall.
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Re: Filmed from one of the cranes in Southampton
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2013, 12:08:18 PM »
ill see your crane and raise you a miners walk -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw
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Re: Filmed from one of the cranes in Southampton
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2013, 02:36:01 PM »
Ah that's an old classic :)

Have you seen this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4Xk1mEwmI

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Re: Filmed from one of the cranes in Southampton
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2013, 06:01:49 PM »
I remember as an apprentice tower crane operater in '79 being sent to the end of a jib with a grease gun to do the pulleys.
Windy day so the tower brake had to be OFF. The arc sway was interesting :o
Although,unlike the guy in the vid', I had to crawl through the centre so quite difficult to fall.
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