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

90 months

Wednesday 6th May
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valiant

14,046 posts

188 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

4,383 posts

137 months

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

Sporky

11,909 posts

92 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

132 posts

219 months

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

Byker28i

90,403 posts

245 months

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

Smint

3,469 posts

63 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_

3,499 posts

47 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

1,653 posts

246 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

2,760 posts

139 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.

20,877 posts

237 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

18,726 posts

237 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

120 posts

9 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

35 posts

4 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.