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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Crane - What went wrong?

Brand new $4,000,000 Mobile Crane Friday 8:30am at Castle Hill, Sydney Australia
9 days old 250 ton crane (first Job) $8,500/day to hire


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The mistake was to  place the crane on the 8 inch concrete slab
As soon as the jib was all  the way out, the slab broke..
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Crane balanced for about  one hour before the rest of the slab gave way to the  crane
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Except for the slightly harmed driver no one was hurt, but no one has seen the site manager since

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