A few days ago, a homeowner in Shoreview, Minnesota attempted to install a combined swimming pool and hot tub in his back garden. He dug the hole himself, purchased a fiberglass prefabricated pool unit, lined up electricians and plumbers to connect everything, and hired a crane to lift the pool over his house into his back yard.
That's where things went wrong.
Oh, dear . . .
Peter
Indeed! I'll never cease to be amazed at how some folks think basic physics does not apply to them...
ReplyDeleteCranes and heavy lifting follow very specific and well-known principles. Any rigger and operator worthy of his title knows and heeds them.
ReplyDeletethose that don't become stars in YouTube videos.
I've seen lifts of over 1100 TONS on some of my jobs and you can bet your bippy that all the geometry and physics has been worked out beforehand.
MC
The sad thing is that they screwed up calculations (assuming the actually made any) that the average high school kid could do correctly in less than half an hour.
ReplyDeleteOops. I'd hate to be the crane companies insurance carrier.
I saw that one coming... sigh... They definitely screwed the pooch on that one!
ReplyDeleteHeck, a little to the right and they would have screwed the porch!
ReplyDeleteSome of the other deputies I work with went to work this scene and were laughing pretty hard telling the story later.
ReplyDeleteMatt
St Paul