Crane crushes house when trying to lift hot-tub over it.

"We were wiring up a continuous motion pool/hot-tub in Shoreview MN the home owner was over seeing all the work himself had the hole dug rented the crane operator etc.. We were onsite waiting for the pool to be set so we could bond the frame and what not, when things took a wrong turn.... I was filming with my phone and I heard the crane operator scream and I took off running toward the front of the house as soon as he started to yell I knew something went wrong. It sounded like thunder when the thing hit the house knocked out the chimney crushed the garage and busted up the house good. The operator was shaking in his boots scared the hell out of him not to mention things like this do not happen they have a load chart that prevents things like that.. needless to say he was on the phone with the owner of the company right away. Crazy Friday...." - YT
Porksandwichsays...

Thing sounded like it was struggling to handle the pool about half way across the garage and only made more struggling noises as it extended. And I dunno if their front stabilization stands swivel, but his look broken at the end there.

I think some of them have shifting weights on them where they can slide them out to counterbalance.

RedSkysays...

Someday, at the end of days, when humanity's greed has left of society all but a speck of its former glory this will be displayed as the quintessential and hilariously ironic bastion of our consumption-mongering excesses.

quantumushroomsays...

The operator was shaking in his boots scared the hell out of him not to mention things like this do not happen they have a load chart that prevents things like that.

Apparently no one showed the hot tub the load chart.

chilaxesays...

From a youtube commenter:

"Being a crane operator myself, I will tell you there is no way that this is a computer error. The computer in a crane is for reference only, period. The radius should have been measured out and compared to the load chart. Clearly, this didn't Happen. The crane was overloaded and because of it, tipped over. I have worked for crane rental services. They have a reputation for sending out too small of a rig to do the job. One thing that I notice the crane is set up 15 feet further than necessary."

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