Some really great looking machines in this video. I have watched the smaller cranes being picked up by progressively larger cranes, several times. It is an extremely impressive demonstration. I think I remember one demonstration where the largest crane is lifting and holding a total of 4 cranes that are each one lifting a smaller crane, down the line. For a company to sponsor a demonstration like this, they would have super confidence in their engineers, designs, operators, riggers, materials, and assembled machines, when one weak point, or mistake could mean a monumental disaster.
@snakesonn3590 Жыл бұрын
Great comment as usual
@ToTheTopCrane5 жыл бұрын
I operate a Tadano 200t capacity crane almost daily. They are great machines. Part of what I do on my channel is to show the career of a crane operator from a unique perspective. Both from the operators seat and the behind the scenes. This is a great video. Thanks for making it. 🙂👍
@ryanleith63995 жыл бұрын
Nah
@chadsimmons63475 жыл бұрын
On a job site in Kansas City i was keeping an eye on the sleepy looking Mexican running a crane an extension pole type crane, on a very windy day, the loads were swinging like crazy
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
@ Well said some people think they have a easy job but far from it.
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
Thats so cool. How long have you been doing this
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidm3maniac201 I have a ton of 'work experience' and crane operators have one of the toughest jobs around, next to nuclear plant operators.
@samc58985 жыл бұрын
More Exceptional Engineering! This is the best series on youtube, by far
@FreeDocumentary5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sam. Please stay tuned. There is more to come!
@brandysigmon90665 жыл бұрын
I agree, I love this series, keep 'em comin'!!!
@nathanrose24215 жыл бұрын
@9:00 imagine writing some very “important software” and then naming it *Projekt Assistant**
@mrc60324 жыл бұрын
For the men working on top of the wind turbine. My hats off. Can't be afraid of heights doing that job
@redlew0125 жыл бұрын
I like how he says operators are highly trained specialists. For the most part they are. I work in this industry and I have seen many of them that have no business running one of these machines. However there carelessnesse provides me a large pay check and endless work.
@michaelledford47513 жыл бұрын
I'm betting your talking about non union small boom truck operators ,where im at all union operating engineers must have a CCO certification or crane operators license which eliminates all half assed operators quickly.
@redlew0123 жыл бұрын
@@michaelledford4751 No our operators are Union. Our largest "truck Crane"( lol....It still takes i think it takes 13 trailers if maxed out with mega wing and Luffer) is a 600 ton demag. the smallest is a 30 terex. we have multiple crawlers like 2250s typically doing tilt wall and everything else like 222,888,999 ect. We are a legit company. And they keep me gainfully employed.
@redlew0123 жыл бұрын
@@michaelledford4751 I also am CCO certified, but I'm not an operator. I just have a signal person and rigger level 3. I am a very busy welder in a business that makes me allot of money from operators and truck drivers. I am also certified from terex and American crane
@michaelledford47513 жыл бұрын
@@redlew012 So your telling me that your company owns a 600 Ton Demag and your company doesn't have a dedicated operator for that rig whos highly skilled sober and safe ? Please don't tell me your using Day laborers from Operating Engineers unions to run even a 20 ton truck mount crane ,the only crane accident I've had on 1 of my sites was nearly 30 years ago & wasn't operator error,the main pin holding the boom to the turret sheered with a BANG ! and the boom collapsed ,we have dedicated operators responsible for their crane only & when it's not in use the operator is running SkyTrak or a roof top hydraulic Smith hoist crane,we never use unknown operators.
@redlew0123 жыл бұрын
@@michaelledford4751 yes the operator for the demag is dedicated. Gets a pickup and all(he is a good Operator). The entire "Taxi" fleet has dedicated Operators. In not saying all you guys. I said some of these guys. You Are around the industry and you can tell me that you haven't seen a bad operator with a cco. Just like I've seen bad welders that are certified
@josephhodges98192 жыл бұрын
I am thoroughly impressed with the demonstration at 10:49. They not only show the demonstrable abilities of the cranes but they do it with great flourish and showmanship.
@louisjones46444 жыл бұрын
My father who's retired now use to train instructors to train other people to drive these cranes in the UK and around the world. He was the instructors instructor. He worked on mobile cranes, Tower cranes, crawlers and gantry cranes respectively.
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
@Tsunauticus III wow i want to watch that
@nunyabiznes44585 жыл бұрын
At 20:10 Guy on the left: That's one of those moments when you say "WE'VE DONE IT!" Guy on the right:
@wesleyleigh40633 жыл бұрын
I feel like when a documentary has to point out that it's free, it's actually an ad
@Jedwardkakin5 жыл бұрын
Cranes of the Caribbean: The Curse of Liebherr
@thatoneguyEVAN5 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if someone caught that too.
@willfishing56055 жыл бұрын
also armageddon and con-air
@Jedwardkakin5 жыл бұрын
@@willfishing5605 Good Catch, Will Fishing. You're casting out the big nets today.
@Nick2051505 жыл бұрын
Also Dark Knight. This is so ridiculously scored.
@StapleMaster55 жыл бұрын
And some Batman too.
@joedanero53605 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic. I didn't want it to end. Very well produced. I bet crane operators have their drinks paid for by the team.
@lasvegassnowman55055 жыл бұрын
Or the craneis get hated for having an easy job, IDK
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
@@lasvegassnowman5505 Its not a easy job though. Crane operators have a big responsibility making sure they lift safely. Its so easy to kill someone so you need maximum concetration at all times. Peoples lives are in your hands and if you have a bad accident and its your fault then off to prison you go for manslaugter if you kill someone. Easy job think again
@lasvegassnowman55054 жыл бұрын
@@davidm3maniac201 good comment and you are right I thought about easy as physical lifting goes not the psychology part of it.
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
@@lasvegassnowman5505 Thanks bro and stay safe
@chaseshaw91304 жыл бұрын
holy crap dat soundtrack though. I heard Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix, and Command & Conquer!!!!!
@ThirdHillFromTheLeft4 жыл бұрын
Mission Impossible too!
@KaigoSRK4 жыл бұрын
The Dark Knight too
@IraTopp4 жыл бұрын
Con Air, and The Rock as well .
@ROTTERDXM4 жыл бұрын
Man that C&C music brought me right to the comment section.
@stevepettifer48964 жыл бұрын
Didn't hear any C&C but I reckon you might ave been confusing it with Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine which was definitely being played around 43:00
@emmilitia42415 жыл бұрын
These guys are very professional. I watched a video on German pipe fitters, our 638 guys are extremely professional and do exceptional work, the Germans fitters are on another level. They do outstanding work.
@TaserSkunk3 жыл бұрын
That’s got to be the most constructive pirate I’ve ever seen.
@cloud39183 жыл бұрын
you are a god for this comment.
@squid30622 жыл бұрын
Yessss😂
@josephhodges98192 жыл бұрын
I just got what you were saying with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme music. I was looking for a guy with a patch but I would guess an eye patch and working a crane would not go well.
@isconnected4 жыл бұрын
exceptional engineering and exceptional dedicated person there, great.
@juangiles19163 жыл бұрын
Operator here 👷♂️
@ronaldvanwaveren61212 жыл бұрын
Uú
@joep15355 жыл бұрын
nice documentary on so called mega cranes!
@jasonrex34365 жыл бұрын
lol, was 'so called' bugging me too. ;)
@saadhassan40314 жыл бұрын
He sure does say "so called" a lot🤔. I thought only I noticed that. 😀😀
@music100954 жыл бұрын
So annoying
@jayarrison48074 жыл бұрын
The truth is, "They are pretty "dam" big"! The term "mega" usually does mean "big, "huge", "monstrous", (etc.etc.)
@trumootm1434 жыл бұрын
42:00 "The boom benfs like a giant banana" 🤣😂😂😂
@StrangerHappened3 жыл бұрын
*Crane works is the art of barely avoiding a catastrophe.*
@stretchmfe49134 жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff. So-called cranes are pretty badass
@EricDowning Жыл бұрын
Whoever decided to play rage against the machine in the background deserves an award.
@rln9704 жыл бұрын
I would commend the narrator for being calm and not being overly dramatic.
@weldmachine2 жыл бұрын
Always amazing to see Limits pushed. Cranes definitely do a great job of doing this.
@user-mo3zs3or2d2 жыл бұрын
Обожаю гусеничные краны" и сам работаю на таком, правда далеко на старом. Здесь же такие красавцы свежих годов, в современном сегменте, приятно созерцать.
@plasmahead25 жыл бұрын
"Nothing can ever be routine!" Later "... Its almost routine..."
@Tramseskumbanan3 жыл бұрын
Almost.
@yewcraynian79153 жыл бұрын
Noticed that too haha
@iamdr.electronmagnetron5194 жыл бұрын
Awesome crane...from Philippines..mabuhay!
@aaronray92954 жыл бұрын
2:21 *exeptional* *engeneering*
@jovemckenna70193 жыл бұрын
I was just about to say! 'No one noticed?!'
@JJSmalls5 жыл бұрын
7:00 "The so-called weather protection roof needs to be removed..."
@omega4chimp2 жыл бұрын
They have to make video on how construction cranes are made from scratch.for all nations to build.
@ZylvanTheFox4 жыл бұрын
"Hey, its a documentary, who cares if we violate a bunch of international copyright laws several times over for good background music."
@leeblackharry5 жыл бұрын
Heard the Pirates of the Caribbean theme and had to pause the video and check the comments. Sure enough, laughter ensued.
@taylorfauley40845 жыл бұрын
This is literally me right now...12 minutes 51 seconds in haha
@nathanmartin53975 жыл бұрын
I am loving this series. I just wish the narrator knew the proper use of the term " so called".
@ejcheli5 жыл бұрын
haha I know right?
@Dragonman-dp2ft5 жыл бұрын
I just keep telling myself that it is the brand name. haha
@davejones56405 жыл бұрын
Literally.
@Baninzi4 жыл бұрын
German engineering at it’s finest
@badbatch9745 жыл бұрын
The “so-called” narrater should really do more research on the proper terminology of cranes. Just say what it is or use the slang terms that are most often referred, and stop saying SO-CALLED! Please “The so-called Operater is going to use the so-called crane to lift the so-called load onto the so-called work.”
@wadehammerstrom26855 жыл бұрын
"so called colossus" in every Exceptional Engineering doc. Must be translated straight from German
@mikeworkman35934 жыл бұрын
Why do you think anyone except you should do any "research" It's obviously being translated from German to English, and there are words that either don't translate properly or they are using German laymans
@NiceMuslimLady4 жыл бұрын
"So says the so-called commenetator" in the illustrious words of the narrator. ;)
@NiceMuslimLady4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeworkman3593 Well...what is the "so called operator" in German? It's "der sogenannte Operator". And, "so called crane"? It's "der sogenannte Kran".
@borisrussian69254 жыл бұрын
Bad Batch stop bitching so called BITCH
@purdybeard87722 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen some of the cranes that do windmills crazy how big they’re when you stand next to one.
@inc2000glw2 жыл бұрын
I wanna watch this all night
@johnberry52753 жыл бұрын
*•* [Trusses] are sensitive to damage when loads are not applied at the anticipated joints. They are especially sensitive to loads on the middle of the bars; *•* Trusses usually have little or no redundancy, so failure in one part can lead to total structure failure; [ from _Introduction to Statics and Dynamics_ ; written by *Rudra Pratap* and *Andy Ruina* ; pg. 133]
@raymartinez57885 жыл бұрын
The assembly alone is a whole other job. 😄
@lorenzopatricioramos6113 жыл бұрын
Im excited to see what crane will be for the Starship to place at the top of a Super Booster 😁😊
@shawndouglass29392 жыл бұрын
By the time you read this it will have been done once already😃
@underseaboat4 жыл бұрын
*American Documentary* Constant jump cuts Unnecessary rock and techno Constant threats of worst possible outcome
@nwagner08283 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this was produced in Germany with English translation.
@bigbadwolf58705 жыл бұрын
The crane seats look really comfortable don't they?
@FirstNameLastName-js3ry5 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to dig out my Legos and start building with them again.
@lasvegassnowman55055 жыл бұрын
How about Minecraft
@FirstNameLastName-js3ry5 жыл бұрын
Marcel Zatko I guess I’m showing my age here but I was born long before Minecraft was ever made. I also like more of the real hand ones feel and build of how Legos are. Where Minecraft is probably a amazing game for myself it’s harder to compare the job satisfaction of building something on a computer compared to having them physically right there. But that’s just me.
@benj.kerman6093 жыл бұрын
@@FirstNameLastName-js3ry No, I like having physical things too, although it is still somewhat satisfying to build cranes on the computer (See my KZfaq channel) That is why I like it when companies have physical paper catalogs instead of online ones. I am actually building a Lego crawler crane! It is really tiny compared to even small crawler cranes, since it started out as a medium sized excavator, and it has been turned into a material handler right now, but I can easily switch it between material handler, crane, and excavator. I am sure I would really like having a diecast construction equipment model, but I have looked at the prices and the models cost about as much as the real cranes!
@aasimyousaf24553 жыл бұрын
Incredible machines
@DavenH4 жыл бұрын
Fun documentary and glad the video image wasn't clickbait. These Liebherr engineers are really something. But I have to LOL at the imperial standard football pitch. Why not measure area by Keck telescope mirrors? Or by Dalek crop circles? Maybe use something we can all understand.
@NoFalse_id0Ls5 жыл бұрын
3:53 That was some camera work.
@williehubbard33152 жыл бұрын
this is what I'm into cause it's interesting and educational that's why I like it.
@willfishing56055 жыл бұрын
"so-called"
@Shvetsario3 жыл бұрын
It's also annoying when they keep saying "and again...", "so again...", "but again..."
@icool2474 жыл бұрын
Americans: Aluminum Europeans: Ally Min Yum
@applesucks26334 жыл бұрын
iCool247 The British like to add syllables and letters to words… Makes them feel superior
@wildone83974 жыл бұрын
From Australia, it's pronounced *al loo min knee yum* Aluminium
@raobhamidipati37373 жыл бұрын
@@wildone8397 p ppptryg677
@wildone83973 жыл бұрын
@@raobhamidipati3737 🤨 zzzzwonf941
@trainman0714 жыл бұрын
damn! thats a big machine!
@abdulelkhatib26743 жыл бұрын
Dam that's huge That's what she said
@kenyatunneling30104 жыл бұрын
Amazing work!
@musschootski3 жыл бұрын
Its probably important that new operators learn, hands on, how to assemble their crane.
@RefinedRags2 жыл бұрын
It's probably important that new drivers learn, hands on, how to assemble their car.
@youndrip29552 жыл бұрын
@kindoson Burns it's probably important that new users learn, hands-on, how to assemble their phones.
@anon2916 Жыл бұрын
@@RefinedRags hmm not the same thing
@christianpedersen94044 жыл бұрын
Everything is "straight" with a spirit level that short 😅
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
Makes no difference how long the level is so you make no sense.
@MongeziRobertMbanjwa4 жыл бұрын
40:26 30 degrees, humid, hard work.😱 You should visit South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 in summer Bruv, see guys working in 40degree heat in full overalls Bruv🇿🇦😎
@prnvmtr4 жыл бұрын
Hattsoff to crane operators...
@ssisnake5 жыл бұрын
My dad was one of 2 people licensed to inspect these on the west coast and I got to go see a bunch when I was a kid pretty awesome
@lasvegassnowman55055 жыл бұрын
Did he get a lot of heat from the crane makers.?
@astrar4 жыл бұрын
At 2:16, the title is misspelt as "Exeptional"
@andrewrose37422 жыл бұрын
They nearly got "Engeneering" right, too 🤦♂️
@anthonyshepard96063 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING INFO COMMENTARY. 🐢 👍 😀 🐢 👍 😀
@espritdealaska4 жыл бұрын
Destin from Smarter Everyday: "SNATCH BLOCK!"
@robogoofers91315 жыл бұрын
45:00 The worst would be if hey dented the housing, cause it's only aluminium. or if someone got squashed.
@williehubbard33152 жыл бұрын
education is important especially in machines cause i deal with machines every day i take leaves up i cut grass done everything as far as working with machines is considerend so I'm in to this kind of work for real i'm into everything that deals with machines and working outside because it's good for me to be outside and around people who are intelligent and not small minded.
@marekhajduk62694 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film! Thanks!
@TechyMedic285 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice the Pirates of the Caribbean music in the background?
@dsinger3695 жыл бұрын
I thought I was hearing shit😂
@NiceMuslimLady4 жыл бұрын
And the call of the valkyrie.
@Izzy-qf1do4 жыл бұрын
So many loads!
@5051975 жыл бұрын
Jeff Boat had these very large cranes that sat way up high. They rolled on rail road tracks and were used to build barges and tow boats. When I was a child mom would take me to the flood wall to watch them work. It's a fond memory. One day somehow one of the cranes, there were several got yanked over and crashed, killing the operator. I believe the load got to going down too fast and when the brake was applied it toppled the damn thing. It takes awhile to fall over from 100 ft high, it must have been a terrifying last few seconds of life. I don't believe I have the nerve to operate a crane, huge stuff gives me the willies.
@jasonstinson17675 жыл бұрын
505197. Do you still live in the Louisville area?
@5051975 жыл бұрын
@@jasonstinson1767 Yes, across the river in New Albany. New Albany, the city that built the Robert E Lee.
@antr74935 жыл бұрын
really hope Zimmer gets some money for this
@Kavurcen5 жыл бұрын
No, Klaus Badelt!
@Pyramid19743 жыл бұрын
Is that Hulu ad with the dudes makin out pissing anyone else off??
@r2doucebag5954 жыл бұрын
Can't believe nobody is pointing out they misspelled engineering in the title segment @2:19
@TrebleForTheBass4 жыл бұрын
Damn...good catch. I'm a grammar/spelling Nazi and I didn't even catch that one!
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
Only about 20 people have pointed out so far. Cant believe you did not read the comments first
@petervanorman63724 жыл бұрын
"So-called" exceptional engeneering
@thomash32184 жыл бұрын
Awesome documentaries
@micoarellano41024 жыл бұрын
Who carried the first crane if the first crane had not existed yet
@user-tb9wb9rt2o4 жыл бұрын
Nyz documentry✌️✌️✌️
@waynepollard68793 жыл бұрын
Like Lego's ? More like an Erector set ! So cool !
@marlonholness50214 жыл бұрын
Love that crane
@MeepMu3 жыл бұрын
Spelling the name of the documentrary wrong... in the documentary. Great quality.
@sheri19834 жыл бұрын
Best series! keep it coming!
@mahurosakatetno37784 жыл бұрын
That computer simulation is amazing, i need that, i only do lifting plans and computation manually.
@juskillz52293 жыл бұрын
Your an ap
@benj.kerman6093 жыл бұрын
Check out Liebherr's CranePlanner 2.0
@waszzzzz5 жыл бұрын
Batman and the pirates of the Caribbean : Cranes edition
@denniskaaihue75194 жыл бұрын
Amazing the way cranes are built. Very precision built from computer drafting to testing. I was a operating engineer crane operator in the 70s, 80s 90s and early 20s before retiring. Most operators started as crane oiters as apprentice to crane operators. All cranes in cab has a load chart but throughout years working every work site has its challenge and physics. The operator attitude, physical and experience must be in top shape. I wish they had something like this back than. But now cranes are bigger, heavier, and booms are higher can't see the job and. Amazing !!!!!
@jmikronis73763 жыл бұрын
American Naval Supercarriers are masterpieces of engineering as are the nuclear power plants that some of them have.
@Nick2051505 жыл бұрын
Dark Crane Rises
@DGTHRE5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@eeshetu22574 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@naderabsy6284 жыл бұрын
I like this channel, thank you for these amazing documentary films!
@terrybell8985 жыл бұрын
Precisely and spirit level. Two things I've never heard used in same sentence.... It's not as though a level with a bubble in the liquid is extremely precise. A laser level would be more precise.
@mikeworkman35934 жыл бұрын
Why the fuck are you going to use a laser level to measure angle? First off, a liquid level is always going to be the most accurate way, period, becuase you can't have a defective bubble. But you can have a defective digital level, like if the batteries were low. NOW... regardless of what the narrator said, that level they were using had a digital angle meter integrated into it, so it wasn't just a bubble level. That level probably cost around $300 US dollars. So IDK how much better you want those guys to measure their shit? I think they know wtf they are doing, wouldn't you say? Besides all that, a "laser level" doesn't use the laser to find the angle, there is circuitry inside the device that digitally measures gravity and turns it into a digital readout. The lasers are only used for shooting a beam across a wall or floor, like a chalk line would. The only thing they use lasers for measuring is distance, but it still needs something solid to bounce the beam off of to send it back.
@yehudascranes3163 жыл бұрын
good video
@zxbigmikexz5 жыл бұрын
Not sure how this so-called documentary got in to my recommended videos...
@vstrom95863 жыл бұрын
the ground the crane sits on is often overlooked
@TheGheseExperience5 жыл бұрын
Love all the random music. Pretty sure they were playing the Dark Knight theme at one point
@marktarver42185 жыл бұрын
Yes please, i'll take 2 in Kelley red.
@SeamusMcGillicuddy03 жыл бұрын
When these cranes are out on jobs do they bring their own accompanying symphony orchestra to provide background music ?
@DeluxHippopatumus4 жыл бұрын
I thought this crane documentary would have more cranes in it.
@costafortia4 жыл бұрын
Now watch mega crane fails so you can see how smart these operators really are. Hahahahaha
@louiscolborn67154 жыл бұрын
And when have you had responsibility like that. Fool, no guts no glory
@davidm3maniac2014 жыл бұрын
@Larry Riffett Lmao
@maartendetemmerman3932 жыл бұрын
well like most things they very rarely fail, of the thousands of lifts if it goes wrong you'll most likely see it. most of the time it happens because of instable ground surface or weather. both can be hard to predict
@backamdavid73184 жыл бұрын
nice videos.
@rayanbethune69392 жыл бұрын
nice video
@SmokeyPyro2 жыл бұрын
46:55 i believe in germany there arent any rules for working near edges of building? They should be hooked on to something so they cant fall off, but i dont seem to see anything :o Wouldnt be me that close near the edge working on a slope 5 stories high without tethering
@gabrielrinaldi16624 жыл бұрын
CRAZY!!!
@ya-yr6rd5 жыл бұрын
Wow it was not clickbait.
@kichansilva4 жыл бұрын
Right off the bat, where are those cranes located??
@yewcraynian79153 жыл бұрын
It said Baden-Württemburg. Its a state in Germany.
@nikerailfanningttm90463 жыл бұрын
6:51, thats Liebherr’s Single Engine concept mobile crane. The LTM 1300-6.2.
@mitchellbliss38284 жыл бұрын
250m = 820ft / 278yds... Holy shit that's a massive crane.. when they sell a crane like that, it must come with an operator to control it too lol
@Racer_o_the_Reaper5 жыл бұрын
Between The Rock, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean and Armageddon, this show is a pretty good music mix. However, the terms used are “so called” inaccurate.
@gabrielg.92745 жыл бұрын
I was waiting to see if anybody else would pick up on that.