Glad you kept it close to the ground. Hopefully the shock-load didn't hurt anything.....except your underpants....LOL.

It gets ugly in a hurry don't it buddy. That's why it's important for everybody to pay attention on a job. Thanks again Jimmy.

I worked at a coal fired power plant for 12 years. We always had massive Manitowoc cranes in there. The precision of the operator setting the load, blind sometimes, blew me away. Nothing but respect for crane operators.

Almost chilling when you consider the fact that we spent some time talking about dropping loads yesterday on the live stream. Thankfully everyone was out of the way and the other lifting lugs held up. Thanks for the safety reminder Jimmy! I might have to use this one in one of the safety meetings that we have at work.

These some of the best videos of operating, and what operators do on a daily basis. Great work, been out of it for 14 years do to taking Manager job for maintenance in the steel mills and mining industry, and just getting back to it in a 3275 link belt.

Great demonstration in real-time what can happen in a heartbeat on a job! Much respect for you Jimmy, performing this work daily and keeping everyone safe. Keep up the good work my friend. Doug@ the "ranch"

Hats off to having such a calm response.

Your reaction is fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

I didn't like where the onlookers were standing. If you don't need to be close, don't be. Don't stand where you can get pinched between the load and another obstacle. Especially with a tank that can roll. Give yourself somewhere to go. Watch the load and be ready to move. Some people freeze when something goes wrong so they need to be out of range.

Thankfully, it doesn't happen very often. But there is an enormous sense of relief when it's over, and you realize everyone's safe, and it wasn't your fault!

Jimmy my God man thankfully no one got hurt. Watching this gave me the chills man. Be safe and stay alive!!

So much for the engineered lugs/lug weld. Lucky the front lugs didn't break loose as well

OH WOW !.!.! That's one a those instant pucker moments if ever there was. Glad it was not a tragedy and you're safe.

Today, I was driving through a construction zone where they had all but one lane closed, and they were directing cars through one direction at a time. When it came time for my side to go, they were lifting a huge concrete drainage pipe over the road with an excavator. I stopped because obviously I didn't want to drive under it. One of the construction crew that was trying to wave me to drive under it, walked up to my car and started cursing me out. I told him that I wasn't going to drive under it. He insisted it was safe, so I told him if it falls on me, it'll kill me, and I'm not willing to risk that. He cursed at me some more, but finally walked away, and I continued to wait until they got the pipe across the road.

Jimmy Excellent video of the possibilities that can happen, I hope anyone affiliated with crane, boom truck , track or backhoe, and also a farm tractor with a front end scoop. The operator, like you is totally not a fault and someone could have been badly injured. Many people dont understand what might happen Thanks for the video

After that shockload, do you need to recalibrate the LMI's or do anything specific?

Good safety practices save the day. Again. Strong work, Jimmy!

Probably meant to be tailed by another crane. I’ve used both lines before but always with shorter tanks or vessels.

....meanwhile the 2-legged donkeys, having seen one near miss , go over & stand under it again... 🙄😒

Even though they were engineer picking points you had them hooked to your whip line. Which isn't a straight up and down pull which puts more pressure on the bottom pick points. Good job on keeping it low though. We've set hundreds tanks that's why we always.have assist crane.

Good video to share around the crane community, if the vessel was old and had been in place for some time the big question would be were the lifting points inspected , I assume those are new tanks inspection would fall on quality of the welding, you did a great job keeping it low from the ground. One big positive from my perspective is the crane or the rigging didn’t fail but the actual welds on the load failed . Great job

Glad no-one was hurt. Those lifting lugs didn't appear to have been braced as they probably should have been.

Wow I bet that got the heart rate up LOL. I would been cleaning out my pants as well. Thanks for sharing. Have a great and safe week!!!

Good job for staying calm👌🏻

Wow great footage. Excellent training video. Everything is great good good then boomzies

Yep...2 more gray hairs added to the beard this day!😯 Glad all worked out in the end! Thanks for sharing!

Good job keeping it low to prevent a bigger shock load to the other line

Dang, that will make your heart race for a little bit while you count heads. Another good reason to have video documentation .

That was a pretty scary moment for sure thank god for your skill

That an awful feeling, it has happened to me while winching a rusty old 1ton pickup out of a deep ravine. The frame was so rotten one of my two hook points tore clean off the frame. My calculated load was near WLL for two 3/8 wire ropes. (Estimated 8k pull @nearly 90deg lift). Had to set it back down in the hole and start over. Glad WLL is 4:1

Bet you're glad the top two didn't let go. Looks like someone dropped the ball welding the taps on the tank. Glad it wasn't worse. Thanks for the video.

The tank was on the ground and rigging had traveled at least 10 to 15 ft before the guys had time to react. Good reminder to never become complacent on the job site. Tanks rot from the inside hard to tell from the outside. Glad all are safe.

And this is why tag lines are important if the load can swing. To keep people out of any area where the load would fall and yet still control the movement of the load. What did the weld inspection show? Failure due to undersized welds or corrosion in the welds weakening the welds? Or were the tanks shot to the point that the inside of the tanks had eaten through to the point that it was the base metal that gave way? Or was it just a case of the original engineering of the lug location wasn't in the proper place? Sadly, something like that happening isn't that rare and in my case, would have meant hours of report writing including whether I had inspected the lift points before the lift was done. Luckily I never had anything fall in over 20 years of using cranes and now have been out of the need to worry about that for the past 16 years. 3 years before retirement, an overhead crane fell at another work location other than my main ones. 6 months later we had to take an inspection course on all types of cranes and lifts such that if we were anywhere within our agency's coverage area and work, that we could shut down the job if we saw anything that was not correct until it was corrected. Safety is Job ONE!

Thx Pedro

Did you have a panel jib on the whip line or rooster only? Nice calm driving anyway mate. No panic, good stuff.

Glad no one was hurt! Equipment can be replaced.

Wow. Glad your safe

sir were those lugs welded and broke or tore out of the shell?

Glad you and the crew were okay.

On a different topic Jimmy did you see the footage on the tower crane that came down in Halifax Nova Scotia during Dorian passing through looked to me as though the slew was pinned due to it going over side ways.

Your slow spinning fan really shook, so I'm sure you did too. Now can you do a video on why it came loose and what would have happened it the other end had come loose?

I thought you would use anouther crane to tail a lift with that kind of length

What kind of inspection were the lugs given prior to lift ? If only visual its not enough. Lugs should be inspected by NDT proffessional . Also clarifued by inspector what lifting angle lugs are designed for. Only way to ensure lugs are safe for lift. This is mandatory in the offshore lifting industry.

Thanks for sharing that life lesson:-) The winch ticking just doesn't quite give it that dramatic build up music when you know something bad is about to happen At least you weren't on a fishing boat looking for great whites :-):-)

looked like that ball was coming in to sit with ya for a sec..... Stay safe

You’re a great OP, thankfully no one tried to untwist the whip around the main, because obvious reasons like the main cable could of took some stress, Or the other connections on top could of been as bad as the bottom.

You don't want to be anywhere the load can go. If you draw a line from the ground through the load to the boom you don't want to be there. That is what tag lines are for. When I connected iron we would be close to that line and only got in it when the first end of a beam was at least on a spud wrench, and getting a bolt into it. The guy on the other end was out side the line until he spudded and bolted. My crane operator would swing just a little bit so we could get to the choker to cut it loose without being in the line.

Unfortunately this is a real world demonstration of what we were talking about just last night on the live stream with dynamic loading and the dangers of being under a load.

Oh wow, I'm glad everyone is ok!

Is there a specific chart for then you are using the whip line as well as the main hoist on the same pick?

Are you going to be showing the rest of that lift and how you got your auxiliary line untangled

Hope you bought a lottery ticket on the way back to the shop. But seriously, it takes a great operator to make sure that he/she is always in the right position should something go wrong. A few more feet higher and it would have been a completely different story to tell.

Does that clicking I hear as the winch line goes in or out signify any amount of distance on the line? Like each click is a inch or something like that?

Guess them tailing lugs weren’t certified?

Would boom down be an option if your lines are wrapped around each other?

did the welds actually break or did the lugs pull out of the shell? if the entire lug pulls out of the shell itself thats not weld failure ---that would be material failure and a UT of the area should have been done beforehand ----that would be on the owner---------------------love your videos sir

So I'm guessing the lifting lugs broke?

oh tore out of the shell owner should have done a UT in those areas and used different plan such as demolition in small peices if possible

Yep that could have been bad..be safe pal lay in there

I work for a power company on a line crew and many times while we’ve been loading and unloading poles with our Digger Derrick I’ve seen guys walk underneath a suspended pole which weighs 1500+ pounds. I’m always yelling at them for it because even though that pole chain is rated much higher than 1500 pounds, you never know could happen. Glad everyone was safe during this and you kept the load low!

That's some scary stuff. I'm glad no one was hurt!!

"After I clean my britches out!"

wow thats scary glad no one was hurt thats why i keep my distance anytime an object is off the ground i rather the ground get flattened not me also another reason why i dont take pictures of working heavy equipment best thing to do is stay out of there way

Now that you had to stand up an pull the seat out of the good Lord split. How bad did it wrap up top?

block in the seat ....had similar failure lugsbroke side loded welds failed. good all ok

🤔 Wonder what happened? I imagine that would put quite side load on the whip line plus put a lot of pressure on those itty bitty springs for safety latches on hooks. I’ve heard of picks like these. But this is a awfully long load. I thought the manufacturer doesn’t allow using the main and the whip line at same time. But I’m just an apprentice. What do I know ? Hahaha.

Bet that got the old heart rate up for a second or three. In this sorta situation where you don't have tailing lugs do you just rig a basket/choker at a sane point and go with it from the auxo winch, or do you have to get a second machine?

What is that clicking noise, and why is it getting faster? Is it some kind of warning?

Retract the boom? Would move towards you and down simultaneously. Or was there too much load to slide?

How much did this tank weigh? Do we have to wait for the next video to find out?

Did this just happen today? Glad everything is ok.

Most definitely a check/change your shorts moment. At least the lifting lugs held and the top of the tank didn't come down on part of the crane or you.

That is a problem with someone welding lifting lugs that don’t understands sheer. I ran cranes my hole life. I enjoy your video can’t do it anymore but I live through your videos

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Right?

That's comment sense like when a tree is being felled you don't stand under the tree as its a headache factor

jimmy have done any lifting in atchison ks

Holy CRAP !!! 0.0 not cool!! The backlash of pressure on the crane is definitely not a good scenario... Luckily no one was hurt and the crane was not damaged....

I'm curious to know if the actual weld broke or did it rip the wall of the tank

Does that make you question the rest of the attachment points?

I bet it failed because as the tank tipped, the rigging angle increased, increasing the angle factor multiplier. Or in other words, the lugs were seeing both the downward weight of the tank, and the inward force. I would be surprised if the tank and meant to be lifted with one rig.

I was pipe fitterbyears ago a Chevron refinery and the guy i was fitting for flashed me a couple of times next day my eyes had flash burn the old welder who liked to drink said" ah jus let your girl friend piss in ya eyes " i couldn't stop laughing

Alot of places I worked for would never ever let and operator do that !!

Never trust your slings! I bought 2 brand new certified slings and was well within their limits and one tore and my load fell onto a truck. It gets your blood flowing for sure.

Well technically you got it tripped!

Have you ever had anything like this happen before?

this topic was mentioned on last nights hang out

48 foot tall tank....uhm...maybe we should stand 50 feet away...a tag line never hurts....I've welded lifting lugs (2) onto a 160 ton load (3 phase transformer)....two plates 1" thick, about the size of your hand....no problem...bevel the plates...use some flux-core wire....

What's that ratcheting clicking noise?

Whew... glad all is otherwise okay.

Danged old welders

So I bet you’re thinking, “How can we rig it next time to prevent this from happening again?” What would you do differently? Just a cpl thoughts - Is it even a possibility to set up a cpl concrete ‘deadmen’ at the base of the tank to keep it from sliding out? Or, put 2-4 shackles on the bottom pick points, then run your strap thru the shackles, then to the auxiliary line. It seems like it would put a lot less direct strain on the points. Hope to hear from you on your ideas. 🤜🤛

Good job in a bad situation

I suggest for you try to not use chains on load skill like this ..

Bet your pants where full 😂. At least all is good and it was manufacturer defect not you rigging could have been bad real quick. Weld's let go so that can't be you or your company right?

WOW...….……. sometimes ya get REAL lucky. That could have been a real disaster.

Chris guins gave me an idea to subscribe jimmy

Sad part is people do it all the time, no common sense.

Riggin failure?

просто трябват 2 крана иначе има странично високо напрежение и така става

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