Tag: crane videos

Construction Equipment

Crane tips into trench while lowering backhoe

While attempting to load a backhoe down into a trench, this crane operator bails from the cab just before his machine plummets in after the backhoe. It’s unclear what was more dangerous: the attempt to lower the backhoe, or the trench itself. Note: If the video embed doesn’t appear above, or if the embed itself doesn’t […]

July 19, 2019

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Trailered crane slowly shoves truck into a jackknife

Watch as an attempt to secure a Terex crane to a trailer goes awry and causes the trailer to be pushed into a jackknife with the semi-truck.

January 31, 2019

Construction Equipment

Crane tips over while loading giant Christmas tree

One crane driver experienced the ride of his life while loading a giant Christmas tree onto the back of a flatbed truck. Watch the incident here.

December 20, 2018

Construction Equipment

Fla. crane collapse narrowly misses workers

A crane fell at about 8:30 a.m. April 5 at the construction site for a new headquarters for the St. Petersburg Police Department barely missing several workers on the scene. In a video released by the Police Department workers can be seen running as the crane falls. Crane Falls Crane Falls at New Police Headquarters […]

April 6, 2018

Construction Equipment

Crane flips while lowering backhoe into pit

The operator in the video below is lucky to be unharmed after his machine flips completely over while lowering a backhoe into a pit. As the machine begins to leave the ground you can actually see him notice that his wheels are airborne before deciding to bail. Even after he escapes, it appears that he […]

October 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

Crane tumbles despite loader’s help with unwieldy load

Thanks to the wonders of internet video, we’ve seen a lot of terrible ideas involving heavy equipment on this here website. But this one just might be the worst offender of all. (Well, maybe except for this one.) In the video below, an all-terrain crane is lifting a large billboard in place for mounting. And […]

August 3, 2017

Construction Equipment

Large crane collapses while hoisting section of viaduct

A crane working on the construction of a viaduct in North Italy collapsed last week, and miraculously without any injuries. According to a report from crane site Vertikal, the crane was performing a lift on a large piece of the viaduct in Varese May 9 at the Arcisate Stabio railway yards when it suddenly overturned. The […]

May 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

Crane crashes into bus, passengers jump from windows and scurry away

I really can’t decide what is more odd about this video. Is it the crane operator’s complete denial of reality as he takes that left turn with full knowledge that a bus is speeding through the intersection right before him? Or is it the way everyone inside the bus immediately begins leaping from the windows […]

May 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane collapses atop Dallas museum, many confuse it for an art installation

The Dallas Museum of Art has released surveillance video of a crane collapse that occurred there earlier this month and subsequently was mistaken as a piece of art itself. According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, the collapse occurred on April 3, falling onto the museum’s roof and narrowly missing a more than 40-year-old red […]

April 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane cable snaps, drops excavator 100 feet into pit crashing near workers

What you’ve got to love most about this video is that despite the terrifying incident that occurs, just about everyone walks away from it laughing. I’m sure the crane operator and the owner of that excavator weren’t smiling much, but if you can walk away from many tons of heavy iron raining from the sky […]

April 3, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane collapses into water after dozer shoves it onto barge that doesn’t stay put

How this didn’t end in someone being very badly injured is a miracle. As you’ll see in the video below, this crew is loading a crane onto a barge by pushing it along with a dozer. Everything is fine until the barge starts moving—without the crane fully on board. The crane goes for a swim […]

March 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

Crane drops dozer into pit, quickly tumbles in after

No. 1 Video of 2015 « No. 2 No. 10 »   So, this went just about as badly as is possible. Just remember, when lowering massive machines into a pit with a crane, counterweight is always your best friend. Thankfully, the crane operator felt what was coming fast enough to swan dive to safety. […]

February 19, 2015