Videos
Welcome to our video page, here we host a variety of films. Some are news related and attached to a news story – improving the coverage we provide, others are simply unusual or interesting videos whose subject matter includes aerial lifts, telehandlers or cranes and finally we also offer customers a hosting service for advertising videos for which we charge a small fee to help fund this service.
If you would like us to host your video please contact us.
Climbing as it should be done
This video we have been sent shows a high speed day in the life of a team climbing a tower crane. (Jumping in parts of the USA) for those who are not sure how it happens this high speed footage demonstrates it perfectly.
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Matilsa Parma 16D
Matilsa is the only company we know that produces a standard fully self propelled boom with the addition of leveling outriggers, allowing it to set up on slopes. This video shows off some of its advantages.
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Overloading never works
No matter if it is a crane, a work platform, a telehandler, or in this case a cart, overloading never pays off.
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Boom deflection swing out can cause havoc
One of the most basic errors when lifting heavy loads on long booms is the swing out that can occur due to deflection on a loaded boom, causing the load to swing out once it clears the ground. Here is one of the worst cases we have seen.
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Know where to sling the load
When lifting or recovering any load, but particularly a truck with a loader crane, know where to sling the load and where not to.
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Bronto Skylift working at Wakehurst Place
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A Lucky Escape a Lucky Rescue
This is a 1998 video from Austria that shows the rescue of a four axle All Terrain crane that had tipped onto a cooling tower, a second crane was called into rescue it.
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Power Tower
Another amusing look at an access problem with a solution, of course, from Planet Platforms.
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Channel 4 – Big 4
On the steps of Channel 4's Horseferry Road HQ, the iconic 4 is to be rendered as a huge piece of public art. Loader cranes, Mobile cranes and powered access all played their roles.
Also see www.channel4.com/bigart
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Hardly Best Practice
When a truck mounted aerial lift tipped over in Prague, a crane was called in to right it. The method used is hardly best practice though.
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Britain's Next Top Model
Yet another application for a compact minicrane in this case a Unic Spider crane.
Be warned that this is more pictures of girls with only short glimpses of the crane in action.
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Ladder Racing
Perhaps this should be a new Olympic sport? Health and Safety specialists, best not look!
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...Have Crane Will Travel
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High Power Worker
This is the most amazing method of working on overhead power lines. What it does show is that a very comprehensive risk assessment and job plan plus a well trained individual can make the seemingly very dangerous – safe.
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Tower or Power?
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Why men die young
How things can go wrong. With thanks to Gordon Leicester of Facelift for sending this to us.
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Tight entrance?
Look at this clever crane squeaking into or out of a very tight location. Work at height behaviour leaves a little to be desired at times.
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Lampson crane collapsing
We came across this shocking eyewitness video of the Lampson crane as it collapsed while lifting a 400 tonne section of a retractable roof at the Milwaukee Brewers' new stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15th1999. The verdict was that the Crane, Big Blue should not have been used when wind speeds were above 20mph. Three men died in the accident.
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From Skyjack to Genie
While the scissor lifts in this video are only props it is amusing. The scissors are rented from Simplex services, a Quebec based rental company.
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IPAF Harness DVD – Clunk Click
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Accident Videos
Here are a few examples of accidents that have been posted elsewhere. The point of this section is to demonstrate the catastrophic effects that can occur when short cuts are taken or basic checks forgotten. It is hoped that by drawing attention to them they can be used for training and educational purposes.
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Health & Safety
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Nifty
The latest information video form Nifty demonstrates its 21 metre high speed 210SD.
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Grove
Grove announced the GTK1100 in September and is intending to display it at Bauma in April. The concept while not entirely new has never been taken to this extreme. This virtual reality video shows how the new product is set up.
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Ascendant
This, our first video, was provided by Facelift to test this new page, it covers the 22 metre truck mounted lift that it helped develop with UK based producer – Ascendant.
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Islands in the Sky
This arty film featuring a number of Genie boom lifts rented from United Rentals, was sent in by several readers. It is a ballet with booms but sadly none of the actors are wearing harnesses and it includes a number of bad practices. So a bad video in terms of setting an example. Otherwise nicely done and different, So after a good deal of deliberation we have included it for your interest.
We wonder if United explained to these people that they should wear a harness for their own safety?
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