A boom truck type truck crane belonging to a tree care company overturned onto a house in Montville, New Jersey, on Wednesday, causing considerable damage to the building. Thankfully no one was injured in the incident.
The crane is owned by North Jersey Tree Specialists which runs a couple of National Cranes, alongside aerial work platforms/bucket trucks. It was employed to trim the trees in the back yard, which included removing one that had died.
It seems that the front right hand outrigger slipped off its mat, which was set up in the drive close to the front door, however it is possible that this occurred as the crane went over due to an overload condition? The crane’s boom was fully extended when the unit went over.
It took round five hours for a local recovery company to remove the crane from the building, but this is likely to have included removing the upper boom sections due to the damage it sustained in the incident.
As we have reported many times, cranes and tree work seems to be a risky game, which requires extra vigilance and possibly over sizing the crane as a precaution, given the uncertainty of the load weight, but also due to the risks of setting up in driveways or suburban roads.
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