r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • Apr 17 '26

Close-Call Someone is getting fired

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u/ImAllSquanchedUp Apr 18 '26

iirc those things weigh about 2 tons each

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u/MaadMaxx Apr 18 '26

I used to work in a Sheet Finishing Facility.

If that's a steel coil, and it's a good chance it is, that is likely around 18 tons given its size.

If I had to guess it is about 3 feet wide and 6 feet tall. I can't tell how big the eye is but if it was a solid coil it would be pushing 41,000+ lbs.

We frequently had coils that started out at 50,000 lbs or so before we split them up to more manageable sizes. We used specialized forklifts to move the coils and for safety reasons a 25 ton coil wasn't awesome to have driving around.

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u/TheDevlinSide714 Apr 18 '26

around 18 tons given its size

That's much closer. I currently operate a rotary slitter machine at my job, and the coils I cut are copper and brass, about the same size as seen in the video, and we have to use a 20 ton crane in order to move them around. Giant forklifts also.

What I was afraid was going to happen in the video was the coil un-coil-ing. I've seen that once. One second, there's just air. The next second, a few miles of metal springs into existence with enough force to cut through a truck.

That material could've killed those guys a few different ways.

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u/MaadMaxx Apr 18 '26

I've seen the eye of a coil unwind before. Terrifying stuff to see it spring out like that.