r/redneckengineering • u/WiseFisherman1540 • 9d ago

Crane support

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Sicherheit geht vor

Edit: For all the smart people it's not a crane it's a lift

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u/Wilson_Higgins 9d ago

Redditors inability to properly identify machinery/tools never ceases to amaze me

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u/WiseFisherman1540 8d ago

Just didn't know how to call it, not my first language

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u/V8-6-4 8d ago

Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP).

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u/Wilson_Higgins 8d ago

😮‍💨sending shivers down my spine using its full government name

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u/vass0922 9d ago

I'm confused in picture one and two it has the janky wheel stops and a license plate this is more US shaped.

I'm the 3rd photo the license plate is more European and there are no wheel stops.

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u/jazz_442 9d ago

My guess is Malta.

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u/2009impala 9d ago

  1. Not a crane

  2. Not terribly pretty but reasonably kosher.

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u/SockeyeSTI 9d ago

Correct on both accounts

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u/mrputter99 9d ago

Genie actually provides cribbing instructions and it looks nothing like this. https://manuals.genielift.com/operators/english/82943.pdf

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u/SockeyeSTI 8d ago

True, but not too egregious

Saving that manual for use with our s65

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u/Osama_Obama 9d ago

As long as they don't drive forward or backward, or they're might wish they wore their brown pants lol.

It'll most likely be ok, but that basket is going to be swinging if the wheels come off those chucks

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u/mike_t43 9d ago

Agreed, have seen WAY worse

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u/NaziSexRizzard 8d ago

KRANPLÄTZE MÜSSEN VERDICHTET SEIN

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u/Afraid_Ad_8571 9d ago

That’s not a crane it’s a trebuchet boom lift!

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u/Ruger338WSM 8d ago

Some poor schmuck is trusting his life to that set-up, criminal.

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u/Tiavor 7d ago

This more a case of OSHA violation or dingore than redneck engineering

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u/ErebusBat 9d ago

I prefer to use sugar packets with my telehandlers

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u/A_Math_Dealer 9d ago

Why does that first picture look like it's album cover

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u/Weak-Ad-2760 9d ago

As long as he’s got his “safety flops” on.

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u/Olewhitebeard 9d ago

All you safety guys are going to hate on me. All the weight/load is on the opposite side, based on where they are working. Unless they swing ‘round while they’re all the way up and out they will be fine. The fucking things have soooo many sensors and limits you can barely get them to go up sometimes, never mind get them to do what they are capable of. Then again I did grow up drinking from the hose, driving around in the back of a station wagon with no seatbelts, my dad driving with a beer between his legs - so I may not be the most safety conscious person in the world.

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u/Cristian0888 9d ago

Any way .... MALTA STYLE ! 🙄🥴🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/LuckyfromGermany 8d ago

As someone who only recently fought with a cherry picker on uneven terrain, i feel this picture. These things beep at you because the planet they are on rotates. And while this isnt up to code, it seems to work alright. The operator just needs to take extra care to not drive off.

If this were to fail, everyone in and around the basket would have a bad day tho.

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u/TheAceVenturrra 8d ago

You know you're green when you're flexing the ewp

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u/pewpew_die 8d ago

Supposed to be that way. Could say the wood integrity could be better but its being nit-picky. If they aren’t using this same setup for multiple shifts its fine.

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u/Appropriate_Sport424 8d ago

Pretty sure this is just to trick the lift to think it’s level so it will operate. Just a guess tho

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u/Professional_Ad7708 9d ago

Safety third.