Went into Bossier City, LA first thing this morning. What should have been a simple crane pick up and set down on my trailer turned into quite an interesting adventure. Once the crane operator got there they put it in position to lift the building. Once he got set up, I backed up to the crane and next to the building. They rigged everything and then he lifted the building. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of what happened next. When the building lifted up off the ground the crane almost fell over!! Everyone went running as the back of the crane came up off the ground. The operator quickly put the building down saving everything from disaster. Scared the crap out of a lot of people!! He tried it again with the same results. I did get a picture of it after he put in back on the ground the second time. Notice there isn't anyone anywhere near it.
Here is a close up of the crane still tipping.
They ended up taking everything off the building and re-positioned the crane much closer to the building. Then they tried to lift it again. This time it went up.
Then he put it over my trailer.
He set it down but it was too far toward the rear of my trailer. He had to lift it again to move it forward and center it. He lifted it and as he was moving it forward the crane started to tip again. This time it really almost went over. I wasn't able to get a photo of the worst part but I did get one showing the back lifting. Trust me, it was twice as high as the photo shows.
When that didn't work, they disconnected everything again and I pulled forward. They re-positioned the crane again and they were able to place the building in the right place on my trailer. I chained it down.
I have a pilot escort car for the entire trip up to West Jefferson, Ohio. He was there with me for the entire "show". We left there and drove up to the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas for the night.
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