13.11.2014

Crane tips in North Carolina

A truck crane overturned yesterday in Durham , North Carolina, while working on a larger billboard.

One of the outriggers on the crane, a four axle Link-Belt, looks to have sank into the ground causing it to overturn. It was being used by Duke Energy to move the billboard in order to make way for a new power line that is due to be installed. The existing line was apparently not live. No one was injured during the incident.
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The overturned crane

Three cranes from local crane company Edwards were brought in to recover the stricken crane.
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Three more cranes were brought in to recover the overturned unit