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Videos
Welcome to our video page, here we host a variety of films. Some are news related and attached to a news story – improving the coverage we provide, others are simply unusual or interesting videos whose subject matter includes aerial lifts, telehandlers or cranes and finally we also offer customers a hosting service for advertising videos for which we charge a small fee to help fund this service.
If you would like us to host your video please contact us.
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Dragline dropThis video shows an accident from December 2008 in Queensland, where a Lampson Transilift dropped a dragline while it was being lowered to the ground for routine maintenance at Wesfarmers Curragh coal mine in central Queensland. |
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Springboard to nowhereThis video was sent in from several people over the past six months or so, we are not sure where it was or how much of it is real, one wonders what type of insurance the crane owner might had had though. |
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Human MonkeyPeoples are all too often making do when it comes to working at height or reaching high places rather than employing the correct equipment. Take a look at this man whose climbing would put a chimp to shame, although he is a accident waiting to happen. |
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Spot the MistakeIPAF has launched a new 20 minute safety video that includes common mistakes for operators to spot and then the correct way to do the same job. The video is intended to highlight six common errors that operators of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) make, focusing on the wrong and right procedures for using such equipment. |
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Nothing to do with cranesThis video is nothing to do with cranes or work platforms or telehandlers, however it is to do with being a little different and how that might work even when you r offering is normally of little interest. We also thought it might bring a smile to your face. |
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Who needs a telehandler?Sent in by a reader this video of a boat load of bricks being unloaded without the benefit of a dock crane, telehandler or self-erecting tower crane. |
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On the levelMecaplus produce amazing on the go self-leveling self-propelled boom lifts, with either one-man baskets for tree pruning or larger platforms for general construction and industrial applications. A demonstration of the machine in action is like a mini ballet. Take a look and see for yourself. |
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Liebherr LR 1750 Time Elapse of ErectionWatch a scale model of the Liebherr LR1750 erected over four days on a time- lapse basis … so you see it go up in just over 3 minutes. This is one big model. |
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A truly amazing SpieringsThis video shows a Spierings self erecting mobile tower crane setting up ready for work, while always something to stare and marvel at this video shows something a little different. All is not as it may at first seem. |
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It’s not just the liftingWhen lifting a fallen truck upright you need to think about what it might do once it is back on its wheels. |
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Climbing as it should be doneThis video we have been sent shows a high speed day in the life of a team climbing a tower crane. (Jumping in parts of the USA) for those who are not sure how it happens this high speed footage demonstrates it perfectly. |
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Matilsa Parma 16DMatilsa is the only company we know that produces a standard fully self propelled boom with the addition of leveling outriggers, allowing it to set up on slopes. This video shows off some of its advantages. |
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Overloading never worksNo matter if it is a crane, a work platform, a telehandler, or in this case a cart, overloading never pays off. |
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Boom deflection swing out can cause havocOne of the most basic errors when lifting heavy loads on long booms is the swing out that can occur due to deflection on a loaded boom, causing the load to swing out once it clears the ground. Here is one of the worst cases we have seen. |
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Know where to sling the loadWhen lifting or recovering any load, but particularly a truck with a loader crane, know where to sling the load and where not to. |
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Bronto Skylift working at Wakehurst Place |
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A Lucky Escape a Lucky RescueThis is a 1998 video from Austria that shows the rescue of a four axle All Terrain crane that had tipped onto a cooling tower, a second crane was called into rescue it. |
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Power TowerAnother amusing look at an access problem with a solution, of course, from Planet Platforms. |
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Channel 4 – Big 4On the steps of Channel 4's Horseferry Road HQ, the iconic 4 is to be rendered as a huge piece of public art. Loader cranes, Mobile cranes and powered access all played their roles. |
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Hardly Best PracticeWhen a truck mounted aerial lift tipped over in Prague, a crane was called in to right it. The method used is hardly best practice though. |
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Britain's Next Top ModelYet another application for a compact minicrane in this case a Unic Spider crane. Be warned that this is more pictures of girls with only short glimpses of the crane in action. |
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Ladder RacingPerhaps this should be a new Olympic sport? Health and Safety specialists, best not look! |
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...Have Crane Will Travel |
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High Power WorkerThis is the most amazing method of working on overhead power lines. What it does show is that a very comprehensive risk assessment and job plan plus a well trained individual can make the seemingly very dangerous – safe. |
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Tower or Power? |
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Why men die youngHow things can go wrong. With thanks to Gordon Leicester of Facelift for sending this to us. |
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Tight entrance?Look at this clever crane squeaking into or out of a very tight location. Work at height behaviour leaves a little to be desired at times. |
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Lampson crane collapsingWe came across this shocking eyewitness video of the Lampson crane as it collapsed while lifting a 400 tonne section of a retractable roof at the Milwaukee Brewers' new stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15th1999. The verdict was that the Crane, Big Blue should not have been used when wind speeds were above 20mph. Three men died in the accident. |
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From Skyjack to GenieWhile the scissor lifts in this video are only props it is amusing. The scissors are rented from Simplex services, a Quebec based rental company. |
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IPAF Harness DVD – Clunk Click |
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Accident VideosHere are a few examples of accidents that have been posted elsewhere. The point of this section is to demonstrate the catastrophic effects that can occur when short cuts are taken or basic checks forgotten. It is hoped that by drawing attention to them they can be used for training and educational purposes. |
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Health & Safety 1 |
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Health & Safety 2 |
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Health & Safety 3 |
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NiftyThe latest information video form Nifty demonstrates its 21 metre high speed 210SD. |
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GroveGrove announced the GTK1100 in September and is intending to display it at Bauma in April. The concept while not entirely new has never been taken to this extreme. This virtual reality video shows how the new product is set up. |
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Islands in the SkyThis arty film featuring a number of Genie boom lifts rented from United Rentals, was sent in by several readers. It is a ballet with booms but sadly none of the actors are wearing harnesses and it includes a number of bad practices. So a bad video in terms of setting an example. Otherwise nicely done and different, So after a good deal of deliberation we have included it for your interest. We wonder if United explained to these people that they should wear a harness for their own safety? |
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AscendantThis, our first video, was provided by Facelift to test this new page, it covers the 22 metre truck mounted lift that it helped develop with UK based producer – Ascendant. |