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SignFabMan

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  1. Why was the crane in that position instead of over infront of the poles? I have learned over the 35 years that you always try and lift your load over the back of your truck not the front or sides if possible!

    I had a helper do the exact same thing years ago.......I told my boss that the guy should not be operating the crane but he said just set it up for him so all he has to do is load up and rotate (I was on a aerial truck installing the flex faces) This guy rotated into 100K power lines with me on the trailer.....damnest thing I had ever seen......bolts of electricity coming from the riggers under the asphalt!

    Everything went up......the tanks blew for the torches, the plastic 5 gallon gas tank melted on the bed of truck catching everything on fire. The airport thought a plane had gone down and sent their emergency trucks down the runway (we were very close to the runway)............I still remember this like it was yesterday. Lucky to be alive!

    You being on the trailer saved your life, had you been standing on the ground and touching the trailer or the truck you woulda been cooked. That type of line will actualy magnetize the boom and suck it right into the line from within 10ft. I used to work for the power company, and was standing within 20 feet from a 14,400 volt line when it fell to the ground. It actualy turned some sand that was in the grass to glass.

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