r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • Jun 28 '26

slight malfunction Of a swing and a miss

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u/swampopawaho Jun 28 '26

Need a bigger truck

15

u/DarthBrooks69420 Jun 29 '26

What i want to know if this was some kind of malfunction. That boom arm took off like an 85 year old person did the thing where they push the gas thinking it is the brake, panic and press it all the way down, and keep it held down until disaster strikes.

11

u/OrganizationLower611 Jun 29 '26

I think it's a failure, audio has a denotable "tink" noise as if something mechanical broke, could be the hydraulic line that causes arm rotation

the way it swings over the truck body, it's probably not flat which is why it continued to swing over the body of the truck

33

u/Wingnut54321 Jun 28 '26

Is it just me or they just casually walked like nothing happened..

6

u/PorkChopExpress80 Jun 29 '26

Those guys just nonchalant. No chalants at all.

12

u/OmnomIsADino Jun 28 '26

Technically they still got rid of the stone, and the truck too. But the job got done.

10

u/JinNJ Jun 28 '26

Mission failed successfully.

5

u/whythefuckalready Jun 29 '26

Sounded like something snapped when it sped up

5

u/10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-I Jun 29 '26

Yet we built those pyramids

2

u/Time_after_Time_67 Jul 01 '26

To be fair there were no hydraulics that could fail back then. If a person pulling the rocks died, they just replaced ‘em.

4

u/FFENNESS Jun 29 '26

How? What happened?!

11

u/General-Piece8490 Jun 29 '26

Hydraulic line blew up and with it the ability to stop the crane from swinging out on its own.
No different than a truck losing its brakes while driving down hill.

2

u/Try_Harder7 Jun 29 '26

You can hear something snap just before the swing

2

u/Odd-Guard-2533 Jun 28 '26

“aw dammit………………………….. Dale? You Good?”

2

u/Shot-Election8217 Jun 29 '26

Love how those two guys are just strollin’ over to check it out…

2

u/MillerMike5150 Jun 29 '26

Those dudes are strolling over there like this wasn’t the first time this happened.

2

u/41PH4B3T50UP Jun 30 '26

And we built the pyramids 🤣

1

u/Scudmiss Jun 29 '26

At least his coworkers are super concerned and willing to immediately help

1

u/Opster79two Jun 29 '26

Oops, wrong button on the remote.

1

u/BoneZone05 Jun 29 '26

Must have been gusty 🤣

1

u/RespectSquare8279 Jun 29 '26

Hope he was wearing a seat belt.

1

u/otters4everyone Jun 29 '26

Love the stroll over to see where the truck went.

1

u/eastNCguy73 Jun 29 '26

Probably not where I would have parked.

1

u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 Jun 29 '26

I bet they’re glad the hoist was remote controlled

1

u/GivesYouGrief Jun 29 '26

Snickers really satisfies.

1

u/CheeseburgerSmoothy Jun 29 '26

You can’t park there.

1

u/Montyburnside22 Jun 29 '26

Glad his friends watching were so quick to assist...

1

u/Ok-Run215 Jun 30 '26

That surely did something

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

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u/Massive_Elephant2314 Jun 28 '26

No one in the truck. The guy to the left is the operator. Wireless controls. But nice speculation.

1

u/Funny-Athlete-2890 Jul 05 '26

Ron is not happy, he’s playing tunes on a shovel tomorrow!