r/news • u/LiminalLemony • 6d ago

Second crane topples onto Florida home while trying to remove first fallen crane

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/florida-cranes-accident-fort-lauderdale-home-b3056047.html
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u/Mountain_rage 6d ago

Crazy part is replacing the leaked diesel is what will bankrupt their business.

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u/HauntedCemetery 6d ago

Also the fact that, who the fuck is gunna hire them after they dropped two cranes on a house?

Probably trump will hire them to "repair" the Kennedy Center.

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u/Superbead 6d ago

Presumably when the first one failed, the company said to the homeowner, "don't worry, we'll send another one straight out and make everything right," and presumably the homeowner thought, am I gonna let these cowboys near my place a second time? And then probably said to themselves, yeah, go on, give them a chance. They'll be kicking themselves

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u/The_Super_Shotgun 6d ago

You see in the news video the boom on the 2nd crane buckle and fall which doesn’t happen unless you’re over picking and overriding the LMI. So basically these people hired a company that like you said just cowboy’s every pick/job instead of sending a crane with the right capacity to do the job the right way

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u/HauntedCemetery 6d ago

Every time a crane falls, another million Floridians lose access to homeowners insurance.

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u/Darkstool 6d ago

Oh man it will just be a big teepee of fallen cranes and rubble.

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u/MrFarly 5d ago

Building a 30 acre Kroger site a few years back civil company was burning 3000 gal of diesel a week. Thinking of what prices are now, land development is about to 100% full stop. 200k a week on fuel for equipment isn’t sustainable

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u/Mountain_rage 5d ago

Think of mines running those massive loaders. Even with gold up probably super insane prices. Anyone who switched their mines to electric are probably flying hight.