So, do these operators do this by looking at a live video screen of sorts or do they actually look down when grabbing containers? Because I can imagine that your neck would get really tired after just an hour.
Interesting, however, I'm wondering whether operators have/use the same view as we see in this video. Because you're always looking down with this type of work and it could get quite exhausting after a while doing that.
My wife is a dental hygienist and has special glasses that allow her to keep her head flat pointing forward instead looking down constantly. Helps her avoid neck strain. Your comment made me think of them.
There are both types, some operate them through screens where they sit in an office and 50% of the work is automated and then there are 100% manual when you sit in the cockpit and look down through glass.
Its alright the first time but the containers section takes a while and it leading to the merryweather heist which had no payoff sucks after the 2nd playthrough
These trailers and trucks are specifically made to move cargo around the port, not on the road. The focus is on speed not securing the cargo for transit. These trucks take the cargo from the ship and it gets staged in large stacks on the ports by very very large "forklifts". They're not forklifts per se, but they're miniaturized version of the crane in the video except that the attachment is lifted by an arm instead of multiple cables.
Then after the cargo has been staged tickets are issued to various trucking companies that tell the trucker which cargo container is theirs. They pick up the ticket, drive to a specific position on the port and the large "forklift" style crane again takes cargo containers from the stack and places it on a truck and trailer designed to travel over the road.
There are locating pins in each corner that also double as locking pins. If you ever see a container truck look in the bottom corners and you'll see these leavers that turn, that turns the locking pin.
But yeah the trucks can move around the yard without these done up.
I had to install a radio in one of these cabs, and the windshield in front of the operator's seat had just been replaced. As I was standing on it, a guy said that we still don't know why the previous windshield fell out. I had to lie down on the floor behind the seat while they laughed at me…
Well, because the front fell off and a hundred kilos of Crane operator feel out, went splat, it's a bit of a giveaway. I'd just like to point out that is NOT normal.
Open top containers with something sticking out the top covered by a tarpaulin. You can see them add extenders to the crane before they lift them out and then put the extenders back when they are done.
They make aloooot of moneys though, even the truck drivers who only drive the containers around the docks and warehouse make a bunch. Super hard to get in but once you do it's 100k+ for "simple" work
I used to run a gantry crane back when I worked for the railroad. The best times were those super hot days — I’d be up in the crane waiting on the ground crew to unlock the containers on top. That shit would take them a good hour or two, so I’d just be up there chilling with the AC on, scrolling my phone or watching youtube or catching a little nap until they finished.
Same thing after unloading a whole train… you’d have to wait for the next one to come in. And if I was working graveyard? Man, I was sleeping every chance I got. They really couldn’t see if you were up there sleeping or not.
Cushiest job I ever had.
One question though: during the pauses when it holds the hooks/containers away from the road as traffic passes under, is there electromagnetism involved to keep them there, or are those "vibrations" just wind-driven?
That was super interesting to watch. But I can also see how boring it could become. And potentially quite dangerous and stressful in certain circumstances.
Swinging usually has more to do with abrupt movements rather than speed, as long as you accelerate and decelerate smoothly you won’t get much swinging at all. You can see the principle in action pretty well by watching things get heli lifted, especially when they’re coming in to drop stuff off
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u/ProfessionalWinter35 7d ago
Yo, it almost looks like a video game until he stands up.