Brand new Crane

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Subject: FW: Brand new Crane

 Further proof that despite ones best intentions’ some days can just turned ugly ….. Real ugly !!!!

Brand new $4,000,000 Mobile Crane Friday 8:30am on the 26.09.08 at Castle Hill, Sydney Australia 9 days old 250 ton crane  (first Job)   $8,500/day to hire

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The mistake was to place the crane on the 8 inch concrete slab  As soon as the jib was all the way out, the slab broke..

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Crane balanced for about one hour before the rest of the slab gave way to the crane

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Except for the slightly harmed driver no one was hurt, but no one has seen the site manager since.

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