Tag: low loader

A driver who forgot to stow his loader crane, closed the Belchen tunnel between Olten and Basel, Switzerland last night. Fortunately no one was hurt in the incident.

The driver had apparently loaded a container at a rest area around midnight last night, and then headed off down the A2/E35 highway towards Basel, without stowing the crane. He struck the lights and tunnel entrance casing considerable damage. The one side of the tunnel was closed for several hours while the crane was extracted and the mess cleaned up.

This is apparently the second incident with a crane in the area so far this year, another hit a bridge over the highway near Birmenstorf in mid January.

 

A man using a trailer mounted platform in Cape Town, South Africa died when it is thought the boom collapsed.

The 31 year old man – an employee of City Flag company – was putting up flags advertising next week’s State of the Nation address by president Jacob Zuma’s in the city.

There are very few confirmed details at the moment, but police said that the man died after the boom collapsed, throwing him head-first into the street.
More information will be added when available.

A five axle truck crane being moved across Las Vegas on a low loader partially overturned yesterday at a busy intersection.

The superstructure of the crane, an American Hoist lattice boomed crane owned by Reliable Crane Service, appears to slewed over the side, causing the overturn. The counterweight landed on the road preventing a full overturn, and the crane remained firmly strapped on the trailer bed.

Two wrecker trucks were called in to pull the trailer back upright and the street was opened again by evening. No one was hurt in the incident.