The video doesn’t seem to show the start of the lift, but lifting something that is already elevated and lowering it is one of the most dangerous things a crane can do.
If it lifts something on the ground and it starts to go over they can just put it back down, but that is not possible with lifting from an elevated spot and then lowering to the ground.
I don’t know why the crane was staged so far away. I have used cranes many times on jobsites and they get as up close and personal as they can. Maybe the crane was set up over there and they asked him to lift this one little thing and instead of moving he just took a risk and did it. When he was so far away like that it doesn’t take much weight to tip it.
No doubt. I used to remove hazardous trees with a crane. You started at the top and worked your way down.
Saw a out rigger lift off the ground a couple of times. Pretty scary when you are still in the tree under the load.
Thanks. That makes sense. Didn’t know that.