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Baltimore bridge collapse has automakers scrambling at nation's biggest port for cars - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I didn't realize Baltimore was so important for the car market of the Midwest and East Coast. Apparently 800,000+ cars are delivered per year through the Port of Baltimore, but with the bridge collapse today it sounds like shipments could cause some car market issues for a swath of the country.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Largest I’ve operated is 500 ton, largest I’ve seen in person was 900. 1000 ton capacity is a lot of crane. That said, a 1000 ton crane can go over in a heartbeat. All it takes is a shock load from a piece dropping as it’s cut, a failure of the rigging, or even the piece rendering out causing the center of gravity of the load to move further from the crane. Any of those things could send it ass over tea kettle killing everyone in its path. Demo is hands down the most dangerous thing you can do with a crane.

For the same reasons, this is why little 24 ton boom trucks flip doing tree trimming work. Cut a limb loose, it shocks the boom, swings away from the crane, and over she goes.

I wish them luck.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm glad an expert like you has contributed to the discussion! Thanks.

Biggest thing I did was watch a few trees get cut down, lol. I'm no where near a real engineer (outside of electrical engineering, but that deals with small things, not big things...)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I love my work. But like one of my old timer buddies says a lot “it’s amazing the kind of sketchy shit you get used to”.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This looks doubly dangerous, as the 1000+ ton crane is not just a big-ass crane, its also on water.

Lets hope for fair weather and good seas. They'll need all the stability that they can get!

This is the Chesapeak 1000, the 1000 ton capacity crane barge that's been conscripted to clean up the bridge debris.