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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (15 children)

I get that it looks risky, but I don't really see a problem here. The platform is in undisturbed water, no waves, no sudden changes. If the platform is strong enough, which it seems to be to me, it will not easily tip over.

I've worked on a few lifts like that, and if you manage to tip one over I can only say that you were either really stupid or you were trying to do it. All the weight is at the bottom. They are very stable.

The only way to make them fall over is if your floor is not level while driving. Driving is out of the question in this picture, and as long as both guys stay in the fork lift the center of gravity will not change much.

So the platform will not move, the lift will not move, basically they are fine.

If something was to happen you're fucked though.

And different solutions are available. I've personally been in a different lift that had an arm so the lift would be a the side of the pool and the part where I was standing was elevated above the water. That probably would be a better solution, if you have enough space to get one of those lifts in.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How are they going to get out of the lift and how will they get the lift off fhe mattress?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If they have to get out of the lift, it is at it's lowest position. That means all the weight is in the middle of the platform and the weight of 2 man will not be enough to make the platform flip over.

They will have to jump to the side I suppose. Just step off. Maybe the can even paddle the platform around, I imagine there is at least one piece of rope to manipulate the platform when there is nobody on it.

The lift will go off, the same way it came on. Probably some sort of crane. I cannot imagine they just drove it on there, but maybe they did. Maybe even a forklift with long forks. There are forklifts that could probably handle that kind of weight so far away on the forks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it's maintenance they have to do regularly, there might even be a part of the pool tooled for it with arms for the floating block to sit on while they drive the lift on and off normally. Or a ramp with rollers where it gets launched like a boat and a winch to pull it back up the ramp to get out. That last one is my guess, since that whole setup could be portable as long as they had somewhere to anchor the ramp and winch.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the type of thing that I look at say this can't possibly work, and the engineer beside me will look at me a little confused and say this can't possibly fail. Sure enough they're usually right. Usually. I still won't be climbing on there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Well, it's always best to listen to the little voice inside, especially if it says "I might just die here". I completely understand why you would not be climbing on that.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Make sure you have all your PPE.

Hard hat ✔️ Safety glasses ✔️ Swimmies ✔️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If it works, it's not hybris, is it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You say it’s working but they haven’t yet gotten back out of the lift nor have they gotten the lift back out of the water.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Some say they are still stuck inspecting those ceiling beams to this very day. It would be the safest pool in the region if it weren't for the giant lift on a raft stuck in it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It's the thought that counts.

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