could an Erickison helicopter lift the NY crane?

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More technically known as a Sikorsky S-64, Wiki says it has a 20,000 payload.

After the winds calm down, I wonder if a lift is an option?

No matter the solution, I'm sure it'll make drama TV for Shepard Smith.
 
Easier just to cut it and let it fall to the ground. Then an R22 can pick up the pieces.:wink2:
 
Velocity173 said:
Easier just to cut it and let it fall to the ground. Then an R22 can pick up the pieces.:wink2:
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Do you want to be the guy doing the cutting (with the crane whipping back and forth after the big pieces come off ) ?

I suspect they'll take it down the way they put it up: piecemeal.
 
weilke said:
I suspect they'll take it down the way they put it up: piecemeal.
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Not going to be that easy I don't think. They usually use the crane to lower itself to the ground by removing sections of the tower and the bracing:


They have got a huge problem.
 
We're going to need a bigger crane.
 
Probably be easiest to put up another crane and drop the damaged one back down. But what do I know.
 
TedR3 said:
Not going to be that easy I don't think. They usually use the crane to lower itself to the ground by removing sections of the tower and the bracing:
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Huge problem.

And it wont be solved by the buerocrats at the 'department of buildings' but by the the folks with dirty hands who work with those cranes and highrise construction on a daily basis. This will be interesting to watch, I hope nobody gets hurt.
 
weilke said:
Huge problem.

And it wont be solved by the buerocrats at the 'department of buildings' but by the the folks with dirty hands who work with those cranes and highrise construction on a daily basis. This will be interesting to watch, I hope nobody gets hurt.
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With the Department of Buildings people telling them what to do, no doubt.
 
weilke said:
Do you want to be the guy doing the cutting (with the crane whipping back and forth after the big pieces come off ) ?

I suspect they'll take it down the way they put it up: piecemeal.
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Aircranes have been used to lift and lower tower sections before, so the cutting/lowering CAN be done. I suspect the real issue here would be load, balance and winds - and that's a really tight space in Midtown to try and do anything with a helo.
 
#1 rule of sling work. NEVER NEVER NEVER hook to anything that is attached to something else. :no::nono::no::nono::no:

You would never have a good handle on balance until it was cut loose and by then it would be too late. You want your load rigged and then connected to your machine. You never want to be connected while it is being rigged. I'd set a few carefully calculated charges and let gravity fix the issue. :yesnod:
 
TedR3 said:
Not going to be that easy I don't think. They usually use the crane to lower itself to the ground by removing sections of the tower and the bracing:
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I always wondered how they did that without a second crane within reach.
I didn't realize they were simply cutting off the tree branch they were sitting on...
 
At the risk of making this into the spin zone: Leave it in place, and dedicate it to America's politicians: Worthless dead weight that moves whichever way the wind blows.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
At the risk of making this into the spin zone: Leave it in place, and dedicate it to America's politicians: Worthless dead weight that moves whichever way the wind blows.
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It could even have a name then, there is one all over the press for the last couple of years.
 
Cut it loose and hope for the best with an evac of the area? Would be fun to watch
 
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