The Classic Machinery Network

I have seen some photo's of big lifts off ships using the ships cranes 100 ton or more and the lean the ships get on is amazing I would think the ships would be pumping water in the opposite side of the ship to counter balance to me it wouldnt take much for it all to go pear shaped but I really have no idea

Paul

Just found this one http://youtu.be/6i3DjqRNYUQ

bigkit wrote:Just found this one http://youtu.be/6i3DjqRNYUQ

Hmm which part of overloading do some folk appear not to comprehend?

Jeremy

This was the one I was looking for

http://youtu.be/8sFgmOnvv80

There was a programme in the Mighty Ships TV series that showed a heavy lift vessel unloading a huge piece of kit for an oil refinery and that vessel had had additional tanks outside the main hull that were filled with water to balance the load as the two on board cranes swung it out over the dock and onto a multi axle trailer or SPMT.
Cant find a link to it but this one is quite interesting
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/05/heavy-lift-ships-and-their-impossibly.html

Hmm how quickly things go wrong and how little we can do once its happening

Paul