Did the crane operator lower the two of them, or did the firefighter use his own equipment to lower them both?
Stranded Woman Rescued From Crane Downtown
- Thread starter Kilgore Trout
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The fireguy used his rescue rope to descend. The crane's cables, which is called rope according to our resident crane operator, was not used.
There is the appearance of two cables, but it is just the one cable going through the block. So if used, one part is going up, while the other goes down.
According to our resident crane operator, Up North, the cable is covered in a corrosion preventing lubricant. This is not grease and her appearance of being covered in grease is just the dirt that is stuck to the lubricant on the cable.
But, that hook or block was suspended 12 stories high. That sounds pretty high.BTW: I am aware of at least one crane toppling over in NYC.
Okay, so she was covered in a corrosion preventing lubricant. The guy who rescued her called it grease for lack of a better word. Same difference.
What does it matter how high the block is suspended?
The block didn't cause that crane topple over in NYC.
Crane wire rope (the correct name is wire rope, not cable) are definitely greasy, trust me. They are made of steel and if bare steel gets wet, it corrodes very quickly. The grease is a light coating of a of both a penetrant and a protective grease. It's not caked on, but it's there.
And I'm not talking about a frayed cable. It's more like you'll see little barbs because of the way the wire rope is manufactured. You basically have a series of individual strands that are wrapped in a specific pattern, then those cables get woven into the wire rope. There are hundreds of individual strands that give you redundancy. It is not uncommon for individual stands to break from time to time and form a barb.
http://www.wirerope.com/cranes.php
No, of course not.
Can't say I blame the fire chief either, he just wants to get to know her a little better :eyebrows:
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Phil C.
Are you going to tell us how much you think the whole rescue cost? I am really curious of how distorted your world is. If you can get bullied and cackled out of a forum and then come back under another name to join up with the cackler to bully other people. You must live in a Bizzaro world.
Are you going to tell us how much you think the whole rescue cost? I am really curious of how distorted your world is. If you can get bullied and cackled out of a forum and then come back under another name to join up with the cackler to bully other people. You must live in a Bizzaro world.
Kind of funny and entertaining for an otherwise boring time of the year.
What always amazes me is the amount of cops and firemen who are sent to these types of things. It is always severe overkill.
Even highway fender benders. I have seen 2 firetrucks, and 3-4 cop vehicles for a simple accident.
What always amazes me is the amount of cops and firemen who are sent to these types of things. It is always severe overkill.
Even highway fender benders. I have seen 2 firetrucks, and 3-4 cop vehicles for a simple accident.
Not that she could ever pay it. I would bet that she is judgment proof and works part-time at Starbucks.
I think its fine she went up there and had an adventure, but its lame she did not get down herself. In this case she should have to foot the bill for her adventure... i.e the cost of rescue...maybe only the additional cost as all those guys were on the clock anyway....its probably less then $500.
Correct a cable aka rope aka wire is commonly a 6x19 build and is therefore 19 wires twisted to make a strand and twisted the other way around the core to make the entire rope. Every strand is slightly different but that gives you over 140 individual wires and will allow for broken wires due to fatigue and use.
Correct there is lubricant that prevents corrosion.
Correct and depending on the block and capacity it could be one cable to a dozen reeved through.
