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Title: A job with a view
Post by: Rods2 on 21 March 2014, 23:29:32

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2585981/Workers-casually-dismantle-cranes-used-build-Shanghai-Tower-knee-wobbling-2-000ft-up.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2585981/Workers-casually-dismantle-cranes-used-build-Shanghai-Tower-knee-wobbling-2-000ft-up.html)

Title: Re: A job with a view
Post by: plym ian on 21 March 2014, 23:37:53

Blimey that's high :o :o :o

I get a nose bleed up a stepladder gawd knows what is be like at that height ;D

Title: Re: A job with a view
Post by: chrisgixer on 21 March 2014, 23:39:54

Bet they aren't paid enough.

Title: Re: A job with a view
Post by: cd 2.2 on 22 March 2014, 04:35:31

Wonder what the worker/s would be thinking if they fell off ?? .. Lets face it theres a long time before you hit the floor to think about it   :o

Title: Re: A job with a view
Post by: Stemo on 22 March 2014, 08:20:41

Quote from: cd 2.2 on 22 March 2014, 04:35:31

Wonder what the worker/s would be thinking if they fell off ?? .. Lets face it theres a long time before you hit the floor to think about it   :o

"I wish I hadn't left that dirty wok in the dishwasher......."

Title: Re: A job with a view
Post by: aaronjb on 22 March 2014, 08:39:30

It's always intrigued me - I know how the self erecting (fnarr) cranes work, but once you've used one crane to dismantle the other (as you can see in one picture there) ... what dismantles the last crane and gets it down off the top of the tower?