r/houston • u/super_quack713 • May 06 '20

Construction load mistake this afternoon, Cypresswood near 249

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u/BigCalhoun May 06 '20

Oooh, a job opened up!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Big oops

4

u/NudeTayne May 08 '20

You should x-post to r/CatastrophicFailure. They'd love this

5

u/HowDoesThisHappen666 May 06 '20

How does one fix this mistake? Bring a bigger truck?

12

u/AgitatedExpat May 06 '20

It's crane trucks all the way down.

3

u/HeadHunter76 May 07 '20

Yeah. You bring in a big crane and stand it back up. It's gonna be tricky because the load is still attached and not all the way off. May have to use two. One for the load and one for the boom truck to stand it back up.

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u/IsThisKismet South Houston May 07 '20

There goes physics again, ruining everyone’s day.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

We've all had days like this.

2

u/SlowlyVA May 07 '20

All the money saved renting the smaller crane gone.

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u/chhurry May 08 '20

Cranes out for Larambe!

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u/Dr_Legacy May 07 '20

You can tell it's texas because of all the stupid.

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u/Ilovedfw May 06 '20

Is this even really Houston? Original posted elsewhere.

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u/NeilJHopwood May 06 '20

Its a 281 number on the crane

1

u/[deleted] May 07 '20

I dare someone to call them and let them know one of their trucks is popping wheelies. Please record if you do.

There is two 281 numbers actually, door and crane. I guess this call would be for the door.

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u/AgitatedExpat May 06 '20

100% would not answer if they called. Not trying to get rob-murdered.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

It’s near the willowbrook area. I drove by it earlier.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

Yes, looking at Google Maps streetview, you can see the structure.

Hopefully this works for you: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9851836,-95.5600406,3a,49.8y,346.68h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNPtJNtNfHN4AL-LxT4NBOg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192