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Today I worked with another former Gator employee. I found out a few more tidbits. The license tag on the crane was off of the stump grinder trailer. The crane was titled to a dead man (Joe's head foreman who was shot and killed last year by the Jamaican climber over a $10K winning lottery...

Joe bought that crane a few years ago from a small crane company called Uplift. I think it was right after the hurricanes when Uplift upgraded and sold off this unit.

If you look at the second picture from tonight, you can see that the 'socket' on the outrigger 'foot' is torn away. It looks like the outrigger bounced and tore through the side of the 'socket' on the 'foot' and then just speared the ground. How would you imagine that could happen? I'd say that...

And don't forget the bad cut, possible load shifting causing a shock load to the crane. IMO it usually takes at least two separate acts of negligence to cause a major accident like this. The pads aren't necessary unless somebody screws up on the other end of the boom. But both items combined =...

They removed the boom and the crane is now upright, the boom is laying in pieces in the front yard. 2 of the 4 outriggers have been removed. Looks like they have to remove the other two outriggers before they can tow it. Based on the size of the holes in the ground, it looks like they didn't...

It was still there first thing this morning, I didn't go by this afternoon. Last I heard, they cut the boom off the crane in order to remove it. I can go check, be back in 10 minutes. ;)

Not too far. I'm not sure exactly where he's located but I think he's about 10-15 miles north of me. So our work areas do overlap a little bit.

We were all spectators, Frans. I do not know any of the scumbags that were involved with the accident, nor do I care to. I haven't spoken to that sleazeball Joe McLaughlin in 6-7 years.

It's Florida, Jamin. The rules are different here. ;) I'm just happy to see him actually tied in instead of working off a ladder. :|:

It happened less than a mile from my house. I posted a bunch of pictures yesterday in the 'how'd it go today' thread. I'll repost them here in a little while since you've started a separate thread. When I went by the scene yesterday, I saw about a dozen tree guys I know (including Scotty from...