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  1. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    I've never even heard of the company before honestly.
  2. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    Exactly, it would almost have to be a butt weld to be that clean. The cut even looks square, so I'm really thinking the company was welding drops together to try to save material. The pin location should be the most stressed, followed by the ram location. The middle of beam sees the large...
  3. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    Oh i agree the whole thing sees a ton of stress, but you aren't gonna find that under paint. Honestly you wouldn't find that if it was bare polished steel. With a break that smooth it failed very suddenly, not slowly tearing leaving jagged bent ripped edges like a normal failure. Something looks...
  4. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    Buried under paint makes that almost impossible to check, and why would anyone be looking right there anyways? Clean break right there is very wierd, usually failures are right by connections and stuff, where stresses are concentrated. The odds of anyone catching that kind of failure is very...
  5. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    If they are 2 person baskets, they are rated for 500 pounds, so i can't see 50 pounds doing anything. Very odd on the break, that's confusing to me on how clean that is. My only idea would be since it's roughly in the middle between the hydraulic cylinder and the pin, maybe it's flexing and work...
  6. Tree09

    Spider lift accident

    There's a weld right there?
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