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Originally Posted by daepp
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This pic reminded me of a pretty impressive event from my very early 20’s. I was working in a road construction company yard that happened to adjoin a giant rock quarry. It was summer and one of the massive payloaders from next door showed up with what appeared to be a 5ft in diameter wrecking ball low hanging off the bucket by a chain connected to the top of the bucket. The ball needed to go on a semi flatbed for transportation and as the pay loader approached the trailer it slowly elevated the ball. As the bucket travelled its arc, all the tension in the world transferred onto one chain link and when it tapped out, the ball fell about 6 ft
through the wood floor of the flatbed sending the trailer about 3 ft into the air like a giant leaf spring and adult men scattering all over the place. It was a code brown moment.