The skylift was used to lift solar panels onto the rooftop of a house. The customer (on top of the roof) requested the operator to send the solar panels close to the installation point (installer didn't want to carry the solar panel). Thus the operator try to sent the solar panel to the designated position. Upon reaching the designated position(overloaded the working radius) and unloading the solar panel, the skylift cannot boom up.
The operator thought that the skylift has malfunction. The mechanic was called in and try to do on-site repair on the skylift electronics.
Upon arrival and seeing the boom length and working radius, the supervisor knew that it wasn't a failure of on-board electronics. It was actually an overload.
The boom's own weight was actually too heavy for the hydraulics to perform a boom up. Due to the condition of the site, no crane is accessible. Luckily, there was an excavator working at the neighboring site. The excavator was called in to help lift the boom while the operator performs a boom up using its own hydraulics.
The boom went up upon assistance by the excavator. No personnel was injured in this incident.
The operator thought that the skylift has malfunction. The mechanic was called in and try to do on-site repair on the skylift electronics.
Upon arrival and seeing the boom length and working radius, the supervisor knew that it wasn't a failure of on-board electronics. It was actually an overload.
The boom's own weight was actually too heavy for the hydraulics to perform a boom up. Due to the condition of the site, no crane is accessible. Luckily, there was an excavator working at the neighboring site. The excavator was called in to help lift the boom while the operator performs a boom up using its own hydraulics.
The boom went up upon assistance by the excavator. No personnel was injured in this incident.
As we can see from the above picture, the skylift boom went down to a level almost similar to its resting position. An
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