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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • Our Friends over at BBC Britain gave a crane driver a GoPro to see what life is like working high above the city’s skyline. Prepare to be amazed at this spectacular birds-eye view of a construction site.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 756

  • @kudzem
    @kudzem 2 роки тому +116

    Imagine climbing to the top then realizing you forgot the cabin keys

    • @mrpickles3479
      @mrpickles3479 2 роки тому +28

      Or getting all the way to the bottom to only then remember you’ve left your phone in the cab, like I’ve done 🤦‍♂️

    • @fufumanfufuman2387
      @fufumanfufuman2387 2 роки тому +4

      @@mrpickles3479 that’s brutal 😂

    • @seanbarratt2422
      @seanbarratt2422 Рік тому +4

      @@mrpickles3479 I'd leave it there overnight

    • @Muezza09
      @Muezza09 Рік тому

      maybe when he just got to the top, he wanted to pee?😅

    • @larryaldama1673
      @larryaldama1673 Рік тому

      🤣😄

  • @hercoamigo5380
    @hercoamigo5380 5 років тому +452

    Huge respect for all crane workers all over the world!

    • @catareyestroncoso
      @catareyestroncoso 5 років тому +3

      Herco Amigo y

    • @РомаКор-щ2о
      @РомаКор-щ2о 3 роки тому +4

      Это страшно

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      @cuocsongochua8751 3 роки тому

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      @cuocsongochua8751 3 роки тому

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      @cuocsongochua8751 3 роки тому

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  • @Sixtaug95
    @Sixtaug95 3 роки тому +25

    Listen with earphones and you can hear his heartbeat clear as day

    • @Jointtaskforcex1
      @Jointtaskforcex1 5 місяців тому +1

      Paused it twice I thought it was mine 😂

  • @FirstnameLastname-qe3ry
    @FirstnameLastname-qe3ry 3 роки тому +51

    I love the way he has a cattle and a mug with him. Most British crane ever

    • @SendPaddingtonToRowanda
      @SendPaddingtonToRowanda 2 роки тому +4

      Wonder if he used the crane to lift the cattle out of a field

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Рік тому +1

      Whos the mug now 👽👁️ mug aka “Prophet Muhammad ibn Arabi” then people wonder why Allah doesn't help them and why their destined for Hell if they don't change

    • @Xander_the_Gingerbread_proto
      @Xander_the_Gingerbread_proto Рік тому +1

      rather...it looks like a lego set where a cup of coffee comes in each vehicle oh well...in this case a structure

    • @Trekz86
      @Trekz86 8 місяців тому

      ​@barryrandolph46😂😂😂😂😂

  • @benk3999
    @benk3999 2 роки тому +29

    Just climbing to the cab to start your workday is more exercise than 99% of the population get in a year

  • @matrox
    @matrox 3 роки тому +16

    02:32 I like how he stops briefly and prays before continuing the climb.😌

  • @patrick4044
    @patrick4044 4 роки тому +13

    Just by watching him. My heart is popping

  • @migf27
    @migf27 3 роки тому +9

    I can hear his heart pounding.

    • @anabandovic2997
      @anabandovic2997 3 роки тому

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    • @_-xce-_4950
      @_-xce-_4950 3 роки тому

      @@anabandovic2997 stroke?

  • @grahambrown5874
    @grahambrown5874 5 років тому +29

    If crane operators spend most of the time looking down, do they suffer from representative strain injury in their neck and upper back?

    • @youssefbentachfin
      @youssefbentachfin Рік тому +1

      Yes it is it could Cause them reversed neck and deginirative disck if they don’t train

  • @julianhoeni5409
    @julianhoeni5409 5 років тому +15

    I have such a big respect of Guys like this!

  • @mihajlomiljkovic2511
    @mihajlomiljkovic2511 3 роки тому +83

    Imagine forgetting something and you need to go all way down

  • @desertfox4921
    @desertfox4921 3 роки тому +6

    By the time you get there . It’s lunch time . Back down again for lunch

  • @AndreWilliams2012
    @AndreWilliams2012 5 років тому +55

    Lol im listening to this on my earbuds and I thought my heart was beating

    • @DRRB23
      @DRRB23 3 роки тому +3

      So your heart isn’t beating😬

    • @iyantara3220
      @iyantara3220 3 роки тому +1

      It means you re ☠

  • @josephposton1351
    @josephposton1351 3 роки тому +10

    6:24 you can hear his heart beat, that climb is some work. My heart would be beating twice as fast out of sheer terror...

    • @BuddhaBai
      @BuddhaBai 2 роки тому +1

      You can actually hear the heartbeat from the start of the climb aswell. :)

  • @27.5ride4
    @27.5ride4 7 років тому +7

    Is it just me or can I hear his heart♥️

    • @ShamrockROI
      @ShamrockROI 7 років тому

      Yup, must be right on his chest

  • @robertovolpato406
    @robertovolpato406 11 місяців тому +1

    Maximum respect for those who do this I work 8/10 hours a day even when it's windy or the load dances well

  • @DRBRIGHT_213
    @DRBRIGHT_213 5 років тому +171

    This kinda job you have to trust your equipment for real..

    • @nz1664
      @nz1664 4 роки тому +24

      Yes....if the equipment not in good condition...the operator can call the coffin dancing geng for funeral

    • @banchaurairat
      @banchaurairat 4 роки тому +3

      After checking by a technician, you need to do a major check to make sure the equipment is really safe. But I'm not sure if there is a bathroom above. Haha😂

    • @michaelwachendorf2096
      @michaelwachendorf2096 3 роки тому +1

      You also need to respect your equipment know what it can do and don't fuck off.

  • @eoghanmacdonald7265
    @eoghanmacdonald7265 7 років тому +40

    7:25 he gets in the cab

  • @sandcroft2924
    @sandcroft2924 3 роки тому +4

    You have to have head for heights and strong upper back
    Kudos to this guy! I hope they develop technology so the operator doesn't have to lean forward and just look at the monitor .

  • @logger4130
    @logger4130 4 роки тому +248

    80% of the time on his job: climbing up the crane, the other 20% is actually working

    • @babikbabik4896
      @babikbabik4896 4 роки тому +1

      He was probably checking modules of this crane when he was climbing also

    • @Bossix84
      @Bossix84 3 роки тому

      @@babikbabik4896 I think this is everyday part of the job. Checking them modules

    • @lyqn2134
      @lyqn2134 3 роки тому

      @@Bossix84 nah u don’t really have to it’s just that this guy prefers to do it

    • @andrewjulien
      @andrewjulien 3 роки тому

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    • @andrewjulien
      @andrewjulien 3 роки тому

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  • @stresseddad1615
    @stresseddad1615 7 місяців тому

    Much respect to this guy and all crane operators. I could not do this, just watching this has made me feel quite ill 🙂

  • @joetrevino5110
    @joetrevino5110 4 роки тому +18

    What happens when you got all the way to the top to the crane and drop the keys from the crane that would suck 😂

  • @dwiandhikaputra.n215
    @dwiandhikaputra.n215 4 роки тому +12

    As I climbed the stairs, I heard the sound of his heart beating rapidly

  • @craigf7313
    @craigf7313 4 роки тому +5

    I don’t like heights.Just watching the video made my hands sweat.Respect to the folk that do this job.Not for the faint hearted!

  • @anthonyguada
    @anthonyguada 3 роки тому +19

    HUGE RESPECT to you men that do this for a living, without your skills ( and balls ) the world would not have goods, so Thank you guys, oh and women ( in case )
    As for myself, I get dizzy standing on a tiny tiny ladder, I SCREAM like a little girl when on a rollercoaster,
    Walking up and up...and up like what I saw here, HELL NO, screw you all you are NOT getting your goods from this port HAHAHA.

    • @Pointz09
      @Pointz09 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah huge respect I would not even climb half way I would be panicking 😂😂

    • @UKpitbull
      @UKpitbull 9 місяців тому

      £80 an hour would get me up there everyday too.😅

  • @DzasterNL
    @DzasterNL Місяць тому

    That buildingsite is quiet..imagine all the worker waiting for that one guy casually walking into his crane, stopping at every level ad start doing his morning routine.... Imagine he his late 30 minutes😂

  • @santanderi1329
    @santanderi1329 4 роки тому +403

    Imagine if you forgot your keys

  • @armandohaynes2303
    @armandohaynes2303 3 роки тому +1

    Glad he's wearing that safety vest.

  • @hislordship6087
    @hislordship6087 3 роки тому +13

    When you get down at the end of the day and realise you left your phone up there.

  • @jordymagro7426
    @jordymagro7426 5 років тому +3

    Can’t wait to do this all day everyday

  • @canalbahia854
    @canalbahia854 4 роки тому +9

    E muita coragem trabalhar desse jeito tem que gosta de altura..😢👍✌👏👏

  • @davidwarren4569
    @davidwarren4569 3 роки тому +5

    I would need a sleep after climbing up there

  • @AnimePhoenix888
    @AnimePhoenix888 8 років тому +21

    Nice little WK 100B ^__^
    That Cab-Type is pretty rare.
    There are only about 50 cranes out there with that Cab.

    • @73APhotography
      @73APhotography 7 років тому +1

      AnimePhoenix888 is it a good or bad cab

    • @AnimePhoenix888
      @AnimePhoenix888 7 років тому +2

      Nice, but compared to the new WolffCab (275B and 166B) it´s pretty small ^__^

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 7 років тому

      Animephoenix sorry, do you work with cranes?

    • @AnimePhoenix888
      @AnimePhoenix888 7 років тому +2

      Yes Naho, I'm one of the Service Support Engineers from "WOLFFKRAN", the german manufacturer of that crane.

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 7 років тому +7

      wowzers. Sorry to bug you ,its just I started saving up the £3000 required for a crane operator course, but I'm worried there's not enough demand for crane operators in the UK and EU. I'm also worried they're incredibly difficult to operate and I'm doomed to failure

  • @johnchan3321
    @johnchan3321 3 роки тому +1

    Really dangerous job just looking the video my hand is sweating, respect ✊

  • @abcxyz9321
    @abcxyz9321 6 років тому +6

    you can literally hear his Heartbeat at this high spoy

  • @dodysetiawan6519
    @dodysetiawan6519 4 роки тому +1

    I can hear his heartbeat..

  • @adama8990
    @adama8990 4 роки тому +2

    You can even hear his heart beating

  • @kanhogantoomagatuala6501
    @kanhogantoomagatuala6501 3 роки тому +2

    Bruh I havnt got a fear of heights but I swear,I could never

  • @lordbluntwell2353
    @lordbluntwell2353 3 роки тому +3

    That's a nice mild day , guarantee a hurricane when I climb up

  • @jezgreer7757
    @jezgreer7757 2 місяці тому +1

    Safety Equipment Must Be Worn On The Crane At All Times

  • @goodlife2275
    @goodlife2275 3 роки тому +2

    Imagine if you have to go to washroom immediately 😁😁

  • @traisg5103
    @traisg5103 6 років тому +33

    Oh my God. I'm afraid of heights

  • @tebogomaleka9602
    @tebogomaleka9602 3 роки тому

    I think i hear your heart pumping.

  • @skiptonn
    @skiptonn 3 роки тому +1

    That's a task on it's own climbing up there

  • @jezgreer7757
    @jezgreer7757 2 місяці тому +1

    It's Cool

  • @tacoacc
    @tacoacc 3 роки тому

    The zip tied safety chain adds to the ambiance

  • @emmettoliver
    @emmettoliver Рік тому

    I work in london as a health and safety officer and id bet that formwork is being done by either Byrne Bros or Expanded.. just by the tidiness of site and everything stacked away

  • @hubsonekka
    @hubsonekka 6 років тому +2

    we can also see the most professional wooden shelf for a cup of coffe :D

  • @shahrulfendi4219
    @shahrulfendi4219 3 роки тому +1

    Oh my god,i can hear her heart pumping man.....

  • @MehmetALI-24
    @MehmetALI-24 3 роки тому

    Voice of your heart 😍😍😍

  • @razvanlazar1905
    @razvanlazar1905 7 місяців тому

    Bro your heart sound 😮

  • @jamesbishop5804
    @jamesbishop5804 2 роки тому

    I enjoy working high up; nowadays it's the climb the gets me, 60' ft and it's a 15 to 20 second pause. 😆 Then every 15' or so, I would be pausing again.

  • @auricsroom6705
    @auricsroom6705 3 роки тому +2

    Just want to know how that cup of coffee got up there 👆🏿! That’s all.

  • @silvio2254
    @silvio2254 5 років тому

    Fate bene attenzione , ascoltate si sentono i battiti del cuore , cn le cuffie si sente nn so senza

  • @adolfomauro3008
    @adolfomauro3008 5 років тому +2

    ho manovrato gru in cabina .ma a quell' altezza no.complimenti.bravo.

  • @adamr9570
    @adamr9570 3 роки тому

    Wow..the cab is like Land Rover making it. I’ve seen a Malaysian one and it looks like it’s 0.1 dollars. Worse than a destructed 1800’s grandma’s house..but this is amazing!!

  • @Gchupp
    @Gchupp 7 років тому +144

    do yourself a favor by skipping to 7:52

  • @a-fl-man640
    @a-fl-man640 8 місяців тому

    seems like you could run it from the ground and use cameras to provide the necessary views. probably already being done somewhere.

  • @khalidchanel9081
    @khalidchanel9081 4 роки тому

    No fear...good job...safety number one....

  • @ComeToMe39
    @ComeToMe39 7 років тому +3

    This guy got balls made of steel.

    • @rryankellyy
      @rryankellyy 5 років тому

      ComeToMe39 Not really, it’s not difficult to sit in a crane cab

  • @stuey8
    @stuey8 3 роки тому

    You can hear his heartbeats 5 mins in

  • @FabledGentleman
    @FabledGentleman 4 роки тому +2

    This job is going to be a blast when pizza delivery with drones becomes common.

  • @jakobhammarstedy8716
    @jakobhammarstedy8716 7 років тому +1

    awesome

  • @PS-ef1tf
    @PS-ef1tf 6 років тому +1

    Good job

  • @silva4019
    @silva4019 6 років тому +3

    Amazing

  • @nothingnothing9285
    @nothingnothing9285 7 років тому +13

    I would love to have this job no joke

  • @m.ihsanfz3548
    @m.ihsanfz3548 3 роки тому +1

    I cant found something when i clicking "Jump into the cab here"

  • @breakinglimitssickjambutte9450
    @breakinglimitssickjambutte9450 8 років тому +9

    Was this by Latimer Road Tube Station. I walk past these cranes and houses all the time!

    • @SpartanBunzer
      @SpartanBunzer 7 років тому +5

      BreakingLimits//SickJamButter I think its in greenwich.

    • @justpierre
      @justpierre 7 років тому +4

      SpartanBunzer it's north Greenwich on the Peninsula. The crane is gone now

  • @ronistar2430
    @ronistar2430 5 років тому

    thanx

  • @blackmamba9745
    @blackmamba9745 4 роки тому +1

    Cool!!👍

  • @dangtakairickchristian6235
    @dangtakairickchristian6235 4 роки тому

    That's cool

  • @jnewrgdhs6884
    @jnewrgdhs6884 4 роки тому

    Saya sangat suka dengan fidio ini

  • @padraig4530
    @padraig4530 4 роки тому +3

    And !!Exactly how much of London did we see from the tower crane???

  • @markferdinandtorres3059
    @markferdinandtorres3059 5 років тому

    Heart beat . Lisening

  • @BigRiceEnergy
    @BigRiceEnergy 3 роки тому +3

    Imagine having to use the bathroom immediately when you’re up on a crane. Yikes.

    • @ioluca1924
      @ioluca1924 3 роки тому +2

      They shit out the cabin

    • @davell1078
      @davell1078 2 роки тому

      I've read a thread in quora about that. Apparently they just learn how to "not need to got to take a shit", but for No.1 bottles are all game.

  • @loyd4you
    @loyd4you 3 роки тому

    Imagine having some bad food a night before, by the time you will get down, you will shit your pants twice :))

  • @erikvisser963
    @erikvisser963 5 років тому

    This is amazing

  • @chiphazard471
    @chiphazard471 3 роки тому

    All fun and games until you finish your tea

  • @jacobking6594
    @jacobking6594 4 роки тому +2

    Imagine falling and the trip down

  • @bangnalu17
    @bangnalu17 4 роки тому

    It was very cool 😎

  • @buckfastpk
    @buckfastpk 4 роки тому +1

    As you can see in my Dublin building boom video I only operated Tower cranes, this looks like a Luffa? Crane, can anyone tell me the difference or pros and cons of working a luffer to a horizontal jib?

  • @mrdonutboi8373
    @mrdonutboi8373 6 років тому +6

    Imagine yourself climbing up through all of those ladder then you suddenly realised you forgot something at land and you have to go back all the way to the ground...what a bch.

  • @juninhocavini
    @juninhocavini 3 роки тому +1

    If you feel like going to the bathroom, what should you do?

  • @shanmukhakoppisetti8068
    @shanmukhakoppisetti8068 4 роки тому

    Excellent work

  • @chrispoi9862
    @chrispoi9862 3 роки тому

    Best job.

  • @janeczek16
    @janeczek16 Рік тому

    REspect for you man! :)

  • @jacobpeely5257
    @jacobpeely5257 4 роки тому +2

    If you guys don’t know I’m scared of heights so I don’t want to have this jon

  • @user-df9bl1im9k
    @user-df9bl1im9k 6 років тому +2

    which model of the crane? I work for TDK 10.215 hello from Russia

  • @natanaetrouves6548
    @natanaetrouves6548 5 років тому

    Truly liked it. :)

  • @seth333msm
    @seth333msm 6 років тому +1

    Clim-in the crane, clim-in the cran

  • @Greenfalcons55
    @Greenfalcons55 5 років тому +7

    blessing on your minerals mate

  • @hankclingingsmith8707
    @hankclingingsmith8707 6 років тому +4

    IS THAT A ZIP TIE HOLDING THE SAFETY CHAIN AT THE TOP ??

  • @sultanmangkulangit38
    @sultanmangkulangit38 3 роки тому

    Extreme profetion..😱

  • @ninja1676
    @ninja1676 6 років тому

    Watching this make my body having a buzz

  • @brickit26
    @brickit26 5 років тому +1

    Tray out, Cable down!

  • @dangtakairickchristian6235
    @dangtakairickchristian6235 4 роки тому

    Who whatching in 2020

  • @allclassgamingtv7295
    @allclassgamingtv7295 6 років тому

    Nach 2 Minuten sind meine Hände voller schweiß, hoch kommen ist ja kein ding nur runter kommen wäre bei mir so eine Sache :D

  • @thebackyardpyromaniac6040
    @thebackyardpyromaniac6040 7 років тому +17

    so they basically spend their entire day looking at the view of the city eating and drinking coffee

    • @moospikoo
      @moospikoo 7 років тому +1

      TheBackyardPyromaniac thats a hard work...

    • @locafion
      @locafion 6 років тому +1

      TheBackyardPyromaniac 8rixkk(aimxijxmaoaiwkos8nnxjxhwbzgjaka,jsjx

    • @gabrielnascimento3279
      @gabrielnascimento3279 6 років тому

      🤣

  • @iannickCZ
    @iannickCZ 4 роки тому +2

    Some plastic coupling on the padlock, why to bother secure it by a key :-D I expect real sound from cabin but it was replaced with music instead. BTW it is OK that operator wear dioptric glasses?