I don’t see how that is even possible unless there is some solid platform under the water that can’t be seen.
Nope, just look underwater.
Don’t these idiots drain the pool, ever??
I’m with you! This can’t be done.
Looks high enough to pull off a” Triple Lindy”
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph…………….
As long as there’s enough water to support the weight and it’s distributed over enough area, it’ll float; just like an aircraft carrier. What makes this nuts is how tippy those damn things are on solid earth, let alone water. That thing starts over and those guys are hitting concrete.
It’s not a matter of buoyancy.
I aggree with Matthew, it’s not a matter of buoyancy, its’ a matter of it remaining upright without a solid footing under it. You have got to believe that the thing raised that high is apt to sway a lot on that “barge”.
Long ago and far away my Dad was the head of maintenance for a local school district. City Parks and Recreation had a deal with the district to use the pool outside school hours. Somehow the dingbats managed to smash a couple of the lights over the pool and cover the bottom with glass which turned into a long couple days for my Dad replacing the lights and cleaning the pool bottom with vacuums to remove the shards. I am fairly sure this method of light replacement would not fly even back in the day. No real point to the tale other than my Dad would always refer to the parks department as City Wreck with a capital W. It did get us kids some free pool time in the evenings after they finished up. The pool also had a observation window under the high dive for judging diving competitions, which to to a little kid is almost like going to the aquarium. Apparently, one time the superintendent was giving a tour to a group of women and was showing them the window right around the time the football team came in from practice and decided team skinny dipping was a good idea. I never did hear what the fall out from that was.
Those scissor lifts are electric ,right.
Ayep, 24 volt systems with 4 huge ass batteries underneath.
If you supported the platform at the 4 corners and rigged it from shifting it would be safe. You cant tell what the platform is made of so there is that question.
Geeter dun!
R
Sorry, still no sale, this is basic lever and moment physics. I don’t care how buoyant that platform is, this contraption would rotate.
Some people just like sticking their head in the lion’s mouth, I suppose.
Thinking about it, I’m guessing something like scaffolding might be the answer. Which could be done with the pool filled or empty.
Of course it’s safe; it’s got 3/8ths inch plywood underneath the lift.
I used to install industrial sound systems. One job we had to do a warehouse. What we did was lean a big assed extension ladder on the rafter and climb up 30+ feet.
Pucker factor five, Mr. Sulu.
Now that I’m older, I look back and marvel that my stupidity didn’t get me killed.
Is that a fire suppression system in the ceiling of a concrete and steel structure housing a swimming pool?
Yeah, a halon system to keep children safe from the burning pool belching off phosgene gas.
I don’t see how that is even possible unless there is some solid platform under the water that can’t be seen.
Nope, just look underwater.
Don’t these idiots drain the pool, ever??
I’m with you! This can’t be done.
Looks high enough to pull off a” Triple Lindy”
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph…………….
As long as there’s enough water to support the weight and it’s distributed over enough area, it’ll float; just like an aircraft carrier. What makes this nuts is how tippy those damn things are on solid earth, let alone water. That thing starts over and those guys are hitting concrete.
It’s not a matter of buoyancy.
I aggree with Matthew, it’s not a matter of buoyancy, its’ a matter of it remaining upright without a solid footing under it. You have got to believe that the thing raised that high is apt to sway a lot on that “barge”.
More pics of them setting it up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/r6uyue/safety_2nd/
Still no, thanks anyway.
Long ago and far away my Dad was the head of maintenance for a local school district. City Parks and Recreation had a deal with the district to use the pool outside school hours. Somehow the dingbats managed to smash a couple of the lights over the pool and cover the bottom with glass which turned into a long couple days for my Dad replacing the lights and cleaning the pool bottom with vacuums to remove the shards. I am fairly sure this method of light replacement would not fly even back in the day. No real point to the tale other than my Dad would always refer to the parks department as City Wreck with a capital W. It did get us kids some free pool time in the evenings after they finished up. The pool also had a observation window under the high dive for judging diving competitions, which to to a little kid is almost like going to the aquarium. Apparently, one time the superintendent was giving a tour to a group of women and was showing them the window right around the time the football team came in from practice and decided team skinny dipping was a good idea. I never did hear what the fall out from that was.
Those scissor lifts are electric ,right.
Ayep, 24 volt systems with 4 huge ass batteries underneath.
If you supported the platform at the 4 corners and rigged it from shifting it would be safe. You cant tell what the platform is made of so there is that question.
Geeter dun!
R
Sorry, still no sale, this is basic lever and moment physics. I don’t care how buoyant that platform is, this contraption would rotate.
Some people just like sticking their head in the lion’s mouth, I suppose.
Thinking about it, I’m guessing something like scaffolding might be the answer. Which could be done with the pool filled or empty.
Of course it’s safe; it’s got 3/8ths inch plywood underneath the lift.
I used to install industrial sound systems. One job we had to do a warehouse. What we did was lean a big assed extension ladder on the rafter and climb up 30+ feet.
Pucker factor five, Mr. Sulu.
Now that I’m older, I look back and marvel that my stupidity didn’t get me killed.
Is that a fire suppression system in the ceiling of a concrete and steel structure housing a swimming pool?
Yeah, a halon system to keep children safe from the burning pool belching off phosgene gas.