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Oops those counterweights are heavy

Here is another mishap this time from our good friend down under Gary Steen.

Someone didn't really think of the consequences of slewing a Caterpillar 345D LME excavator over the side when it's not got it's boom fitted!
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It is hardly surprising that this happened when you consider that the counterweight on a 345D LME weighs somewhere in the region of 19,180 lb and the overall operating weight of a fully assembled machine would be around 100,040 lb

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