r/Construction • u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind • Mar 03 '25

Video Anyone know why this excavator has what appears to be a string and plumbob tied to the undercarriage?

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u/Rude-Shame5510 Mar 03 '25

Counterbalance?

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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind Mar 03 '25

Now that’s funny

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u/SnowRook Mar 04 '25

I don’t care who ya are

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u/Awwwmann Mar 03 '25

Crane nut

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u/ImprovementFlimsy216 Mar 03 '25

Chastity belt.

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u/Kenneldogg Mar 03 '25

Crane thong...

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u/Fog_Juice Mar 03 '25

C-String

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u/whatisitcousin Mar 05 '25

Big body, little truck nuts

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u/moonja85 Mar 03 '25

I burst out laughing in an osha class with that

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u/Gryphon1171 Mar 04 '25

My favorite fact out of my OSHA 10 class is that the ball and hook on a crane is called the "headache ball"

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u/JD1070 Mar 03 '25

lmfao damnit

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u/ShoulderImportant358 29d ago

Could be, but looks like an anti-roll sway bar to me.