Up in the air: How a crane operator with a fear of heights gets his job done
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Steve Lancaster, who starts each workday with a 280-foot journey straight up in the air and stays there until quitting time, is afraid of heights.
Scared of heights ** how do you do this?! Easy, buddy makes like 60-80 per hour
yep they make 82 an hour like 200k a year
They make more than that. I make $76 hr to run dirt equipment
In california they make more than that
@EX DEE it sounds like he does cilvil construction those giant dump trucks loaders and excavators that do huge construction jobs
Lol he doesn't make that much
The answer’s simple. He screams “80 AN HOUR, 80 AN HOUR!!!” as he climbs his way to the top.
😂😂💸💸💸
@@rockolutheran well, this isn't in Britain? Duh?
@@rockolutheran Bri’ain
He doesn’t make that much idiot
@@rockolutheran here in canada most crane operator makes around 50-60 $ an hour.
I'm glad you told us "you sped the footage up" 😂😂
Yeah like I would have never knew if they hadn't told us
Deadass thought I was watching the flash
Dang really? No way.. that can’t be sped up..
I was wondering how thos guys were so quick.
I think they're lying. that's the normal rate i go up a ladder
What keeps him doing it?
A compensation, retirement, annuity, and insurance package worth over $100/hr. ;)
And where would this be? Sign me up
@@Axvo420 operators union
God dammm thanks for info
and if you’re doing it just for the money, stressing yourself and not living for your true purpose you didn’t succeed at life. happiness is t he true measure of success. not money.
@@znovosad555 yea yea yea everyone’s heard that a million times... $100 an hour sure would keep my family fed and lights on
Crane operators can definitely afford the steak to go with the A1
Damn you... I just saw that and you beat me to the sauce
@@stellarroddities755 Cursing upon your enemies is a sin.
@Hayden Bellis Please keep your beliefs to yourself. Never said this guy was an enemy and don't use the "lords name in vein.. Jesus H. Christ man
@@stellarroddities755 it’s never too late for confession
@@KaiTheBoy It was just a lighthearted comment, god dammit
Parents: “if you don’t go to college, you won’t make anything above minimum wage”
This guy: “interesting”
If earning just above minimum wage doing physical labor is your goal in life, Construction is for you!
This guy, interesting, im up above your salary all shift
well, yes, but it's not intellectually stimulating after a while. But I respect this man more than the babies begging President Biden for the free $50,000 dollars that they foolishly accrued while going to college.
@@pavelow235 those kids were fed false promises and were kinda manipulated. Basically big compnies manipulating people for profit similar too 2008
@@mamoochie7392 so 70-90 an hour is minimum wage 🤔 interesting
He must have really had to “climb the ladder” to get that job.
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haha
oh! didn’t expect to see you here!
@@dirtylaundry00. 🚘
This guy is playing the most intense claw machine game I’ve ever seen
You lose more than a buck if you drop it though.
Imagine going all the way up and leaving something at the bottom.
Hahhahaha
Bit odd innit
or having to shit.
@@djviewpoint Cursing upon your enemies is a sin. I am not sure if that counts or not tho...
just use the crane to pick it up
I'm a crane operator too and i gotta say that fear is important in this job. When u r fearless u start to do dumb and dangerous things. So u need to be scared just a bit to keep u sane
That's true pal.and keep everyone on site safe. Fear tightens the senses. Crane op aswell.
i’ve never seen anyone building a crane, or taking one down
Yeah they just appear out of nowhere
The lizards drop them down from the sky from airplanes in little bits
That's why you see big airplanes dropping "fuel"
The fuel is actually just a crane being dropped
I've seen them transported but again never assembled 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@cherrypepsi2815 Damn... U high?
@@BadazzRule dang it's almost like I was making a joke
What do you do when nature calls? "I open the bomb bay doors and yell 'incoming!' ".
😆😆😆😆
Lol.
Climbs back down.
I get pay $92.76 an hour in Louisiana! Being doing this since i was 28 years old. Now i am 43! Benefits are great... and I'm retiring in 3 years.
My crane cab is my home away from home, all the mod cons! Sirius sat radio, cup holder, coffee maker, all help to keep me rested and alert at the same time. Not a tower crane though, so I just jump out to take a leak.
Coming down would honestly be the hardest part of my day. Ima need an elevator or sum
Funny thing is they do have cranes with elevators
I'd rather jump with a parachute
@@beenhaddat the cranes with elevators only go up to the lower tower og the cabin, plus they don’t have elevators in smaller cranes.
@@lyqn2134 yes I have only heard of them over in Europe or on large shipping yards. And yes most the time you climbing everyday. Worked for a crane company for a few years setting them suckers up
@@beenhaddat cool, I just started assembling cranes as a 16 year old, it’s fun!
There are not many tower crane operators out there. This guy is the real deal. My father was a union operating engineer for 47 years in the Chicago area... keep up the awesome work brother...
You guys must be well off then
@@koalakyle19 i lost my father in 2008 of cancer...now I am living the local 150 operators union legacy....🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@stevetrbofox. Sorry to hear about your father. May I ask how much do operators make during apprenticeship and at the end of the program? Also, what are the requirements to get in? I am also in the chicago area. Thanks
He scared but he climbed the ladder with a bottle of steak sauce
And then down with a bottle of piss
I’m watching this from up a crane in London. I only make £19 an hour. I need to go to USA
Vote for better laws in your country, and no I don't mean higher wages for everyone.
Nothing better than living in the US OF A baby
@@finnesinhearts831 Most things are better lol
@@jw5931 If you live in the USA with that mindset. Move. Do us all a favor
“About five and a half.... HOURS THAT IS”
This dude will be very happy when drone delivery becomes a thing.
Being a crane operator is one of the easiest jobs period. Everyone on that job site wants that chair. The pay is amazing! Sit in chair with ac n heater all day. Getting paid top dollar keeping safety in mind
@Cha Man LOL I mean, that high up, no one would see you, and the piss would get dispersed to almost nothing. Good idea
@@jamesbizs im a tree climber and ive pissed from the tops of trees before. Never been caught. Even by the groundies! Lmfaooo
@Cha Man Cursing upon your enemies is a sin.
@@jamesbizs Cursing upon your enemies is a sin, but I'm not sure if that counts though.....
@@mturner221 Cursing upon your enemies is a sin.
“On a windy day, it’s a little tedious.”
Somehow, I don’t think that’s the word he was after.
0:54 he’s just got A1 Steak Sauce chillin next to the radio lolllll
0:51 and a bottle of A1 steak sauce. Hello years old recommended video.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that caught that
they get paid good but there life and others on the line everyday
I was expecting him to be screaming the whole time.
The tools of his trade are pretty simple... heaters, fans , binoculars, and A1 Steak Saucr
Finally a report on this job i was always curious about it
Being afraid of heights you could not pay me enough to climb that crane everyday. That job takes real talent and kudos to this guy doing it
To be fair, no, I assemble cranes and i’m 17 and to be fair, hanging from the cranes isn’t that bad.
Id hate climbing the ladder when its pouring down rain, snow or extremely windy. Not to mention lightning strikes would suck.
"The tools of his trade are pretty simple, binoculars, a radio, A1 steaksauce" 0:51
I’m afraid of heights. Lol. Me to kinda. But like he said you get used to it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣💯
I can’t even watch this without squirming 😱😱
0:53 why does he have a bottle of A1 steak sauce up there? xD Lmao!
Make what you want . But there’s nothing better then going to a job you actually love and enjoy . Not one that you fear .
NYC about $275 an hour when you add up his benefits.
The you take away taxes and he makes like 20 bucks an hour lmao not really
@@FroskiTheBroski lmaooo
@@FroskiTheBroski lmfaoo
@@FroskiTheBroski what a joke am I right😂😂
What taxes are you doing lmao not true
LMAO the cameraman did not want to be there, his camera was shaking too. You’re fine as long as you hold the camera, cameraman invincible
What if this guy has taco tuesdays with hot sauce? He may end up crapping his pants before he gets down to drop that deuce.
Theres a porta potty up there
@@Yamaha350w if there’s actually a Porta potty... how would it be serviced that high up???
He’s got a 5 gallon bucket up there.
@@tiko4621 there is one up there,idk exactly how im pretty sure they just use the crane to lower it back down , at the job site im on theres one up there i talk to the guy who operates it i was surprised too jaja
@@Yamaha350w they don’t have a port a potty up there.
More power to him!!
Thanks!
I’m so afraid of heights I’d literally throw up watching this made me nauseous
I was thinking the same for me but the other end
00:53 ahh the essentials
Window cleaner, walkie talkie, binoculars, and a bottle of A1 steak sauce
Talk about having strong legs and arms.
It's mostly in the legs- arms are just to keep you upright in the climb. The truth is however that climbing vertical ladders is less annoying than staircases. With each rung of a ladder you gain so much height, my old crane was 40m/ about 7 storey above ground when we started the project. took about a minute and a half leisurely climb to get into the cab
He has the luckiest job ever because fear of heights isn’t a requirement
Man this guy is a bad ass to me!! Respect!
I couldn't do that holay. it's funny u see big building being built with these cranes looking Iike there moving up onto where the buildings going up....I know nothing about this stuff, but how do they get down? with that crane if it's moving up with the building... always wondered that...
I work in the gas and oil industry. Refineries and HATED HEIGHTS. But when you have a family and bills you learn to adjust.
This is the kind of news I like
Great job!
0:53 guy is making so much money he has A1 steak sauce to go with his ribeye lunch.
You can’t be afraid of heights and have a job like that. He is just uncomfortable with heights. I am deathly afraid of heights. I freeze up, start shaking, sweating, anxiety and panic attacks, and feel like I’m going to pass out. That’s afraid of heights.
Same here. I remember taking my daughter on a Ferris wheel ride years ago. The damn thing stopped at the top. The view was great but I couldn’t stop shaking. Kept reminding myself to NOT look down. 😀
@@johngullo9420 I went on the one in Chicago at the pier and I about passed out. Holding onto my moms leg and cussing with my eyes closed. Stopped at the top and the basket starts shaking due to the wind and she’s laughing at me telling me to open my eyes and look at the view. Uh no thanks.
My hands are sweating watching this 😅😭😂
Bruh imagine working all these years working your ass off only to have an ex wife take half yo shit and the house. Damn
And the dog.
Who hurt you?
@@DRFFilmsProductions you
I always wondered what it is like up there. We have a large project next to me. I still remember how shocked people were when I said they actually have to climb up there, there is no elevator. Watching how the erect the crane is also amazing.
Why does it frequently shower only near to a crane?
My palms started sweating looking at this
How our parents described going to school.
Taught him everything he knows
0:54 this man has A1 sauce next to him while operating a crane lol
The kick ass paycheck gets him over the heights. These guys get paid and spend a fair amount of time waiting.
What if he gets one of those EMERGENCY shits
Adult diapers, baby girl!
He just shits from up there
@@uglydumbcat right out the window :)
@Hank Goldberg you can be the best operator at the company but if you shit your pants once, you will forever be known as the guy who shit his pants
0:54 You forgot to mention A1 Steak Sauce is one of his tools. xD
What type of training do you need for this job?
Climbing up only to remember you left your phone at the bottom
Dude has a thing of A1 Steak Sauce up in his cab, love to see it.
I seen 1 crane that had a porta John on it
Better than nothing!
@@johnw2026 id rather not be in a closed box that high up, I’d request the door be taken off, nobody gonna see anyways lol
The A1 sauce.. This is what drives him!!!
Reporter: How do you do this?
Crane Operator: Well money therapy seems to help me...
Scared of Heights A1 cures it
0:54 lmao he got A1 sauce
Heck noooooooooo way ..I was just watching this and I was freaking sweating 😓
I'd luv that view
Here in NYC working w concrete the pay package is close to $140 an hr.
OT is all double and you get 1.5 hrs a day OT for climb time and eating lunch up in the seat.
Mad respect for this dude!
my dad used to be a crane operator in miami in the 70s/80s/90s back when they were still building some of the skyscrapers and overpasses there. basically everything the guy in video said is the same as what my dad told me about the job. i kinda wanna try it even though i’m scared of heights too. lol
Was that a bottle of Jaeger next to the radio?
What do they do when they need to pee?
hands sweaty watching this
The real answer should be
“We’ll if anything bad happens I’ll probably die anyway so either it does or it doesn’t and if it doesn’t I’m getting paid the big bucks”
Nice job
These guys make crazy money and their retirement package is even better so dealing with the fear is well compensated.
He doesnt have a fear of heights, he has a normal human reaction to the situation. Someone with a legitimate fear of heights would not be able to physically force themselves to do this. Its not about "working through the fear" or "getting used to it".
Very great I likyit.
Dont forget the bottle of A1 steak sauce just chillin
i think the best part would be pooping off of the side!
LOOKOUT!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Stupid!! Hilarious 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Sooo how do they get cranes at the place they need them and when and how do they get rid of them?
The rails are stacked proportion to the building. As the building rises so does the stacking. Once the building is done, the opposite is done.
I’m so afraid of height I passed out watching this video.
What about if you have to do #2?
0:50 a1 steak sauce in the arsenal as well.
Respect to you sir
Fun looking job
A lot of pilots including myself are terrified of heights
perfect job for me I’m not scared of heights and I never use bathroom at work or only pee once or twice when I drink too much water
He got over his fear by screaming bloody murder from 9 - 5 until hes down from the crane
I wish they can come and view us in austin TX we are doing scaffolding 300ft in the air in downtown austin it's better to do the news on ppl working but still struggling better than all these rich celebrities with there drama
Legend has it, due to covid, he is still up there to this day.
Is there a name for that feeling you get in the back of your neck/throat when seeing how high you or someone is above the ground?
A radio, and A1 steaksauce!
How’d he get this job
You the man nothing but a job
dudes got a bottle of a1 sauce up there w him hahah
I would like this, I enjoy the heights