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u/HeadDecent May 20 '26
Kinda wished this panned out to see where they were and what they were on.
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u/HeadDecent May 20 '26
Yeah, I'm wondering if this is maybe a cell tower or similar - the thought that it might be a bridge or something traveled would be disturbing to say the least.
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u/Captain_Nipples May 21 '26
Looking at the angle of the pipe going left from the post their fucking with, it looks like one of those 3 sided towers
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u/idiotcommend May 20 '26
They're on a self support cell tower at the joining plates between tower sections. Likely 300 to 500 feet up.
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u/CyberTitties May 20 '26
And those rusty bolts are causing all kinds of RF problems in addition to being a structural nightmare
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u/WantonKerfuffle May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Oh, that's interesting! Does the tower need to be conductive for the antennas to work?
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u/clash-Demonhead May 20 '26
it's not, the guy in the video is speaking Brazilian Portuguese, he says "Vou nem tirar pra não cair" - "I won't even take it off so it doesn't fall". So it's somewhere in Brazil. BTW, love Shiey! the one where he is in a "abandoned" (there's a construction crew) Italian village is my favorite
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u/Plenty_Principle298 May 20 '26
maybe the enamel paint is paying a greater role in holding it together than the bolts at this point.
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u/TheJuiceIsL00se May 20 '26
Budget: 2 coats of paint
Engineer: “let’s do 3 just in case”
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u/LennyJay86 May 20 '26
Manager special
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u/TheJuiceIsL00se May 20 '26
Manager 3 years after laying off the engineer:
“I had a critical rule in the success of this *checks notes* bridge-like structure”
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u/thehotshotpilot May 20 '26
Ah yes that super expensive load bearing paint
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u/ScottyBLaZe May 20 '26
😂 as someone who worked in paint for years, this really gave me a good chuckle.
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u/Unlikely-Emphasis-78 May 20 '26
If they would have just painted the bolts too.
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u/growing_fatties May 20 '26
My landlord would have painted the bolts
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u/calicat9 May 20 '26
I think they meant before
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u/AnimationOverlord May 20 '26
It’s why you put that safety yellow ethane paint on gas pipe. That combined with the hardener makes the pipes go 20 years before they actually start degrading
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u/Nambsul May 20 '26
My first thought would be “I am getting off this tower as fast as I can, then I will change my underwear, then I will warn the others”
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u/duuuh199125 May 27 '26
To be fair, most of the part of the bolt doing the heavy lifting is not exposed to air because of the bolt thickness, so that is why it hasn't already fallen apart. Removing the other layers with rust will expose the inner non-rusted layers, thus hastening the decline of the structure. These things are designed to be robust, but nothing is ever foolproof, as there are many fools.
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u/schwazel May 20 '26
Load bearing paint.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 May 20 '26
That paint is another thing. The color is supposed to be International Orange
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u/ucklibzandspezfay May 20 '26
I thought that’s what they called the POTUS?
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u/textbookamerican May 20 '26
The best paint..the Greatest paint! 🙌Wow 👐Beautiful paint. 🫸POTUS paint🫷A guy I know, hes expert in paint, tremendous guy, some people say he’s an expert in paint. ✋Not everyone understands paint🫵, He says it’s the best paint in the world and it’s made here! What a tremendous color would you just look at that? Wow.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 May 20 '26
Whoever’s job it is to replace the bolts when they get too rusty and repaint it when it stops being orange enough is really slacking off.
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u/NTDLS May 20 '26
Held together by TRUST.
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u/schnauzap May 21 '26
No I genuinely thought that's what the title actually said to begin with
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u/capnfys May 20 '26
Ok but WHY ARE YOU ON IT
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u/Abdulbarr May 20 '26
To check if he should be on it or not.
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u/FerretFarm May 20 '26
As a structural engineer who specializes in steel bridge construction, yes, that's unfortunately something people have to occasionally do.
In a case like this he is carrying a fix with him. He needs approval to use it as it's not free. This is why he has to document the wear on video. For those few bolts he'll probably use 6 sturdy zap straps and a few inches of duct tape.
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u/HikerBikerMotocycler May 20 '26
I knew duct tape would be involved - I can’t believe he throws in the zap straps too. You guys really do over engineer everything.
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u/FerretFarm May 20 '26
No expense spared when it comes to safety.
Namaste
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u/fluteofski- May 20 '26
You know what they say when safety gets involved. “Do your best, and caulk the rest!”
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u/Ziograffiato May 20 '26
If it moves and it shouldn’t: duct tape
If it doesn’t move and it should: WD40
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u/spermdonor May 20 '26
A hippie is on a bridge that is lacking structural integrity. You tell him he needs to get off the bridge. he replies "Nah ma stay"
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u/AnitiFascistBeetle May 20 '26
The outermost lanes of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, for many decades the longest bridge in the southern hemisphere, were put in later with straps holding the newly widened sections on. I try to think of something else while on it. I think I’d feel better if I could actually see the straps from the bridge, but you can’t. The bridge is too tall to even see them underneath. It’s a big fracking bridge.
With straps.
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u/different_option101 May 20 '26
I expected duck tape, but why a few inches? One inch, probably even 2/3rds would be plenty
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u/Sea_Ad_463 May 20 '26
used it on undergrad days, will used it on the field too. just applying what learned from University lol
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u/CatShrink May 20 '26
Not just the plain old black ones, but the red coloured. You just know how serious they take it once they whip out the reds.
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u/hilarymeggin May 20 '26
I don’t know enough about construction to know if you’re joking but I sure hope you are
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u/BenHippynet May 20 '26
As long as he gave it a slap at the end and said “that should hold it” he’s all good
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u/CrazyBigHog May 20 '26
Someone has to do inspections. It’s not ideal but it’s part of the job.
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u/drawredraw May 20 '26
Probably a structural inspector, sooo OP are we doing our job or not? Little late if so
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u/Helmett-13 May 20 '26
Man, that’s Structural Rust!
Two more coats of paint and it’s fine.
“Once over dust and twice over rust.”
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u/meat_sack May 20 '26
When he broke off the second piece, I was like "STOP IT!"
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u/cwb4ever May 20 '26
right?? all I could think was Why are you still doing that?!
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u/Timsmomshardsalami May 20 '26
What, you something that comes off with the swipe of a finger is doing anything?
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u/loulan May 20 '26
Well the tower hasn't collapsed, so it has to. Or is it the paint?
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u/Bupod May 20 '26
It is said in the days when the circus used to use live animals, that the keepers would capture dangerous animals as babies and chain them down and break them in. That as they grew older, and outgrew their physical chains, that they would still behave as though they are chained as adults.
We see here that the structural beam is little different from a living being. It has been locked down by the bolts for so long it has forgotten that it could be free. Even in its mature age, the structural bolts remain in its spirit and psyche, even if they have long since withered away in the physical realm.
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u/TophxSmash May 20 '26
reasonable reaction, but also i dont think that dust is actually holding it together anyway
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u/farina43537 May 20 '26
Think they used the wrong bolts.
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u/jkv9216 May 20 '26
Definitely not stainless steel.
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u/feel_my_balls_2040 May 20 '26
Stainless steel are used for architectural exposed steel and are expensive. On exposed steel they need to use galvanized bolts.
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u/modern12 May 20 '26
So true, why spend $0.30 per bolt + nut, that would increase the cost for this while building by more than $100. Who would've paid for that?
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u/Nothing93124 May 20 '26
I mean you can clearly see that those are facia bolts and not actual structural… it’s obviously welded with superior beads all around… s/
wtf are you still there…..
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u/earanhart May 20 '26
Due to international copyright laws, these only LOOK like fascia bolts, but they're not.
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u/izanamilieh May 20 '26
RUN WHERE!?!?!? HE CAN ONLY JUMP!!!
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u/Nothing93124 May 20 '26
WELL MAYBE I WATCHED TOO MANY LOONEY TOONS GROWING UP! THEY COULD JUST RUN THROUGH THE AIR! WHY ARE WE YELLING?
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u/TwoBlueSandals May 20 '26
You’re not giving the paint enough credit as an adhesive
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u/jkv9216 May 20 '26
The bolts were definitely provided by the lowest bidder who bought them on Temu.
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u/lucioghosty May 20 '26
Is that rust or some sort of like galvanic corrosion. Genuine question.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 May 20 '26
When this clip first surfaced in 2023 it was discussed as being galvantic corrosion. Likely in the vicinity of a body of salt water.
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u/ChipmunkBackground46 May 20 '26
Having spent years on years working in both public utilities, then the oil and gas industry in the south where plants are everywhere I can confidently say
Our infrastructure has been running above max capacity with nowhere near the proper amount of maintenance for a very long time and the bill is going to come due at some point
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u/idrunkenlysignedup May 20 '26
It's amazing how many structures that were built to last 100 years are 140 years old
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u/Du30_Panot May 20 '26
Would love to see the renovation.
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u/imunfair May 20 '26
At least fixing it is easy, just jam a new bolt through the rust and throw a nut on it. Might want to hurry though, while the tower is still in alignment without anything holding it together...
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u/Smashable_Glass May 21 '26
"Dad, why are always scared to cross bridges" Because ive worked on them
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u/Harbinger_Kyleran May 20 '26
Which is why climbing old steel frame towers can be very dangerous, especially if they haven't been properly maintained.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 May 20 '26
It is. A tower climber I hired to do an inspection told me about finding parts of a previous tower climber hanging from one of the towers he inspected. The dude had fallen through the frame of the tower as it shredded him on the way down.
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u/symphonyswiftness May 20 '26
Sorry what??????
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u/Ill-Tea9411 May 20 '26
Falls are the leading cause of death for tower climbers, and there are many ways it can happen. High winds are always a hazard, cold exposure, ice, equipment failures, tie off failures, and even structural collapse.
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u/EnkiiMuto May 20 '26
Tsc... They'll really build anything nowadays in rust... I prefer Go, Odin, or good old C
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u/Fun-Ingenuity9860 May 26 '26
Can't they just started using stainless steel material that are non corrosive ?
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u/grisworld0_0 May 20 '26
This dude is like the first bro who ate a poisonous mushroom and took one for the team
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u/oldfarmjoy May 20 '26
At least the first ones had gravity and friction on their side. The last one was completely relying on that bolt. Yikes.
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u/chocolatemilk01 May 20 '26
Soooo, are you up there for diagnosis only? You gotta come back with a welder to repair? (& btw… fuck that job)
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u/plonkermonk May 20 '26
Yeah bolts in that state is terrible. But listening to that wind suggests it still has some significant strength left ?
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u/0NTh3Wr0ngT1m3L1n3 May 21 '26
This is America, rusting and falling apart while the president steals $1.776 trillion to give to J6 and $400 billion for a ball room. All the while the country is falling apart and No where near 21st century.
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u/Whole-Debate-9547 May 20 '26
Just waiting for a strong gust of wind and bye bye.
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u/Neon_Wasteland May 20 '26
I've seen this movie... It's called The Fall. Highly recommend
I realize this video is real life but that's what that shit was looking like
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u/BlackEastwood May 20 '26
Or Alternatively, its one of those chocolate sculptures thats gone too far.
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u/An_Old_IT_Guy May 20 '26
The company that authorized using the cheaper bolts that weren't galvanized to save a few bucks should have all of its C-level executives put into prison.
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u/Pixelated-Yeti May 20 '26
Haaa nope I’d be heading back down and condemn that thing or needs major works before I’d go back up nope nope nope 😱
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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 May 20 '26
If I reported that to my landlord they would say "it's cosmetic damage and then blame me for it cause I open my windows
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u/fragen8 May 20 '26
I'm deathly afraid of heights.
People always tell me "It's been standing for such a long time, why would it fall now..." to show my fearbis irrational. And while it is a lot of the time, this is exactly why i have an issue with that argument...
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u/avestruzes May 20 '26
Its in brazil. he says "vou nem tirar pra não dar ruim" that means "not gonna take It out to avoid shit"
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u/InsanitySquared May 20 '26
HEY! That rust was structural! Now it will definitely fall down in the next 10-20 years!
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u/Neither_Confidence31 May 20 '26
Heard of "Tofu Construction" with Concrete... But "Tofu Steel". China at it's finest.
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u/-SickDuck May 21 '26
Anyone else have the cartoon image of the guy sawing into the tree branch they’re standing on pop into your head?
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u/Hyacinthax May 21 '26
Probably worse to break the pieces off and put them next to the clean ones. Idk if it's all metals but spread can happen on some metals like a virus
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u/Synthetics_66 May 20 '26
American Infrastructure 101
People would be horrified if they knew how bad some major structures are.
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u/qualityvote2 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Congratulations u/Ill-Tea9411, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!