"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Maxwell" wrote)
They failed to catapult a man from a manlift on one of their shows also,
and claimed to have disproven it. But I had a close friend who died that
way.


Um ....?????



Something like this: http://www.manliftengineering.com/, for example only.
This company was not involved, and it was a different brand.

The boom type, as opposed to the scissor type.

The myth was someone was trying to remove an engine from a car with one.
During the lift, the rope or cable broke from the engine, and threw the
operator over his house.

They couldn't duplicate it on their show, and considered it busted. But a
good friend of mine was trying to move one in a church that was under
construction. He accidentally drove it into an orchestra pit and was thrown
across the sanctuary.