One of the world's largest cranes pulls off impressive feat by lifting 3 million pounds in an incredible and eye-catching way

One of the world’s largest cranes lifted more than 3 million pounds of other cranes in one of the most ridiculous-looking crane stunts ever.

The Liebherr LR 13000 picked up an LR 11350, which was carrying an LR 1350, which was carrying an LTR 1100.

The entire stack was then lifted into the air, rotated, and moved while hanging from the crane.

And somehow, it all stayed perfectly under control.

One of the world’s largest cranes lifted an entire stack of cranes

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when crane manufacturers decide to show off their futuristic capabilities, this is probably a pretty good example.

The Liebherr LR 13000 is already a seriously enormous machine, and it’s one of the world’s most powerful crawler cranes, easily lifting up to 3,000 metric tons.

But instead of simply lifting something huge, Liebherr decided to make things considerably more entertaining.

The LR 13000 picked up a Liebherr LR 11350, another enormous crawler crane, and that crane was carrying an LR 1350, and that crane was carrying an LTR 1100.

Liebherr basically created a giant tower of cranes and the whole stack weighed around 1,430 metric tons, or more than 3.1 million pounds.

For some perspective, that’s more than the weight of three fully loaded Boeing 747s and the crazy part is that this wasn’t just a quick lift.

Once all those cranes were hanging in the air, the LR 13000 actually moved them around.

The whole thing was lifted nearly 20 meters above the ground, rotated, and even moved around while carrying the enormous stack.

Thankfully, it didn’t end with a whole pile of broken cranes on the floor.

The 3 million-pound stunt was basically a giant see-saw

The secret to making this ridiculous-looking stunt work was balance.

The LR 13000 wasn’t simply trying to hold more than 3 million pounds in front of itself, it had almost the same amount of weight behind it.

The brand loaded the back of the crane with enormous amounts of weight, creating a giant balancing act between the load hanging from the front and the weight sitting on it.

Imagine a gigantic seesaw, and on one side, you’ve got three million pounds of cranes dangling in the air, but on the other, you’ve got almost three million pounds of ballast keeping everything balanced.

Get the balance right and the crane can handle an astonishing amount of weight without immediately tipping forward.

Reportedly, the LR 13000 was operating at around 94 percent of its lifting capacity during the stunt.

Speaking to Supercar Blondie, ABUS Crane Systems Head of Compliance David Edwards said the stunt was impressive but didn’t foresee it happening again anytime soon.

“Crawler cranes are used on construction sites to place other equipment such as access platforms on otherwise inaccessible higher or lower floors or structures than their own working position, so in theory, you could replicate this demonstration in real life, but I’m not sure why you’d need to!”

From the outside, the whole thing looks surprisingly graceful, but it’s basically the world’s most expensive game of crane Jenga, including one of the world’s largest cranes, except it didn’t end in disaster like most Jenga games.