I busted a 1" main lift line on a 40,000 pound excavator one time. If a person had been underneath the raised attachment he wouldn't have had time to move two feet before he'd been smashed flat.
No way, no how, nope aint gonna happen. I've owned a bit of equipment with hydraulics. I've seen hydraulic lines split wide open and once had a llne blow right off the coupling.
Maybe there's no room to sit over on that side of the street. But that's not a reason for taking a risk as big as those fools are. Are they too stupid to see what might happen, or just place so little value on their lives?
Either way, our species will be improved when the excavator comes down.
Dad's cousin told of walking under a raised loader and his son telling him that was dangerous. He said he laughed until he did it one day and just as he cleared the loader a hose broke and it dropped hard to the ground. He said after that, he always walked way around.
Ahh, the arrogant old man complex. Growing up with a father that had ADHD or something, he just did not see danger in the woods or wherever. He has lots of scars from doing dumb things. I don't know how many times I'd tell him x or y is dangerous or is going to blow up in his face. He'd say that'll never happen in a million years while acting like what I'd said is the dumbest thing he's ever heard. 5 minutes later it would blow up in his face. No matter how many times it happened, he'd have the balls to look surprised.
I worked with a yarder engineer who went on to become a foreman. Every evening at camp he'd fill gas jugs out of a 55 gallon barrel with a barrel pump while a lit cigarette dangled out of his mouth. When I asked him if that was a smart thing to do his reply was "I do it all the time".
I found out later this guy had a pretty rough time in Vietnam. He probably figured he was lucky just to be there, able to take a chance on blowing himself up. Within 10 years he was dead as a result of Agent Orange poisoning. So in the long run, smoking over a barrel of gasoline was just another step in his journey towards death. R.I.P., Jamie.
They're under it. Check out how they're in the shade and then check the shadow on the blade, as well as the shadow of the guy standing next to them. The sun is directly overhead.
These are a few of the morons that are building and maintaining our infrastructure nowadays. Most likely minimum wage(or less) foreigners that have yet begun to master English. The countdown to third world status continues apace. Enjoy the ride.
Well, does the backhoe have hose break valves or velocity fuses installed? Rhetorical question, no, it doesnt because folks should have more sense. Like the earlier commentor inferred, natural selection in real time.
I busted a 1" main lift line on a 40,000 pound excavator one time. If a person had been underneath the raised attachment he wouldn't have had time to move two feet before he'd been smashed flat.
ReplyDeleteNo way, no how, nope aint gonna happen. I've owned a bit of equipment with hydraulics. I've seen hydraulic lines split wide open and once had a llne blow right off the coupling.
ReplyDeleteSame here, but in an industrial setting.
DeleteSame here. I've seen enough hyd hoses fail to trust that set up.
DeleteLook at all those shade trees in the background....nope. too far to walk....
ReplyDeleteMaybe there's no room to sit over on that side of the street. But that's not a reason for taking a risk as big as those fools are. Are they too stupid to see what might happen, or just place so little value on their lives?
DeleteEither way, our species will be improved when the excavator comes down.
Looks like Ft. Irwin
ReplyDeleteFort Irwin is probably not the most miserable place on earth, but it’s certainly one of the most miserable places I’ve ever been.
Deletedarwin is waiting....
ReplyDeleteDad's cousin told of walking under a raised loader and his son telling him that was dangerous. He said he laughed until he did it one day and just as he cleared the loader a hose broke and it dropped hard to the ground. He said after that, he always walked way around.
ReplyDeleteAhh, the arrogant old man complex. Growing up with a father that had ADHD or something, he just did not see danger in the woods or wherever. He has lots of scars from doing dumb things. I don't know how many times I'd tell him x or y is dangerous or is going to blow up in his face. He'd say that'll never happen in a million years while acting like what I'd said is the dumbest thing he's ever heard. 5 minutes later it would blow up in his face. No matter how many times it happened, he'd have the balls to look surprised.
DeleteI worked with a yarder engineer who went on to become a foreman. Every evening at camp he'd fill gas jugs out of a 55 gallon barrel with a barrel pump while a lit cigarette dangled out of his mouth. When I asked him if that was a smart thing to do his reply was "I do it all the time".
DeleteI found out later this guy had a pretty rough time in Vietnam. He probably figured he was lucky just to be there, able to take a chance on blowing himself up.
Within 10 years he was dead as a result of Agent Orange poisoning. So in the long run, smoking over a barrel of gasoline was just another step in his journey towards death. R.I.P., Jamie.
Optical illusion. They are beside the machine.
ReplyDeleteThey're under it. Check out how they're in the shade and then check the shadow on the blade, as well as the shadow of the guy standing next to them. The sun is directly overhead.
DeleteI think I can see the Grimm Reaper standing in the shade across the street tapping his foot. Waiting patiently.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely approved by OSHA.
ReplyDeleteThese are a few of the morons that are building and maintaining our infrastructure nowadays. Most likely minimum wage(or less) foreigners that have yet begun to master English. The countdown to third world status continues apace. Enjoy the ride.
ReplyDeletePer other comments, including Kenny's first: three magic words, from a safety video I saw once: "Catastrophic Hydraulic Failure".
ReplyDeleteWell, does the backhoe have hose break valves or velocity fuses installed? Rhetorical question, no, it doesnt because folks should have more sense. Like the earlier commentor inferred, natural selection in real time.
ReplyDeleteunder suspended load, no. Only a complete idiot does that for any reason
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