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Well said! I hope this is not a reflection of their standard operating practices...De Dragon wrote:Height of fackery being displayed there. Firstly a front end loader is NOT the equipment to use there. Also, let's say some moron tell you"it go wuk," the minute that loader's wheels left the ground, that attempt should have been abandoned, and the rigging adjusted. Imagine if half way to being righted that truck had fallen back to the ground. Yes they were ultimately "successful" but that was ridiculous.
eKeith wrote:Well said! I hope this is not a reflection of their standard operating practices...De Dragon wrote:Height of fackery being displayed there. Firstly a front end loader is NOT the equipment to use there. Also, let's say some moron tell you"it go wuk," the minute that loader's wheels left the ground, that attempt should have been abandoned, and the rigging adjusted. Imagine if half way to being righted that truck had fallen back to the ground. Yes they were ultimately "successful" but that was ridiculous.
Slartibartfast wrote:eKeith wrote:Well said! I hope this is not a reflection of their standard operating practices...De Dragon wrote:Height of fackery being displayed there. Firstly a front end loader is NOT the equipment to use there. Also, let's say some moron tell you"it go wuk," the minute that loader's wheels left the ground, that attempt should have been abandoned, and the rigging adjusted. Imagine if half way to being righted that truck had fallen back to the ground. Yes they were ultimately "successful" but that was ridiculous.
Been working in the construction industry for my entire work like... this is standard operating procedure for all contractors (oil&gas would be different though). I'm surprised that we have so few construction deaths to be honest.
16 cycles wrote:Shouldn't under estimate a front end loader in hands of a skillful operator...all being safe...
De Dragon wrote:16 cycles wrote:Shouldn't under estimate a front end loader in hands of a skillful operator...all being safe...
The only thing a front end loader should be used for is to load stuff, skilful operator or not.