How do you unload.
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jsborn
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schmism said:
It would take 2 hours to set up all of the safety devices to start to unload. You would need high-rise signs ,traffic cones, barrier tape around the area 4 men 1 on each corner with flagging certification to watch out for pedestriansand other traffic. Then and only then you could call in the crew to start the unloading after the safety engineer gave you the approval in writing in triplicate.
I worked for a large company for 35 years and saw it
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Well I don't have any pictures but 15 years ago I bought a Northwest crane on treads 18 T with a 50'boom rigged with a drag line. Still have it. Bought it to dragline a pond. no pond yet. another story. I hired a guy to help me move it. We got it on a low boy and he sat in it with the engine running and tillered the boom around the corners. He said thats how they did it all the time. I agreed to pay any tickets. 6am on a Sat morning.
If it was me I would have been taking out utility poles. no tickets
If it was me I would have been taking out utility poles. no tickets
daTeacha
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I agree that it looks like they do that all the time. The way he took a lot of the load on the bucket both at the start and the end shows the operator knows exactly what's going on. No one was very excited in the video either, just a normal way to safely unload a big machine to get some work done.
The truck may or may not have been overloaded. My daughter had a Mitsu 4x4 pickup. I could have sworn that thing didn't have any springs. It was one the ones that also sold as a Dodge Ram 50, but it felt like it had 3/4 ton springs under it. If the truck in the video was suspended to scale with that little one, it may have been only half loaded with that excavator on it.....
The truck may or may not have been overloaded. My daughter had a Mitsu 4x4 pickup. I could have sworn that thing didn't have any springs. It was one the ones that also sold as a Dodge Ram 50, but it felt like it had 3/4 ton springs under it. If the truck in the video was suspended to scale with that little one, it may have been only half loaded with that excavator on it.....
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daTeacha said:
My Toyota Tundra is like that. I was loading the bed with dirt once - first load, and I didn't know how much it could take. I kept my eyes on the springs as it was loaded up. The bed was pretty much full (about 2 tons or so), but I still had plenty of spring travel left. The odd thing was while I was staring into the wheel well, I never actually noticed the bottom of the tires. When I looked down, my rear tires were squished down so low the rim was hitting the ground. Oops.
That's the same gauge I use now for FEL work - if the front tires aren't flat, I can pile it higher
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mjncad
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Bluecheck546 said:
Unfortunately travel has become such a hassle that I avoid it; but I'm certain this kind of stuff happens all the time and that this video is an example of a more sane and successful excavator unloading in the third world.
I just shake my head when I see this stuff as it scares me to think what could happen. Just because its accepted practice overseas; doesn't necessarily make it right. I think back to history class and the early labor movement in this country to get safe working conditions, and the items shown in the video and elsewhere reminds me of why that was done. I saw a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the Hoover Dam construction and the conditions the construction workers toiled in were brutal and unsafe.
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Of course they were thinking safety. Several spotters around guiding the unloading and standing well away from the excavator. The truck is parked on a flat level surface. Excavator operator is moving slow and deliberate. And they even chocked the wheels of the truck You can see the driver remove the chock so he can pull the truck forward.
podagrower
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How much do they charge to ride in the cab?????????
