Pallet forks suppose to be loose or SSQA bracket improperly made?

[Herkypilot]

The pivotal point was the distraction from completing the task which is the root cause of an accident that almost was...

 

[ovrszd]

The pivotal point was the distraction from completing the task which is the root cause of an accident that almost was...

Spoken by a Man of Military training and history. You are absolutely and directly correct.

 

[Herkypilot]

Yeah, just a couple of years. Glad it turned out okay for you.

 

[wmonroe]

This might be a good time for me to admit a dangerous mistake. The other day I dropped my Grapple bucket and picked up my regular bucket. Picked it up and moved over to the front of the machine shed. Same time, my Brother came along and we visited for a few minutes. Then I moved on to push some snow. Where I was working there was a tree limb broken and hanging down. I raised my bucket almost all the way up to knock the limb out of the tree. I didn't change the bucket curl as I raised it so when it was 9 or 10 feet in the air it was tilted way back. I bumped the tree limb and suddenly realized I hadn't latched the bucket onto the frame. One side slid far enough off the hitch that it wasn't hooked at all. I slammed the joystick forward to drop the loader boom before the bucket could slide further rearward. The bucket fell off and landed on the ground in front of me. With my loader frame raised that high if I hadn't noticed that it wasn't latched and continued to push on that tree limb the bucket would have tumbled down the backside of the loader frame and landed on top of me. I sat there for quite a few seconds recounting what I had almost done. I picked up the bucket, latched it, took the tractor back to the machine shed and went home for the day. Sorry for the hijack.

Glad to hear you weren't hurt. It is a good warning for all of us, there are so many ways to get hurt with these tractors. If we all share the stories if we make a mistake then it might save someone else later on. Thanks.

 

[Guesseral]

Is it actual hydraulic pins? The few implementations I've seen they just use the normal manually operated handle & stick a cylinder on it at about 45 degrees.

I've had an instance or 2 where I forgot to latch the SSQA down, nowhere near as hazardous or skidmark inducing as that though. Thought about trying to hide the handles with a shield of some kind, then paining them something bright & ugly so they are impossible to ignore if you can see them (meaning they aren't latched). I think it would make it harder to hitch up than it's worth though.

Skidmark. Now that's funny I don't care who you are! :laughing: No not the situation!:thumbdown: Thanks for sharing I can remember several times I have disconnected the tool from the loader driven down to the storage area exchanged tools driven back to the garage and connected the levers just for conveince. Don't think I should do that anymore!

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah, just a couple of years. Glad it turned out okay for you.

Where ya been Herky??? Hadn't heard anything out of ya for a while. Haven't been off on some save the World mission have ya?? I retired 2 years ago so have "saved" all of the World I'm gonna save!!!

Thanks for what you guys do. I've spent many an hour in the back of a C-130, starting in Vietnam, ending in Afghanistan.

 

[ovrszd]

Next time I'm around my Brother's Bobcat I'll get a photo of his. They are hydraulic operated with a small cylinder laying horizontal between the levers. When it extends it swings the lever handles up and unlatches, compress the cylinder and it pulls the lever handles down and latches.

I actually like the electrical idea better. With a tractor you'd hafta create another circuit or use a diverter valve to run the cylinder. Hafta find a place to mount the diverter and run hoses, would be kinda bulky.

 

[Fallon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_m-W8IQRv4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[bandaidmd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_m-W8IQRv4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

wonder why they left the handles on

 

[ishiboo]

wonder why they left the handles on

Perhaps visibility and a way to remove an attachment if power fails. On my 773 I can't really see anything other than the handles to tell if its locked or not.