Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Morning Wood]

They were driving down the road slowly and turned into driveway. Guy ducked when he saw me.

 

[two_bit_score]

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They were driving down the road slowly and turned into driveway. Guy ducked when he saw me.

Please explain it to this country boy. The Jeep? The utility work truck? What? Why would they duck? Are you the Boss or the cops?

 

[dragoneggs]

This thread has been running strong for more than 5 years. Seems easy to find and pick on wrongs by others we don't know.

I know I take short cuts sometimes... How about we expose what we do personally whether a fail or not, just to educate our community on how we do it and maybe how we should. A little personal critic, of course should follow.

Interested to see how many of us will post our routine towing/hauling pics and open us up for criticism? I don't think I would be going 'out on a limb' saying that we don't always practice what we preach.

 

[coldsteelva]

Please explain it to this country boy. The Jeep? The utility work truck? What? Why would they duck? Are you the Boss or the cops?

They were DRIVING down the ROAD with the guy IN THE BUCKET. That is a HUGE NO-GO FO-SHO.

 

[aczlan]

They were DRIVING down the ROAD with the guy IN THE BUCKET. That is a HUGE NO-GO FO-SHO.

I have seen that more than a few times when they were stringing cable and riding it onto the guide wire. Always with the guy in the bucket wearing a harness and tied off to the bucket.

Aaron Z

 

[groundcover]

Used to work with a guy that would leave the outriggers in the bucket truck off the ground six inches or so. He would cut what he could reach and have me pull forward to the next pick, time is money I guess !
Kind of spooked me when the truck would lean till the outriggers touched , and I was on the ground!

 

[LD48750]

Interesting to see how many of these "unsafe towing & hauling" incidents resulted in the job getting done with NO damage or injuries.

 

[aeblank]

Interesting to see how many of these "unsafe towing & hauling" incidents resulted in the job getting done with NO damage or injuries.

Getting away with it doesn't make it right.
Of course, there are also times where it's so "right" that the job can barely be done.
Better to be lucky than good?

 

[LD48750]

Getting away with it doesn't make it right.
Of course, there are also times where it's so "right" that the job can barely be done.
Better to be lucky than good?

Just as not fastening your seat belt on a tractor doesn't mean you are going to DIE if you start the tractor.
Because someone got hurt doing something doesn't mean it is unsafe.
Because something *COULD* happen doesn't mean it will or that it is even likely to happen.

 

[cqaigy2]

Just as not fastening your seat belt on a tractor doesn't mean you are going to DIE if you start the tractor.
Because someone got hurt doing something doesn't mean it is unsafe.
Because something *COULD* happen doesn't mean it will or that it is even likely to happen.

I've gone hunting with people that probably think the same way. Kind of depends on the consequences, if something bad does happen.

 

[BigBlue1]

Just as not fastening your seat belt on a tractor doesn't mean you are going to DIE if you start the tractor.
Because someone got hurt doing something doesn't mean it is unsafe.
Because something *COULD* happen doesn't mean it will or that it is even likely to happen.

Exactly. Using common sense (yes, I know that barely exists for people these days) to determine what is risky and what isn't is actually a valid way to choose actions. I know all the safety-minded folks say "you are an idiot if you don't put your seatbelt on if you have your ROPS up" but if I'm just driving around on flat ground pulling a box blade I'm going to take the chance that the tractor probably won't tip over and leave it unbuckled.

Too often these days we have folks who hear about a safety suggestion (yes, even most 'laws' are really just suggestions that the state has determined are the "safest" way to do things) feel that it is gospel and blindly follow and recommend it just because someone said they should. I run my own life, not other folks. I'll make my own decisions. I've lived almost 50 years successfully this way. If I make a bad choice someday then **** happens, but I trust myself.

Rob

 

[LD48750]

I've gone hunting with people that probably think the same way. Kind of depends on the consequences, if something bad does happen.

Just remember how many people have been struck by lightning next time you think about going outside.

 

[two_bit_score]

They were DRIVING down the ROAD with the guy IN THE BUCKET. That is a HUGE NO-GO FO-SHO.

I have seen that more than a few times when they were stringing cable and riding it onto the guide wire. Always with the guy in the bucket wearing a harness and tied off to the bucket.

Aaron Z

Absolutely a no-go, technically and normally. How long did you observe him riding in the bucket on the roadway? A few hundred feet or a couple miles?

Were they just moving around that corner from working on that replacement pole?

Did you write them a ticket?

 

[Steve1300]

Actually accusing and criticizing are the two easiest pastimes we have. It is whole lot easier than considering and admitting. I do many things considered unsafe by others, but then I watch others come up with all sorts of reasons a job can't be done. Of course, they then prove it by not doing it.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It's so much easier than looking at oneself.

 

[California]

That's a huge spool of cable on the back of the bucket truck. Most likely he's attaching cable to the permanent 'traveller' (?) cable as he moves along.

 

[lilranch2001]

Quite honestly the only thing I thought when I first saw the post was the way the extension ladder was haphazardly in the truck

 

[aczlan]

That's a huge spool of cable on the back of the bucket truck. Most likely he's attaching cable to the permanent 'traveller' (?) cable as he moves along.

I saw a lot of that in GA in the early 2000s, Bell South had trucks attaching fiber to the traveler and they would generally have a truck with the tool to lace the fiber on attached to the boom and one guy would ride along lacing the fiber to the trailer and taking the lacer off at each pole.

Aaron Z

 

[Morning Wood]

They didn’t drive far. They were taking up a lane while working so I think they were getting out of the road as quickly as possible.(they had a police detail) At no time was the truck moving quickly at all. I just got a kick out of the guy ducking down when he saw me (breaking the law by the way) taking a pic of him while I drove by.

 

[aczlan]

They didn’t drive far. They were taking up a lane while working so I think they were getting out of the road as quickly as possible.(they had a police detail) At no time was the truck moving quickly at all. I just got a kick out of the guy ducking down when he saw me (breaking the law by the way) taking a pic of him while I drove by.

He was probably more worried about a picture with his face getting back to somebody in Corporate Safety...


Aaron Z