Sinking feeling........
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That is sad!
A few years ago, in our city, contractors were replacing a bridge over the river. One night, when all their equipment was in the normally DRY river bottom, it flooded BIG TIME. Some of their cranes, all you could see was the boom sticking out of the water. Many of the backhoes, all you could see was the roof or top of the exhaust.
That makes me sick to see, even when I had no $$ interest in it.
Any idea what the story is on this one?
Ron
A few years ago, in our city, contractors were replacing a bridge over the river. One night, when all their equipment was in the normally DRY river bottom, it flooded BIG TIME. Some of their cranes, all you could see was the boom sticking out of the water. Many of the backhoes, all you could see was the roof or top of the exhaust.
That makes me sick to see, even when I had no $$ interest in it.
Any idea what the story is on this one?
Ron
JayC
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Couldn't the excavator just pull itself out? Or would the mud and water have a much greater suction force? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Isn't this Glenmac's "Oozama Zone"????
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This and the other picture that I posted in the Safety forum came to me from a friend that works for the State of PA. I don't know if they are from his files or exactly where they came from, but he does work for a safety agency. I will post another under a new thread.....
As to the question "couldn't it pull itself out", I did see a neighbor bury a excavator in a pond and it couldn't get itself out. Took two D-8's to pull it out..... the suction of the clay mud was too much for it to overcome.....
As to the question "couldn't it pull itself out", I did see a neighbor bury a excavator in a pond and it couldn't get itself out. Took two D-8's to pull it out..... the suction of the clay mud was too much for it to overcome.....
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Alot of times when a hoe gets down like that there not alot it can grab to, and usually if there is something to grab to its easy to pull that object out of the ground ot it will break the bucket. The best thing is to not get in that situation lol. When i run an excavator on soft ground i keep a minimum of 3 or more good sized tree truns with me to use as mats and als try to have a purpose built mat. When I was a little fella dad worked for a company that was diggin out a trench to dry out a hollow next to a highway. the foreman wouldnt let dad get some trees so dad walked the 300 Komatsu till mud had pushed the bottom glass in. It took a day and a half to push new dry dirt to the hoe with 2 D8K's and then to pull him out.
In 94 when the Ice storm hit here dad took a 790 Deere and went through a swamp replacing poles. He used the tree metho for his mats. I worked for an out fit that had a crane operator claiming he ha more hoe experiance than me so the boss let him take a nice 300 Komatsu to the river where he was to put fill out on the water, he though dry dirt on top of water would be good enough to work off of. Well when i got back from lunch he had all my cat walks torne off the bell pan dented and I hate to step down 2 feet below grade to get onto the back of an 8roo tall counterweight., Seems he only had 50 hours of training on a hoe. I think he didnt know the formula af dry dir+ mud/water + Mud to the tenth power. after 12 hard hours pulling with another 300, a 66E Komatsu track loader, a wa250wheel loader and a TD15 Dresser dozer and several trees we got it out.
Dad told me a few years ago a company he worked for subbed out a few projects on the site this new company brought in a new Linkbelt with a 3.5 yard bucket. Dad told me it was on a damp slope above a pond and the operataot was pecking a rock to brek it off below grade but when he broke the rock he slid in the hole. They brough 2 D8's and hooke to the moom a crane and a few othe machines. before it was ofer they brothe the boom out of the superstructure ruinde the turn table and all. Dad said the ytook out 3 lowboy loads of Linkbelt. Ive learnerd the hard way if you dont think you can do a job without getting stuck find another operator, Ive learned how unfun it is to untick certain machines lol.
In 94 when the Ice storm hit here dad took a 790 Deere and went through a swamp replacing poles. He used the tree metho for his mats. I worked for an out fit that had a crane operator claiming he ha more hoe experiance than me so the boss let him take a nice 300 Komatsu to the river where he was to put fill out on the water, he though dry dirt on top of water would be good enough to work off of. Well when i got back from lunch he had all my cat walks torne off the bell pan dented and I hate to step down 2 feet below grade to get onto the back of an 8roo tall counterweight., Seems he only had 50 hours of training on a hoe. I think he didnt know the formula af dry dir+ mud/water + Mud to the tenth power. after 12 hard hours pulling with another 300, a 66E Komatsu track loader, a wa250wheel loader and a TD15 Dresser dozer and several trees we got it out.
Dad told me a few years ago a company he worked for subbed out a few projects on the site this new company brought in a new Linkbelt with a 3.5 yard bucket. Dad told me it was on a damp slope above a pond and the operataot was pecking a rock to brek it off below grade but when he broke the rock he slid in the hole. They brough 2 D8's and hooke to the moom a crane and a few othe machines. before it was ofer they brothe the boom out of the superstructure ruinde the turn table and all. Dad said the ytook out 3 lowboy loads of Linkbelt. Ive learnerd the hard way if you dont think you can do a job without getting stuck find another operator, Ive learned how unfun it is to untick certain machines lol.
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While my new house was being built this past spring my septic system kept failing inspection, and I was starting to lose my sense of humor with my contractor. Someone sent me that picture and it made me realize that there were people who had worse issues than me.
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I saw something similar to that on dry ground. We were building a stretch of I-81 in Carlisle, PA. Came to work one monday morning and there was the boom of a crane sticking up in the air, a sinkhole got the rest. Had to disassemble the crane and lift it out in pieces.
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The const. co. I work for one time had a sod forklift stolen from a sod field we were cutting, and later that weekend, the sheriff found it for us while theye were in the helicopter looking for some lost hikers... only the very top flat part of the cab was above the muck.. looked like a 2' x 2' yellow carpet on top of the muck.
Suprisingly enough, they pulled it out( no small chore... ), cleaned out the exhaust pipe, and air cleaner, and it fired right up..
For the big excavators like that, in muck areas.. we use big matts made of 8x8 rough cut oak, 'sewn' together with 1' steel cable. works great.
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Suprisingly enough, they pulled it out( no small chore... ), cleaned out the exhaust pipe, and air cleaner, and it fired right up..
For the big excavators like that, in muck areas.. we use big matts made of 8x8 rough cut oak, 'sewn' together with 1' steel cable. works great.
Soundguy
