EZ TRBO
Senior Member
Thanks for Mechanix Wear and some Anti Sieze.
Thursday bout 3 pm I was at work in the shop putting tracks back on to my dozer. Had one rolled over the top rollers and was getting off to get a bar to pull the slack out so I could get the track jack attached and pull them together. Just as I steped off the machine the track buckled between the front roller and the idelar wheel. Somehow my 4 fingers of my right hand got smashed between two pads. Because of how far down it went I couldn't press the pads down or up without pinching my fingers worse. yes hurt like heck. The shop foreman was there with me and I said call Scott in the office, he said hes down at the redi mix plant. Doing some quick thinking, and not panicing(usually on the other end of this stuff with the fire rescue) I had him get my cell phone and I called my dad who is just across the street, hes the highway commisher for the county. Next I called my boss Kevin who still happend to be in the yard, within a minute I had 5 guys there, Tom shop man, my dad and a employee of his and Kevin and Scott.
Once we figured out we couldnt pry either way the next idea was to just cut the pad, however torch was way to close to my fingers and that wasn't going to work. I said go get the 3/4" impact and there is an 1 1/8" socket in my tool box, they will come out as we always put never sieze on them. Within a minute the pad was off and my hand was free, didn't even phase my fast fit mechanic's gloves.
Dad and Kevin took me to ER and still didn't know what the issue was going to be when the glove came off, and while waiting for the nurse to finish paper work I said hell with it and pulled it off myself. 3 fingers were damaged but 2 were just swollen up and my middle had been cut at the top joint right to the bone.
I know if it wasn't for the glove I might not have had a finger left nor would it have been as easy to unbolt the pads if never sieze hadn't been on them when we installed the tracks 4 years prior.
Trbo
Thursday bout 3 pm I was at work in the shop putting tracks back on to my dozer. Had one rolled over the top rollers and was getting off to get a bar to pull the slack out so I could get the track jack attached and pull them together. Just as I steped off the machine the track buckled between the front roller and the idelar wheel. Somehow my 4 fingers of my right hand got smashed between two pads. Because of how far down it went I couldn't press the pads down or up without pinching my fingers worse. yes hurt like heck. The shop foreman was there with me and I said call Scott in the office, he said hes down at the redi mix plant. Doing some quick thinking, and not panicing(usually on the other end of this stuff with the fire rescue) I had him get my cell phone and I called my dad who is just across the street, hes the highway commisher for the county. Next I called my boss Kevin who still happend to be in the yard, within a minute I had 5 guys there, Tom shop man, my dad and a employee of his and Kevin and Scott.
Once we figured out we couldnt pry either way the next idea was to just cut the pad, however torch was way to close to my fingers and that wasn't going to work. I said go get the 3/4" impact and there is an 1 1/8" socket in my tool box, they will come out as we always put never sieze on them. Within a minute the pad was off and my hand was free, didn't even phase my fast fit mechanic's gloves.
Dad and Kevin took me to ER and still didn't know what the issue was going to be when the glove came off, and while waiting for the nurse to finish paper work I said hell with it and pulled it off myself. 3 fingers were damaged but 2 were just swollen up and my middle had been cut at the top joint right to the bone.
I know if it wasn't for the glove I might not have had a finger left nor would it have been as easy to unbolt the pads if never sieze hadn't been on them when we installed the tracks 4 years prior.
Trbo
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