Scary D9 Loading

[Snooker]

I almost peed my pants watching this vid, i would have really hated to be the opp. loading this brut on the float.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHdf8QV9gkw

enjoy.
-Ben

 

[cummins05]

LOL wow reminds me of the first time i loaded a D7 way to fast on our beaver tail lowboy only i went up in second gear and come off the side a little smarter

 

[bolt thrower]

I think it would've gone on better in reverse!

 

[JD DURFEY]

I think it would've gone on better in reverse!

I agree. Without the blade on, it is way tail heavy. Metal on metal is slippery.

 

[nzpatch]

do the rippers not work or sumthing? they help if you just give things a little push down dont they!

 

[catc15]

yeah i was just thinkin that why didn't they think of using the rippers when the cat was a little farther back? then maybe they wouldn't have scared the crap out of themselves. just a thought though.

 

[Knucklehead]

I was wondering why the "operator" didn't put a little pressure on the ripper to get the nose down. I bet they were REALLY puckered backing it off!!!!!!!!!:drinkup:beerchug

 

[joispoi]

I agree. Without the blade on, it is way tail heavy. Metal on metal is slippery.

Placing old tires on the ramps gives good grip and makes loading safer.

 

[CM1995]

Should've dropped the ripper shank, if it would not clear the beaver tail, and load in reverse. Looks like one of those lazy moments when someone makes a decision to "just load it, we don't want to go through the hassle of dropping the rear shank". From my experience those lapse's of judgement can have bad consequences.:bash Luckily for those numbnuts, no one was hurt.

 

[Deere9670]

Im surprised they dident blow any tires on that trailer....that dozer hit hard....

 

[catc15]

yeah that dozer did hit hard. it maybe could have slipped off if it had hit any harder right?

 

[WesternStar]

Yeah if he wasn't perfectly centered and straight it would have been very easy to slip off the side. I just don't understand why he seemed to stop for long amounts of time before suddenly going wide open throttle... gotta be easy on that decel pedal.

 

[bill5362]

How high do you think the top of dozer is, looks kinda of high to me for transporting on road. I think if the dozer had slipped on the side, it would have done some damage to the trailer as heavy as the dozer is.

 

[surfer-joe]

No problem, if anything, the operator actually tried to ease onto the trailer a little to carefully. He should have kept moving instead of stopping. He could have let the ripper down a bit to help as some have suggested, but so long as he was lined up straight, no big deal.