crane operator
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At least the driver is just banged up. Could have had a mini van full of kids with the mom checking her phone right beside him, it could have been way worse.
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This will be an interesting thread moving forward......
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crane operator
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I get to work all day today. I'll do my best not to kill over in this dam heat. It's all work and no play lately.
That's what you get for taking time off.
crane operator
Senior Member
You better work fast and be done by noon.
DMiller
Senior Member
Just take your time, and NO Job requires getting sick over.
Right in there with ya.
Right in there with ya.
DMiller
Senior Member
Got the wagon water washed, taking a short break go pick up parts and then come back wipe down with enamel reducer call it a day, been inside shop since 4:20.
kshansen
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This is now known as the 2022 Tulsa Water Truck Massacre
That reminded me, on a much simpler scale, of a friend of ours who has been driving long haul trucks for years.
One time he was helping someone out by driving a milk tanker 18 wheeler when some one was off sick. He had picked up milk at one place and was heading to the next stop but had to take the toll road to get there. He pulled up to the toll both and hit the brakes and just as he was reaching out to the ticket the half a load of milk came forward and shoved the truck ahead about 15 feet. Person at toll both asked him if it was his first time hauling milk!
Guess he had hauled liquids before but the milk tankers don't have any baffles in them like other tankers to make it easy to clean them!
DMiller
Senior Member
Second job behind all the others Hauled gas, diesel and JP with a Open no baffle tank. Guy bought POS Us mil surplus was 8500 gal cap, STEEL with tool boxes and a pump setup under it. Could not scale but 6200 gal legally where had 7400 in it one winter evening to Jerseyville IL airport for a helo service, a little frozen precip on ground and had to cross IL scale halfway up on Hwy 100.
Needless to say scale was open, followed a truck onto scale throttled up and slammed load to rear as steer hit scale and slammed brakes, had to have been all balled up as it hit the front wall, all the axles slid on grade except steer it slammed scale table forward and it locked up.
Scalemaster NOT happy, ran outside screaming destruction of state property blah blah blah, all the time truck is slipping back and forth some few inches as load kept slogging.
Told me GTF off his scale and I left, scale never reopened. I brokened it!!!
Saved my wallet a little coin cost IL a bundle!
Needless to say scale was open, followed a truck onto scale throttled up and slammed load to rear as steer hit scale and slammed brakes, had to have been all balled up as it hit the front wall, all the axles slid on grade except steer it slammed scale table forward and it locked up.
Scalemaster NOT happy, ran outside screaming destruction of state property blah blah blah, all the time truck is slipping back and forth some few inches as load kept slogging.
Told me GTF off his scale and I left, scale never reopened. I brokened it!!!
Saved my wallet a little coin cost IL a bundle!
1466IH
Senior Member
Fairbanks had the contract for the IL dot scales for a while (may still have them) I have cut out several of the old ones and after seeing the state of their scales I would fight any over weight ticket they ever issued.
DMiller
Senior Member
This old scale was built in the 50s?, I broke it in the 80s, all that is there now is a pull off the highway, shack and all mechanicals are LONG Gone.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Statistically there were probably a minimum of four other wrecks just like that one or very similar
on that same day spread over a 16 hour period involving speed with shifting load/live load.
We only have 57 trucks running and I guarantee in a 7 day interval something gets trashed,
maybe not as bad as the one above but still something gets trashed.
on that same day spread over a 16 hour period involving speed with shifting load/live load.
We only have 57 trucks running and I guarantee in a 7 day interval something gets trashed,
maybe not as bad as the one above but still something gets trashed.
DMiller
Senior Member
Could not do it TS, not without smashing some itinerant idiots nose when mouthed about bad equipment they destroyed from stupidity.
I'm not sure, dropped it off yesterday and he said he would fix it so we'll see. Took plenty of pictures and they were texted to him as proof it happened the day after he serviced it just in case he doesn't fix it, or doesn't fix it properly and need to take it further. He did a motor swap on one of my brothers work trucks a few years ago and it's been running good since. He's far from the only one who screws up around here though, it's far more common to get something back and something is done wrong then get it back and everything is good.
Well, I worked all weekend on their S&*T so no rest for me!!!! Had a generator fail on their Weiler paver and without it there isn't any screed heat. For some reason Weiler doesnt sell a complete replacement which was what I wanted. I ended up with the main generator casing and had to change over everything else from the old one.
It's not too bad of a job. I went out Saturday and pulled this, then did the changeover at their shop.
This is the new one installed. My wife wanted to know if I could get the old one rebuilt...which I replied "Yes, why?" She wants to attempt to drive this with wind power! LOL Yeah, I don't know how she plans on getting this to turn 3600 rpm much less carry a load. I'm not even going to argue with her
Had a generator fail on their Weiler paver and without it there isn't any screed heat. For some reason Weiler doesnt sell a complete replacement which was what I wanted. I ended up with the main generator casing and had to change over everything else from the old one. It's not too bad of a job. I went out Saturday and pulled this, then did the changeover at their shop.
This is the new one installed. My wife wanted to know if I could get the old one rebuilt...which I replied "Yes, why?" She wants to attempt to drive this with wind power! LOL Yeah, I don't know how she plans on getting this to turn 3600 rpm much less carry a load.
I'm not even going to argue with her
DMiller
Senior Member
She is a machinist!!
The ventilation system in the Cat AP555E. What a pain in the ass............it in the upper left corner behind the fuel tank......this is a pic before I started on it today.
Absolutely NO access from anywhere. Your choices are to remove the radiator/oil cooler assembly above it...........or remove the hydraulic tank.........neither is an easy feat. I stared at this for the first 30 minutes just trying to grasp how I wanted to approach this. I decided to go in from the pump house......through this 10 lbs of S%^t in a 5 lb box.
Well, it's possible to get the dam thing out if you move a dozen hoses out of the way. Everything came out that black hole in the upper left corner. The bad thing is you have to disassemble the components in that hole and bring them out 1 piece at a time. Even with that opening, it's all still a tight fit coming out. My arms look like I fought with a wildcat and lost BIG.
This has been broken for a while by the looks of it. They were still trying to use it LOL Its going to be a B&*^% getting all this back in that little bity hole. It would be easier if I could lose about 30 lbs. in the next few days.
Absolutely NO access from anywhere. Your choices are to remove the radiator/oil cooler assembly above it...........or remove the hydraulic tank.........neither is an easy feat. I stared at this for the first 30 minutes just trying to grasp how I wanted to approach this. I decided to go in from the pump house......through this 10 lbs of S%^t in a 5 lb box.
Well, it's possible to get the dam thing out if you move a dozen hoses out of the way. Everything came out that black hole in the upper left corner. The bad thing is you have to disassemble the components in that hole and bring them out 1 piece at a time. Even with that opening, it's all still a tight fit coming out. My arms look like I fought with a wildcat and lost BIG.
This has been broken for a while by the looks of it. They were still trying to use it LOL Its going to be a B&*^% getting all this back in that little bity hole. It would be easier if I could lose about 30 lbs. in the next few days.
Truck Shop
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Looks like it was designed and built by Fiat.
Reminds me of a pea harvester----cut your way in and weld your way out.
Reminds me of a pea harvester----cut your way in and weld your way out.
DMiller
Senior Member
EERILY Icky way to construct
ianjoub
Senior Member
You will be there in no time with this weather we are having. Just don't drink any fluid for a day or 2!It would be easier if I could lose about 30 lbs. in the next few days.
ianjoub
Senior Member
Hey now, Fiat Chrysler owns Ferrari. I like my 458 spider.
Truck Shop
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A ferrari is a long ways from a fiat. A company that made golf carts and bowling balls once owned
harley davidson too.