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Daren Todd
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I used to have a picture I took of a Komatsu PC400 buried like that. Only difference was about 1ft of cab exposed. The whole unit ended up slap full of sand. Including the engine compartment.
Nothing like seeing a boom sticking out of the ground in the bottom of a pit to make you slam on the brakes and do a triple take
They had to have a company come in and put a wellpoint system in around it to harden the ground enough to dig. I had a 12" pump hooked to the well point system to draw out the water. Then they had to let the pump do it's thing for a couple weeks.
After that, they had to have Caterpillar send out their big filter truck to Filter and change out all the fluids on the machine before moving it.
It cost the company around 30,000 just to get it out of the hole. And about another $100,000 in damage to the machine.
The whole fiasco could have been prevented if the operator of the machine would have listened to the new guy in the machine next to him. The new guy noted that the tracks were starting to sink and suggested to the operator that he reset his position.
Operator copped an attitude and said "I've been doing this for 20 years!!!! I know what I'm doing!!!!!".
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Daren Todd
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Yup. My usual answer to someone like that. "Then why have you been doing it wrong for 20 years??!!!""I've been doing this for 20 years!!!! I know what I'm doing!!!!!".
Famous last words,,
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Ford - - - that's funny. My father retired from a blacktop paving company.
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They now have issues getting guys to drive their tandem-axle dump trucks that know how to drive a manual transmission...
Guys will have the proper class driver's license, but they can't handle a "stick."
Daren Todd
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That's getting more and more common. To the point that all the newer trucks we've been buying at my work are automatics, including semis.Ford - - - that's funny. My father retired from a blacktop paving company.
They now have issues getting guys to drive their tandem-axle dump trucks that know how to drive a manual transmission...
Guys will have the proper class driver's license, but they can't handle a "stick."
I learned how to drive in a standard 1 ton dump truck. Then up till 10 years ago, my work trucks have been standard transmissions. I still prefer a manual transmission when hauling something heavy. This way I can lock it in gear on a hill. The automatic transmission in my service truck is a little hinky when downshifting for a grade and will occasionally catch me by surprise and doesn't work always as expected.
Nothing like kissing a steering wheel on a mild grade when it down shifted and dropped two gears, then not downshift on a heavy grade Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Daren Todd
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Its getting to be with the newer cars you dont even have to know how to drive it. The focus ST and RS, and the last 2019 bullit mustang I’ve driven have all taken care of the throttle to take off. Electric throttle bodies have given the millenials a chanceThat's getting more and more common. To the point that all the newer trucks we've been buying at my work are automatics, including semis.
I learned how to drive in a standard 1 ton dump truck. Then up till 10 years ago, my work trucks have been standard transmissions. I still prefer a manual transmission when hauling something heavy. This way I can lock it in gear on a hill. The automatic transmission in my service truck is a little hinky when downshifting for a grade and will occasionally catch me by surprise and doesn't work always as expected.
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Daren Todd
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We bought an 2011 jeep wrangler unlimited with 6 speed manual transmission. I've got about a million miles with manual transmissions. Wife's got probably close to that.
For the first couple months we couldn't find the sweet spot with the clutch. I was over at my sons house and he and I left and headed to the store for ice. He's checking it out, asked some questions and randomly throws out there "Does this have hill assist?". I looked at him and went "Son of a b@@ch!!!"
Went through the settings, found it turned on. Shut it off, and man, what a difference it made.
Apparently the computer was applying the brake when you were stopped to prevent roll backs.
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Five Surgeons
Five surgeons are discussing who the best patients are to operate on.
The first surgeon said, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside them is numbered."
The second responded, "You should try electricians! Everything inside them is color-coded."
The third surgeon said, "I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon chimed in, "You know, I like construction workers...they always understand when you have a few parts leftover in the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."
But the fifth surgeon shut them all up with this observation, "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There are no guts, no heart, no spine and the head and butt are interchangeable."
Five surgeons are discussing who the best patients are to operate on.
The first surgeon said, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside them is numbered."
The second responded, "You should try electricians! Everything inside them is color-coded."
The third surgeon said, "I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon chimed in, "You know, I like construction workers...they always understand when you have a few parts leftover in the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."
But the fifth surgeon shut them all up with this observation, "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There are no guts, no heart, no spine and the head and butt are interchangeable."
Daren Todd
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Daren Todd
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My wife sent me this and pointed out a missed opportunity since we just replaced our deck.
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PHPaul
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Daren Todd
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Me too!!!! Like a say, that was a missed opportunity since we just replaced ours last month
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