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Just had a suction hose blowout on the old 8-inch cutterhead near the bend in the river last Thursday.
We were pulling a heavy clay load when the reinforced section just behind the main coupling split, and I had to shut everything down and wrestle the spare line on in the rain for about three hours, so what's the best way you guys check for wear on those older rubber hoses before they let go?
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jones.brooke5mo ago
Sounds like a total nightmare, man. I mean, it makes me think about how everything seems to be built to fail right after the warranty ends these days. You get used to stuff just working until it doesn't, and then you're stuck fixing it in the worst conditions. Maybe it's just me, but I've started checking things way more often now, even if they look fine. It's like you have to expect things to break at the worst possible time.
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jamienguyen3mo ago
Used to be the guy who'd just cross his fingers and hope for the best. Not anymore. My water heater went out at 2am last winter. No heat, no hot water, had to wait till morning for a plumber.
Now I'm checking those things every few months like clockwork. Learned my lesson the hard way. Better to find a small crack on a sunny Saturday than a big flood on Christmas morning.
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