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Just read a safety bulletin that said 40% of excavator tip-overs involve machines under 10 tons
Found it in a quarterly report from our state's contractor licensing board, which really makes you rethink the 'it's small, it's fine' attitude. Anyone else have a close call with a smaller machine they want to share?
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dakotacraig7mo ago
We had a 7-ton mini ex slide sideways on a gentle slope I swore was fine. The bucket caught a root and the whole cab tilted hard enough to spill my coffee. That 40% stat lines up, I used to treat the small ones like toys.
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matthew8647mo ago
Yeah those small ones get sneaky. Had a 4-tonner on a lawn job, slight grade near a ditch. Track hit a soft patch and it just started to walk sideways. Felt like slow motion but your heart jumps into your throat. Never trust a gentle slope after that.
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adams.vera6mo ago
Man, that slow-motion heart attack feeling is too real. I once tried to show off for a client by parking my little 3-tonner on what looked like a totally flat patch of grass. Next thing I know, the whole machine is doing a weird crab walk toward their flower bed. Had to play it off like I meant to do that, but my ego was definitely in the ditch with the tracks.
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