Random Thought Thread

[Nathan the Machinist]

^thats crazy!

 

[TRfromMT]

Raking leaves in a wind storm is futile. It was not windy when I started. I was not pissed off. Now, both.

 

[JustinFournier]

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I'm sorry, this is just the biggest anything I've ever piloted

That’s a little one for us. We do donuts in those ones and drive them on the front wheels when we shift loads between two machines when doing twin lifts on steel.

When you discharge pulp in the rain you slide them into the bin on the smooth concrete and have them floored in neutral to lift the load into the pile. You tilt them forward and they start to tip forward but you rest the load on the pile then release it and get into reverse with good timing.

We drive em’ like it’s a ballet!

 

[Big DJ]

I want to see that

 

[JustinFournier]

I want to see that

You get the pic when someone tips one over cause that’s when work stops and someone can take a pic!

 

[JustinFournier]

I want to see that

Here are a couple of good ones:

 

[Big DJ]

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Another Winery. On a Polo field. Representing CPK.

 

[jlauffer]

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Another Winery. On a Polo field. Representing CPK.

I need to get a hat...only have a t-shirt

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

This is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time.

 

[SwarthyGnome]

tinfoil hat timmy this is one of my favorite scenes.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

That. Was spectacular.

tinfoil hat timmy this is one of my favorite scenes.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

FYI

 

[Box_Opener]

2nd one is perfect. Look at his forearm when he does it. It’s like a bundle of cables!

 

[Winston_Smith]

Here are a couple of good ones:

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Forks are just for the ‘oops’? Squeezes to load/unload Mafis?

Used to like working with Star, G2 not so much. Haven’t worked those in a while, can’t say I miss pulp.

Winston

 

[JustinFournier]

On the really little machines we use to unload rail cars we generally use what we call a surf board attachment. It’s kinda like a surf board looking thing, it’s about 2 feet wide and 4 feet long tapering down to about 1/8” inch thick at the tip. You slide them under a unit and use balance and friction to move it. It’s probably the hardest job skill level wise.

Here is the best pic I have to show the attachment and machine.



To load trailers and build piles in the shed we use bigger machines with clamps that grip from the sides and can lift multiple units at once.

 

[Big DJ]

Looks like someone got a little sideways.

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Looks like someone got a little sideways.

Pretty sure it’s just resting between shifts.

 

[JustinFournier]

Looks like someone got a little sideways.

I wasn’t wearing my seatbelt so I jumped out before it went off the apron but it landed perfectly flat on it’s side. The night shift mechanics got it running, painted some of the scratches and she was ready for me the following morning, no worse for the wear.

 

[Winston_Smith]

job

We did a lot of pulp for Saga and Star when I worked in VanWa, never used the flat forks, only the clamps/squeezes.

Don’t mean it judgy, but glad the no seatbelt worked for you on that one , a longshoreman in SoCal got himself deceased when he hit a pillar in a warehouse and went thru the front of the machine and headered into said pillar. Of course speed, inattention, and illegal substances played a large part on that one

Winston