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Yeah stealing the SAK thread concept...
I'll start...
One of my drivers and a trainee managed to get our 40K truck stuck in a mud hole... In the process of recovery the valve to airbrake was sheared and the airbrakes lost all pressure... The recovery driver was not thrilled to have to tow the rig back down the mountain... The driver of our rig was freaking, the trainee was freaking... I just climbed down into the ditch, found a willow branch that was the right size, whipped out my Leatherman got out the saw and cut the branch, then I took out the knife blade, whittled the end and as I walked past the recovery driver I asked if he had a really big hammer... Now I have the two drivers, the trainee, and some onlookers watching me...
I got under the airbrake canister place the whittled end to the hole... took up the hammer and whacked the stake... climbed back out and up into the cab and was happy to see the airbrake pressure climb back to 120... I then told everyone to move, backed the truck around and drove it back to the garage... The stake held the whole way and when my boss heard about my trick he was happy that the recovery bill didn't become a tow bill also...
I'll start...
One of my drivers and a trainee managed to get our 40K truck stuck in a mud hole... In the process of recovery the valve to airbrake was sheared and the airbrakes lost all pressure... The recovery driver was not thrilled to have to tow the rig back down the mountain... The driver of our rig was freaking, the trainee was freaking... I just climbed down into the ditch, found a willow branch that was the right size, whipped out my Leatherman got out the saw and cut the branch, then I took out the knife blade, whittled the end and as I walked past the recovery driver I asked if he had a really big hammer... Now I have the two drivers, the trainee, and some onlookers watching me...
I got under the airbrake canister place the whittled end to the hole... took up the hammer and whacked the stake... climbed back out and up into the cab and was happy to see the airbrake pressure climb back to 120... I then told everyone to move, backed the truck around and drove it back to the garage... The stake held the whole way and when my boss heard about my trick he was happy that the recovery bill didn't become a tow bill also...