This topic was suggested in another thread, Car Breakdown Kits.... Someone also suggested to add in a lesson learned.
Though these occurred at work, it could have gotten ugly.
First - I had started a new job working for the county running a motorgrader. I had NEVER operated one before and it was pretty much OTJ training - literally. I was told, not shown, what the myriad of levers do and sent out to blade roads. A couple months later we were building up a road that had gone under water. ND had several 'wet years' and flooding was epic. My cohort was dumping dirt/gravel and I was spreading it out. Problem being, had no dozer blade on front to push the dirt, so I had to finesse it. Well, long and short of it 28K pounds of grader on soft dirt on a submerged road with a guy who hasn't a clue..... not a good combo. And the thing is the slough at that point was about 10-12 feet deep. As I started to slide sideways, I pushed the moldboard all the way and it stopped the slide. Can't really see it in the pic, but the rear tires were also sliding like the front tires.
LESSON: Don't let a noob near the controls w/o explaining to him WTF to do. Don't assume he knows the basics. Works on most things that can get someone hurt.
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Though these occurred at work, it could have gotten ugly.
First - I had started a new job working for the county running a motorgrader. I had NEVER operated one before and it was pretty much OTJ training - literally. I was told, not shown, what the myriad of levers do and sent out to blade roads. A couple months later we were building up a road that had gone under water. ND had several 'wet years' and flooding was epic. My cohort was dumping dirt/gravel and I was spreading it out. Problem being, had no dozer blade on front to push the dirt, so I had to finesse it. Well, long and short of it 28K pounds of grader on soft dirt on a submerged road with a guy who hasn't a clue..... not a good combo. And the thing is the slough at that point was about 10-12 feet deep. As I started to slide sideways, I pushed the moldboard all the way and it stopped the slide. Can't really see it in the pic, but the rear tires were also sliding like the front tires.
LESSON: Don't let a noob near the controls w/o explaining to him WTF to do. Don't assume he knows the basics. Works on most things that can get someone hurt.
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