Couple of Bucket maintenance / operation questions:
1: The dump bed on our truck has body stays for use when conducting maintenance while the bed is elevated and could cause injury/death should a cylinder fail. These seem like good things to always use and I do.
Our bucket has an elevator with a hand full of it’s own cylinders each with zircs. A few of these are inaccessible while the elevator is stowed requiring at least partial elevation to be greased. This puts whoever is greasing the elevator pivots in a position where given hydraulic failure a fatality could be likely. I do not see any props to guard against this occurring.
Am I missing something or is the fact that the elevator is rated for life support and the dump bed is not the reason why no safe guards are provided for the elevator.
2: Is it permissible to disengage the PTO and turn off the truck with the outriggers and booms extended (i.e. lower down to the ground for lunch rather than fold all the way up.).
Let me know your thoughts.
1: The dump bed on our truck has body stays for use when conducting maintenance while the bed is elevated and could cause injury/death should a cylinder fail. These seem like good things to always use and I do.
Our bucket has an elevator with a hand full of it’s own cylinders each with zircs. A few of these are inaccessible while the elevator is stowed requiring at least partial elevation to be greased. This puts whoever is greasing the elevator pivots in a position where given hydraulic failure a fatality could be likely. I do not see any props to guard against this occurring.
Am I missing something or is the fact that the elevator is rated for life support and the dump bed is not the reason why no safe guards are provided for the elevator.
2: Is it permissible to disengage the PTO and turn off the truck with the outriggers and booms extended (i.e. lower down to the ground for lunch rather than fold all the way up.).
Let me know your thoughts.