Actually I think ansi now requires that outrigger pads be used on every setup. I'm not sure if the new standards have been released yet but that was in there when I read over the proposal.
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I've seen pics of tipped ones, I've also in person seen a 55 foot non over center high ranger(like yours) rear mount go straight off the side no outriggers deployed and not flip... very bouncy but tires stayed on the ground. Side to side you are supposed to be max 5 degrees out of level, I assume same for front to back but we've done worse, Your rotate motor will strain tho. We always try to get as close to level side to side as possible. Don't be afraid to pick your wheels up off the ground In the back if you are crazy sideways. If you had a forestry truck and set your outriggers high then go over the front you can teeter on the riggers lifting the back wheels off the ground but not the case of a rear mount. If you do need to level a lot use a lot of out rigger padding vs using a lot of the outrigger itself if you extend them all the way sometimes they will bind up on you and not want to retract grease helps that but still happens.
What's splintering? That's not good!!
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Nothing is splintering. The microscopic glass fibers irritate my skin. The same as fiberglass insulation. I cant touch the stuff.
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Short answer, maybe. Ideally, no. That's why you really need to get it inspected. I'm not breaking balls but you really should have known the answers to your questions before you bought it.
It's not a bad time I'm just an ******* sometimes.
1. If a line broke, all the cylinders or just the affected one will "lock" in the position it was in so no free fall. Then u better have a way to **** down the engine or u'll watch all ur fluids dumped on ur customers lawn or deiveway. Read my earlier reply.
2. If the pump or PTO take a crap u r stuck up there again read my previous reply.
3. If u mean the cable system that keeps the bucket upright. If it breaks u r fine. Again its function is only to keep the bucket upright. If u mean the large heavy chains things that rotates the booms, then bad luck u free fall. However that's very unlikely since that thing is way over engineered. Plus, it right there and u can see it all the time.
If a line blows nothing " should" fall. There are check valves that keep that from happening. If the leveling cable snaps you should be ok. Depending on where it breaks, the bucket may or may not tip over. If the main cable or chain snaps, you're ****ed. If that happens you really screwed up or you never look at your knuckle at all
Miko0618,
U r a respected veteran here. I'm still green. It's quite an honer to share my knowledge and fresh learnings with u. If u say thank u for the in depth replies I shared with u then I have more. I'm just one step ahead of u on bucket and u r many steps ahead of me in other things. Just Like u I did not know a thing about bucket before I went out and bought one. I don't agree with some guys here who always stand at their pedestal and criticize us new comers. I try to b as safe as possible with the budget I have. I don't learn everything about bucket and then take out a mortgage to buy a new one and then have to work my tail off to make payments. I pay everything with the cash I have.
U r a respected veteran here. I'm still green. It's quite an honer to share my knowledge and fresh learnings with u. If u say thank u for the in depth replies I shared with u then I have more. I'm just one step ahead of u on bucket and u r many steps ahead of me in other things. Just Like u I did not know a thing about bucket before I went out and bought one. I don't agree with some guys here who always stand at their pedestal and criticize us new comers. I try to b as safe as possible with the budget I have. I don't learn everything about bucket and then take out a mortgage to buy a new one and then have to work my tail off to make payments. I pay everything with the cash I have.
The smaller ones are probably the leveling cables.
When the inspection is done ask if you can be there. The guy doing it can tell you a lot about what to check on and look for. The problem with an older truck is getting parts. Manufacturers change things up and after so many years you can't buy parts. This is in an effort to keep older lifts from being used with out inspections. Getting a pin machined can take a couple weeks depending on how busy the shops are.
When the inspection is done ask if you can be there. The guy doing it can tell you a lot about what to check on and look for. The problem with an older truck is getting parts. Manufacturers change things up and after so many years you can't buy parts. This is in an effort to keep older lifts from being used with out inspections. Getting a pin machined can take a couple weeks depending on how busy the shops are.
I appreciate all the info I can get. Peace of mind or "trust" is major in this field. I want to trust my bucket like I do my ropes.
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Two small cables are going to be for the bucket leveler.
Something you should always do and osha will get u for if you are ever inspected mid operation is wearing a fall arrest harness. They are for certain mechanical failures and also work operations that cause you to get pulled or flung out of the bucket. The harness does save lives! there is a company about 20 mins away from me that had a mechanical failure in the leveler system and it tipped the guy right out left him hanging 40 feet in the air! Now I think there was a little user error in that situation but somehow it happened. Now if you go and ram something and break the boom in half that harness will not do diddly squat besides hold you within a few feet of the bucket as it crashes to the ground but it's good security when you are reaching out trying to get that extra 4 inches of reach
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Ahhh I see. I will always be tied to the boom. My upper boom has a cable running through it. I'm thinking its to catch me if I snap the boom. I saw it in the inspection hole.
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The ring gear bearing on my truck will gap about a driver's license thickness when I rock it up and down. Side to side it goes about an inch in the ring gear. I assume the side to side slop is in the gears and the gapping I see during rocking is the bearing. Is this right?
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