Machines | front loader accidents

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1. Oho
2. Music totally unwarranted.
3. Bobcats
4. Pull levers for decades and you're gonna see some shit.  And shit your pants too. Operators don't get fat.......They Build Their Own Air Bag System!.....And here's a big FUCK YOU to all you safety freaks that get beat up by accountants. I'm 100% USA OPERATOR and that aint no bullshit.
5. fucking photos on youtube !
6. I've operated machines like these for 40+ years and the main thing I've learned is not to get cocky and overload your ego because when that happens you'll overload the machine and it will deflate your ego really fast; usually with a bunch of witnesses so you never live it down. This is my story and I'm sticking to it! Been there-done that!
7. Couple things,
   Some of the broken loader arms and buckets are completely un-excuseable. There had to be serious cracks and obvious issues long before the actual catastophic failures. If I owned that piece and my hired operator continued to run a machine to that point they would be seeking a new source of employment.
   Now, this equipment by nature is used in dangerous and precarious conditions. Therefore accidents such as rollovers, collisions, burials are going to happen no matter how carefull and safety concious the operator is. The machine has to be designed to protect that operator in the unfortunate incident, and from what I see here - if I ever am in a loader accident, I want to be in a Cat. Several of the other brands here had serious deformation or collapse of the ROPS, most of the Cat ROPS held solid. That says a lot about the quality of the equipment.
   Then, what is it with people's attraction to mud? I'm guilty myself of driving into places I shouldn't have and not driving out afterwards, I have a truck sitting in my yard that needs a transmission because of it.
   What a waste of time and resources burying a 100K Lb machine and then having to bring all the other equipment from the jobsite over to rescue it. Thousands of dollars an hour in lost productivity and manpower, possibly thousands of dollars in damage to the machine, just because someone had to get that one bucketfull of dirt in a sketchy area.
8. Interesting video. How is it that these accidents can happen? It seems to me that these machines should and would only be operated by highly skilled professionals (particularly the large mining machines), with good sense, experience and extensive knowledge of their job and the machines they operate.The "true" professionals I have encountered (whatever their trade) radiate a kind of "quiet pride" in their job. They are serious and never careless, and always appear calm and in control, both on and off the job. They very seldom make mistakes, but if they do, they blame themselves. They do not abuse the machines they operate, and they know the machine's limitations, but can often operate the machines with uncommon skill and efficiency, and make it look easy. I can not associate the damage to these machines with such people.
   
   And I'm sure that the repair costs, particularly for the very large machines, could easily be over a hundred thousand dollars, if not simply written off.