Posted by Billy NY on May 10, 2009 at 07:03:51 from (74.67.3.238):
In Reply to: Farmer killed posted by Canuck 4 on May 09, 2009 at 21:37:11:
Can happen that way, but can't you drape like a heavy moving blanket or similar over the chain when in use to dampen the effect if it were to break ?
One really has to respect any kind of rigging like this, can't measure in quantity of force imposed when pulling something, so most times you have no idea, then add a chain or cable that is compromised, maybe you missed that, did not inspect it carefully for flaws, or you just grossly overload it, towed item is really stuck so you put it to 'er, something that gets good traction like a crawler, don't take much sometimes. Big time judgment call as to when enough is enough, go too far, could break, straighten a hook etc.
While on a job site grading residential home pads, some of the new inexperienced operators, decided to pull/unstuck a vibratory roller, they also decided to pull it through a wet/deep muck area, was shorter that way, then say using the road, which was dry. The result was that the roller acted like a boat anchor through that mud, the chain snapped, ( so did I ) and a piece of the chain link came off flying, hit the post on the R.O.P.S. on the D5 Cat I was operating, it left a nice indent on that upright. Not long after, one of the clowns involved in this was running his mouth at breaktime, and all these new inexperienced operators the company kind of desperately hired to get things moving to make up for lost inclement weather time had been doing some real stupid things on site. I told the guy how much I appreciated that flying chain link, it turned into a breaktime brawl, was great actually, really blew off some steam, nailed him good, that piece of link came off like a bullet, one should really exercise some care when it comes to rigging.
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