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Griff · 12-13-2016, 06:33 AM

I would guess the bucket must not have been dropped to the deck and the hydraulics must have been somehow inactive?

fargon · 12-13-2016, 06:39 AM

When I hauled backhoes, I would put the bucket on the trailer deck and put a chain across it. Just to prevent that from happening. Never trust the hydraulics to hold anything. I have never seen a backhoe with a pin to keep the boom from moving.

Griff · 12-13-2016, 06:51 AM

hmmm... I think Dad's backhoe has a travel pin but I don't think it prevents that. It seems like a simple safety feature to add.

glatt · 12-13-2016, 07:10 AM

I'm speculating here, and getting a little outside of my knowledge, but that won't prevent me from spouting off. I think built up pressure in the hydraulic hoses tend to keep the shovel in position. If a hose is leaking, the pressure will drop, and the shovel can move then. Maybe a hose or fitting was leaking.

fargon · 12-13-2016, 10:35 AM

You never trust the hydraulics to hold in transit.

Gravdigr · 12-13-2016, 03:37 PM

If I personally owned the truck in UT's post, I don't think I need a CDL in KY to drive that truck. As I say, I am frequently wrong.

I did not need a CDL to drive my bucket truck, but, it was a single axle.

Pamela · 12-13-2016, 09:04 PM

Bruce, it's actually 26,001 and over GVW and certain combinations.

Dah rulez

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2016, 09:10 PM

Thanks, I gave up my CDL when they required testing.

BigV · 12-14-2016, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

You never trust the hydraulics to hold in transit.

What, like brakes?

Gravdigr · 12-25-2016, 03:23 PM

This guy...singing his "WTF?" song...while looking at---ya know what, how do you manage to do this?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-26-2016, 10:01 PM

He won't talk his way out of this one...

classicman · 12-28-2016, 11:08 AM

Asshole. I cannot muster enough "whatever" to care that its a problem anymore.
Drunk fuckers destroy families and lives.

Gravdigr · 12-28-2016, 03:08 PM

Drunk ƒuckers create families and additional lives.

Drunk drivers, though, agreed.

Gravdigr · 12-28-2016, 03:14 PM

That was an extremely accommodating officer/Trooper/whatever. Courteous, even.

Pamela · 12-28-2016, 04:07 PM

I have no words. What a discredit to our profession.

12-13-2016, 06:33 AM	#241
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12-13-2016, 06:39 AM	#242
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	When I hauled backhoes, I would put the bucket on the trailer deck and put a chain across it. Just to prevent that from happening. Never trust the hydraulics to hold anything. I have never seen a backhoe with a pin to keep the boom from moving. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-13-2016, 06:51 AM	#243
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	hmmm... I think Dad's backhoe has a travel pin but I don't think it prevents that. It seems like a simple safety feature to add. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-13-2016, 10:35 AM	#245
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	You never trust the hydraulics to hold in transit. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-13-2016, 03:37 PM	#246
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	If I personally owned the truck in UT's post, I don't think I need a CDL in KY to drive that truck. As I say, I am frequently wrong. I did not need a CDL to drive my bucket truck, but, it was a single axle. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-13-2016, 07:10 AM	#244
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm speculating here, and getting a little outside of my knowledge, but that won't prevent me from spouting off. I think built up pressure in the hydraulic hoses tend to keep the shovel in position. If a hose is leaking, the pressure will drop, and the shovel can move then. Maybe a hose or fitting was leaking.

12-13-2016, 09:04 PM	#247
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	Bruce, it's actually 26,001 and over GVW and certain combinations. Dah rulez

12-13-2016, 09:10 PM	#248
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks, I gave up my CDL when they required testing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-25-2016, 03:23 PM	#250
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	This guy...singing his "WTF?" song...while looking at---ya know what, how do you manage to do this? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-26-2016, 10:01 PM	#251
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He won't talk his way out of this one... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-28-2016, 11:08 AM	#252
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Asshole. I cannot muster enough "whatever" to care that its a problem anymore. Drunk fuckers destroy families and lives. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-28-2016, 03:08 PM	#253
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Drunk ƒuckers create families and additional lives. Drunk drivers, though, agreed. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-28-2016, 03:14 PM	#254
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That was an extremely accommodating officer/Trooper/whatever. Courteous, even. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-28-2016, 04:07 PM	#255
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	I have no words. What a discredit to our profession.

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