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Sunday, January 7, 2024
He will survive - until his boss finds out what he did with the machinery.
My guess is that the excavator is not intended for floating use. Rather it's designed for swamp work, which includes traversing open water in floating mode, like an ATV, to the next work site. I think the boom probably has to be stowed in a position that optimizes stability and keeps the Center of Gravity at its lowest. In the Far East, I used to park long-boomed excavators on barges to do dredging work, and they would pull themselves around in shallow water using their boom - I'm guessing that's what this guy tried, maybe he hit a snag and thought he could pull himself around it.
My brother, in FL, has been digging lakes and ponds for housing developments for more than 20 years. One day he was in his track hoe with a 40 foot boom digging deep and the ground gave out under him. No one was around to see the whole thing disappear under water. He popped the escape hatch and swum up through the nasty ass water 30 feet. One of his coworkers just happened to drive by while he was climbing out. The company paid to get the hoe out and reconditioned. They also got him a bigger more powerful one to play with. He's 78 and still on the job
It's a wide track, for lower ground pressure, but excavators still don't float.
In murky water you can't see the bottom so you can't judge its condition. Odds are he hit a really soft spot. He may have been using the bucket to try to stabilize the machine but as it turned out, he rolled to the side rather than tipping forward against the bucket/stick/boom.
Well, give the man credit for having priorities..... he's taken his shoes off, to keep them dry. That ought to impress his boss.
ReplyDeletefloating excavator.
ReplyDelete"floating excavator" fails Float Check.
DeleteHaven't seen one of these before, but I'm guessing that the manufacturer discourages trying to excavate while floating.
ReplyDeleteSomething is not right here. Buoyancy?
ReplyDeleteprobably operator error. boom over extended, caught onto something solid and pulled the machine over past the tipping point
DeleteMy guess is that the excavator is not intended for floating use. Rather it's designed for swamp work, which includes traversing open water in floating mode, like an ATV, to the next work site. I think the boom probably has to be stowed in a position that optimizes stability and keeps the Center of Gravity at its lowest. In the Far East, I used to park long-boomed excavators on barges to do dredging work, and they would pull themselves around in shallow water using their boom - I'm guessing that's what this guy tried, maybe he hit a snag and thought he could pull himself around it.
DeleteMy brother, in FL, has been digging lakes and ponds for housing developments for more than 20 years.
ReplyDeleteOne day he was in his track hoe with a 40 foot boom digging deep and the ground gave out under him. No one was around to see the whole thing disappear under water.
He popped the escape hatch and swum up through the nasty ass water 30 feet.
One of his coworkers just happened to drive by while he was climbing out.
The company paid to get the hoe out and reconditioned. They also got him a bigger more powerful one to play with.
He's 78 and still on the job
He should have like a good Capt and gone down with his ship
ReplyDeleteA little less agility, and he would have.
DeleteIt's a wide track, for lower ground pressure, but excavators still don't float.
ReplyDeleteIn murky water you can't see the bottom so you can't judge its condition. Odds are he hit a really soft spot. He may have been using the bucket to try to stabilize the machine but as it turned out, he rolled to the side rather than tipping forward against the bucket/stick/boom.
Nope: It's an amphibious excavator:
Deletehttps://wetlandequipment.com/products/amphibious-excavators
That machine is just as happy upside down as right side up.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he had a chance to shut it down before it hydrolocked.
ReplyDeleteAnybody can be a physics student, at any time.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's generally funnier for bystanders that way too.