Another fun day at work
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Another fun day at work
So they got me to work a partial day today (or what was supposed to be a partial day) Anyways it was suppose to be a milk run, 2 hour drive to Unity quick load and 2 hour ride back no hitches....right
Anyways first I spent 2 hours in the United Rentals yard unloading other peoples semis and helping the understaffed mechanics. Ok all set to go I drive up to Unity and find the pieces of equipment not plugged in or anything...... Ok long story short3 hours and 15 minutes later I leave Unity with my load. but....... Then I measured and Im too high 8 or 9 inches higher then the max allowable height, but the piece of equipment that is too high doesnt really run so yaaa. I dont think I took down any red lights or powercords on the way back.
So instead of a quick 5 hours for a Saturday I put in a full 7-4:30 day...with no lunch or coffe as usual.
On a good side though the genwerator that was missing in Swift Current that I was getting blame for was found.
Anyways first I spent 2 hours in the United Rentals yard unloading other peoples semis and helping the understaffed mechanics. Ok all set to go I drive up to Unity and find the pieces of equipment not plugged in or anything...... Ok long story short3 hours and 15 minutes later I leave Unity with my load. but....... Then I measured and Im too high 8 or 9 inches higher then the max allowable height, but the piece of equipment that is too high doesnt really run so yaaa. I dont think I took down any red lights or powercords on the way back.
So instead of a quick 5 hours for a Saturday I put in a full 7-4:30 day...with no lunch or coffe as usual.
On a good side though the genwerator that was missing in Swift Current that I was getting blame for was found.
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Did it take 3 hours to get the equipment started? It was cold enough today...
Which part of the machine was too high? Did ya load em up like those pictures ya showed me the other night?
Which part of the machine was too high? Did ya load em up like those pictures ya showed me the other night?
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It was a load kinda like this but I also had a scissor lift on the back. The problem is with the scissor I had to make room for it by compressing the boom lifts thus making them higher, too high as it turned out, but it all ended well.
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