biggest eff ups
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From: Queens, NYC
Last winter I got my truck stuck trying to cross a creek while checking cows, so I walked back to the barn and got my D6 cat. Anyway im on the way back, and to get to the crossing you have to cross a big hill sideways, and as some of you may know frozen ground and steel tracks sideways doesnt mix. So the dozer cut loose and i slid down the hill full steam and then smack right into my truck. It smashed the corner and broke the mounts of my flatbed. Luckily it hit the back and not the front. So I had to buy a new flatbed and I ended up with a torn rotator cuff from trying to hold on.
I pucker up just loading a d6 onto a lowbed. damn.
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Last winter, I was opening up a three part lot with my co-worker. I had opened up the first section with my 7' 5" Western and started on the next. I see my guy stop and he calls me, telling me he blew a hydraulic line on his 450 with an 8' 5" Myers. So he leaves, and I'm stuck opening up the two remaining lots by myself. The company opens really early, so cars now start streaming in, and cutting down on my operating room. I'm starting to trip on them, there are so many, and in all the wrong places. I narrowly finish one, and move on to the next. By now, it's just a constant stream and I'm getting frantic. They're pilling up in the street, and I'm getting dirty looks and annoyed drivers. Finally, I'm almost done when I go to back up to clear one last section, and I jump on the pedal when BAM, I feel an impact through my truck. Turns out, it was a stupid dumpster that they put out in the middle of nowhere with no fence or safety cones. Dented up my bumper some, as well as putting a decent sized dent in my tailgate.
Moral of the story, no matter the pressure, haste makes waste, and wounded Super Duties.
Moral of the story, no matter the pressure, haste makes waste, and wounded Super Duties.
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I put oil in the washers and washer fluid in the oil one time..... then drove like that.
Ran 20w50 and 10w40 in a truck ment for 5w20..... for 160,000 miles.
With the **** i have done, i do not know how that V10 still runs.
Ran 20w50 and 10w40 in a truck ment for 5w20..... for 160,000 miles.
With the **** i have done, i do not know how that V10 still runs.
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Too true.
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[quote=QwkTrip;7906775]What do you consider the screwup? Not having the right parts ready, or spending money on a skid steer instead of buying a decent floor jack? 
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well to make myself not look like too much more of an idiot. the skidsteer was there to move dirt, not lift the truck! haha lol thats one hell of a jack at $200/day!!!
heres another for ya!
i was plowing a uhaul last year, all cluster$#cked together. well anyways i was there for 4 hours, workin by the hour and bout had enough.well goto back up, backed into a car trailer..wow i just wounded my rear bumper. cussin and all mad at myself, bout 30 seconds later, drove head on into another trailer, this time on the corner of my front bumper..
wooops!!
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well to make myself not look like too much more of an idiot. the skidsteer was there to move dirt, not lift the truck! haha lol thats one hell of a jack at $200/day!!!
heres another for ya!
i was plowing a uhaul last year, all cluster$#cked together. well anyways i was there for 4 hours, workin by the hour and bout had enough.well goto back up, backed into a car trailer..wow i just wounded my rear bumper. cussin and all mad at myself, bout 30 seconds later, drove head on into another trailer, this time on the corner of my front bumper..
wooops!!
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From: Texas
[QUOTE=suzuki0702;7909841]
You need bigger bumpers.
What do you consider the screwup? Not having the right parts ready, or spending money on a skid steer instead of buying a decent floor jack?
quote]
well to make myself not look like too much more of an idiot. the skidsteer was there to move dirt, not lift the truck! haha lol thats one hell of a jack at $200/day!!!
heres another for ya!
i was plowing a uhaul last year, all cluster$#cked together. well anyways i was there for 4 hours, workin by the hour and bout had enough.well goto back up, backed into a car trailer..wow i just wounded my rear bumper. cussin and all mad at myself, bout 30 seconds later, drove head on into another trailer, this time on the corner of my front bumper.. wooops!!
quote]
well to make myself not look like too much more of an idiot. the skidsteer was there to move dirt, not lift the truck! haha lol thats one hell of a jack at $200/day!!!
heres another for ya!
i was plowing a uhaul last year, all cluster$#cked together. well anyways i was there for 4 hours, workin by the hour and bout had enough.well goto back up, backed into a car trailer..wow i just wounded my rear bumper. cussin and all mad at myself, bout 30 seconds later, drove head on into another trailer, this time on the corner of my front bumper..
wooops!!
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I had put my mountain bike on top of my Expedition. I didn't have a roof top bike carrier so I laid it down flat. I carefully put towels between the bike and truck so not to scatch the paint. I locked the bike to the rack because I'm paranoid about being ripped off. After double checking all my work to ensure no scratches, not to have a stolen bike and tied down safely I decided to put the truck in the garage because of the sap falling from the pine trees. After driving in the garage, I was reminded by the sound that I heard that I have only one inch of clearence to the top of the door. My gut reaction was to not check the damage but to see if anybody saw that then throw all the parts that were on the ground into the garage and close the door.
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I had put my mountain bike on top of my Expedition. I didn't have a roof top bike carrier so I laid it down flat. I carefully put towels between the bike and truck so not to scatch the paint. I locked the bike to the rack because I'm paranoid about being ripped off. After double checking all my work to ensure no scratches, not to have a stolen bike and tied down safely I decided to put the truck in the garage because of the sap falling from the pine trees. After driving in the garage, I was reminded by the sound that I heard that I have only one inch of clearence to the top of the door. My gut reaction was to not check the damage but to see if anybody saw that then throw all the parts that were on the ground into the garage and close the door.
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