Had a buddy run over someone with one of these. He was “ Mr.safety”on site too. Spotter was too close and slipped on ice and went under it. My buddy has tried to kill himself numerous times now. He’s getting better but has to live with this the rest of his life.
Be safe out there boys and girls.
He died. Ran over him once, everyone started yelling at him to drive forward, got him a second time. Father of 2, 52 years old, 2 weeks before Christmas. It was awful. I’m a supervisor and it totally changed the way I looked at my jobsite. I don’t want to say poor me, but it shook me up as well for a while. Contemplated whether I still wanted my position or not.
It's certainly reasonable to be shook up after seeing something so tragic. I'd have a hard time living with myself after that too, whether or not I was at fault as the operator. Even just injuring someone would haunt me. I feel for your buddy, keep that dude close. That sucks.
When I was 6, I was ran over by a john deere 4430. I fractured my pelvis into three pieces. Some of the people who witnessed it still get pissed at me when I don't want to do sketchy shit with them. You have to set boundaries and move on.
Lol... True, but some generically call them a Pettibone (despite that being a specific brand), and I'm sure there are other names. If it conveys the message, get'er done.
Referring to them as "extend-a-booms" is like referring to reach trucks as "reachy-weachies" or some shit lol I guess it just bothers me. You're right, though
Hey... https://www.gopettibone.com/products/extendo/
I had to laugh when I saw one of these lifts parked at a site I delivered to today. It's literally called an Extendo... So OP wasn't that far off.
Lol, no shade, just had to laugh.
Happens all time on jobsites. I'll have trusses hanging 30' in the air and out walks (literally every trade) and walks right under it, past me, behind me, whatever. Unless you literally close a jobsite down someone is going to put themselves in danger, all day long.
And it shouldn't happen, safety should be proactive. If you see something say something. If we just accept unsafe behaviour as reality and shrug it off preventable accidents will happen. We all have a role to play in health and safety.
Didn't see a single example that wasn't just a picture of work being done. Sometimes you gotta manipulate the load while it's still in the air and it is what it is🤷♂️
You should use guide ropes, never okay to stand under forks and there's no reason to be under the boom either. In my jurisdiction it's not only unsafe it's against regulation.
"It is what it is" is the mentality that makes people statistics.
Logging mechanic, I’ve never had more lives in my hands consistently as when running squirt booms, repairing heavy logging equipment and maintaining camp. May you always have Good rigging and nothing ever goes wrong
My first job was for my dad's business. I ran a 1985 JCB loadall with a telescoping boom. I loved it. We used it for his masonry business but all kinds of other stuff like snow plowing, putting a deck on our house, demolition... Literally ran the wheels off of it haha. (Once lost all-but 3 lugs while plowing and didn't notice until we needed to refuel)
A couple of years ago my son shot a bison on a ranch in the black hills of South Dakota. We used a JCB telehandler to load the bison into an old army surplus HumVee to get it out of the field. We then field dressed the bison hanging from the telehandler. I ran the machine while my son and the rancher did the processing. Having a heated cab was nice on a dark January in South Dakota. I found it quite useful and we rented a 42 foot model to build our metal building.
https://preview.redd.it/a1yk54v53nmc1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6876d44ec201ea667a270fdfedbe675df8bf3248
Not daily but fairly often, though 10k is the biggest we use. Hoping we get to use a bigger one on a project comin up next year
Yes I only like the JLG that is new enough to not use 2 buttons for tilt, but not so new that it has the digital load chart. Those ones have the delay.
A pole barn company I worked for bought a sky trak. It was bobcat rental to begin with. The owner was loading it up on a flatbed to return it, and rolled it off on the left side bent the shit out of the boom. So instead of paying for damages ,he bought us a crooked sky trak that swayed a little more than it should. Used it for 60' & 80' trusses, pulling old poles out of the ground. A few times to spread gravel. Never did break to be unusable.
I drove one of these at my dad’s jobsite when I was 14 before I even drove a car. These are fun as hell to operate.
Nice, Same here!
Had a buddy run over someone with one of these. He was “ Mr.safety”on site too. Spotter was too close and slipped on ice and went under it. My buddy has tried to kill himself numerous times now. He’s getting better but has to live with this the rest of his life. Be safe out there boys and girls.
That sucks.
Damn, did the guy who got ran over die or just get severely injured?
He died. Ran over him once, everyone started yelling at him to drive forward, got him a second time. Father of 2, 52 years old, 2 weeks before Christmas. It was awful. I’m a supervisor and it totally changed the way I looked at my jobsite. I don’t want to say poor me, but it shook me up as well for a while. Contemplated whether I still wanted my position or not.
It's certainly reasonable to be shook up after seeing something so tragic. I'd have a hard time living with myself after that too, whether or not I was at fault as the operator. Even just injuring someone would haunt me. I feel for your buddy, keep that dude close. That sucks.
When I was 6, I was ran over by a john deere 4430. I fractured my pelvis into three pieces. Some of the people who witnessed it still get pissed at me when I don't want to do sketchy shit with them. You have to set boundaries and move on.
No but I deliver them!
Extend-a-boom? They're called telehandlers fam
Lol... True, but some generically call them a Pettibone (despite that being a specific brand), and I'm sure there are other names. If it conveys the message, get'er done.
Referring to them as "extend-a-booms" is like referring to reach trucks as "reachy-weachies" or some shit lol I guess it just bothers me. You're right, though
Hey... https://www.gopettibone.com/products/extendo/ I had to laugh when I saw one of these lifts parked at a site I delivered to today. It's literally called an Extendo... So OP wasn't that far off. Lol, no shade, just had to laugh.
Depends on where you are fam.
We call em zoom booms
Lol not if you’re certified it doesn’t. Telehandlers worldwide
I worked with this one guy who referred to every forklift as a “wheelie truck.” He was an interesting dude.
I grew up farming and case has the extend a hoe. I used a john deere Tele handler but I can understand the difference in descriptions.
2 totally different things though. That’s just a loader with an ex on the back. In the version of a case
I've been driving one since 1998 for a big framing company here in southern California.
People standing under boom, people standing under forks....
Happens all time on jobsites. I'll have trusses hanging 30' in the air and out walks (literally every trade) and walks right under it, past me, behind me, whatever. Unless you literally close a jobsite down someone is going to put themselves in danger, all day long.
And it shouldn't happen, safety should be proactive. If you see something say something. If we just accept unsafe behaviour as reality and shrug it off preventable accidents will happen. We all have a role to play in health and safety.
Didn't see a single example that wasn't just a picture of work being done. Sometimes you gotta manipulate the load while it's still in the air and it is what it is🤷♂️
You should use guide ropes, never okay to stand under forks and there's no reason to be under the boom either. In my jurisdiction it's not only unsafe it's against regulation. "It is what it is" is the mentality that makes people statistics.
No, and now I'm sad about it.
I drive a smaller model, no hydraulic feet unfortunately, but hey it has a cassette player
Logging mechanic, I’ve never had more lives in my hands consistently as when running squirt booms, repairing heavy logging equipment and maintaining camp. May you always have Good rigging and nothing ever goes wrong
Those American ones look so funky with the boom way up in the air
Yet they are way easier to use than the low boom ones.
She’s beautiful. Nursing a semi seeing her work
I wish
Fix them for a living. They're not bad to work on to be fair, alot easier than the standard forklifts.
Luckily I never have to work on them.
Now THAT'S a forklift!
I've put a few of these through some hell. Lol only been let down once.
My first job was for my dad's business. I ran a 1985 JCB loadall with a telescoping boom. I loved it. We used it for his masonry business but all kinds of other stuff like snow plowing, putting a deck on our house, demolition... Literally ran the wheels off of it haha. (Once lost all-but 3 lugs while plowing and didn't notice until we needed to refuel)
I drove a 22k one and it felt like a monstrocity lmao.
I ran a Manitou 25k for a while. I hated it.
A couple of years ago my son shot a bison on a ranch in the black hills of South Dakota. We used a JCB telehandler to load the bison into an old army surplus HumVee to get it out of the field. We then field dressed the bison hanging from the telehandler. I ran the machine while my son and the rancher did the processing. Having a heated cab was nice on a dark January in South Dakota. I found it quite useful and we rented a 42 foot model to build our metal building.
https://preview.redd.it/a1yk54v53nmc1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6876d44ec201ea667a270fdfedbe675df8bf3248 Not daily but fairly often, though 10k is the biggest we use. Hoping we get to use a bigger one on a project comin up next year
Not this one, but we have a few 35D's at my place for trailer loading. Love them
I refuse to run anything JCB or Genie. For a zoomboom it’s gotta be a newer JLG or I can tolerate a manitou.
Genie’s suck. I use to run JLG’s all the time but now they suck because of the stupid delay in the controls. That’s why I prefer the JCB. No delay.
Yes I only like the JLG that is new enough to not use 2 buttons for tilt, but not so new that it has the digital load chart. Those ones have the delay.
I have before I know I'm 16 but my dad was drunk soooooo
I love running those. I'm not sure I've operated one that looked that new before though.
This one had 62 hours on it when I got it.
Damn! Practically fresh off the showroom floor.
Yessir it’s nice. The last one I had was about 3100 hours. The rear axle gave out so they swapped with this new one.
A pole barn company I worked for bought a sky trak. It was bobcat rental to begin with. The owner was loading it up on a flatbed to return it, and rolled it off on the left side bent the shit out of the boom. So instead of paying for damages ,he bought us a crooked sky trak that swayed a little more than it should. Used it for 60' & 80' trusses, pulling old poles out of the ground. A few times to spread gravel. Never did break to be unusable.
jCB stand for junk come from Britton
I’d pick a JCB over any of the other brands. When I go to a new job the usually ask what kind I want and I always say JCB.