Hooking Up

[Meadows Miller]

I am Mate I am Jesi was worried I would change my mind at times but I keep telling her once I know I want something I dang well make sure I get it  ;) ;D ;D 8)

[paul case]

     DUH!  PC

[Wick]

2 more. The hitch pin, and make sure the ball "nut" is tight.  :-[
Safety chain test...SAT!!!

[terrifictimbersllc]

Also keep looking in the mirror to make sure the mill is back there.

[Lambee10]

Hauled a load of Christmas trees out of the NC mountains and as we made one sharp turn after another going down hill we were passed by a tire.  It hit the guard rail and shot about 50 feet in the air and down the mountain it went.  I looked at my partner and all he said was "yep, that was one of ours". :D
check lug nuts and tires also, please!

[Clean Image]

OK I'll share...I used to pull a small flat bed trailer with a radial arm saw mounted to the deck, behind the work truck. One day when we were headed home and traffic slowed down to about 40 mph, I was passed by a 10" carbide blade in the left lane doing about 50...luckily it veered off to the side and into the center divider fence never to be seen again (meaning I didn't go back to retrieve it)  :

Not only do I count to seven, but also check on anything else that should be bolted down...

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[steve phillips]

howdy magic man
i got a story for you on hook up
some time ago when i had a busness , i was looking out the window and as any highway you see all types of autos.
well i seen this dump truck go by the shop and about 3 seconds later behind the dump truck  , a trailor came by with a d4 cat on it . nothing pulling it well it hit the ditch beside the shop and turned over. the guy driving the dump truck went 5 or so miles before he had relized he lost his trailer lol. they flipped everything  back over and the d4 fire right up  lol.
thought you may enjoy that one   8)

[Brucer]

Also keep looking in the mirror to make sure the mill is back there.

It took me a while to figure out why my neck was so sore anytime I made a long trip with the mill :D.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Also keep looking in the mirror to make sure the mill is back there.

It took me a while to figure out why my neck was so sore anytime I made a long trip with the mill :D.

Woman checks makeup, man checks mill.   

[Okrafarmer]

The same chipper I lost off the dump truck got lain over on its side in the road by one of the other guys I worked with. He took the on ramp a little too fast and his trailer ball actually snapped off, laying the chipper on its side in the road. Inspection of the ball showed a rust streak through half of it, meaning the shaft was not properly strong to begin with, at least before that incident.

That particular ball was bought at  Harbor Fright

[Magicman]

 :-\  Another cheap Chinese knockoff.   :-\

[Woodchuck53]

Just this morning during our safety meeting the results of a load test failure on a 80 man lift boat was shared. The supplying vender substituted a d-ring on a hoist assembly for the boat. Thanks goodness they were load testing because one side failed causing the boat to swing down and shear the supports of the second mount sending the boat 90' to the gulf. Total loss of 1/4 million dollar life boat. The ring was bright silver which should have been a dead give away. We are supposed to use only American made Crosby rigging. This was made over seas also. Stay safe.

[eastberkshirecustoms]

I have to admit that on occasion I do use some 'import' stuff to save some coin. It is hard not to, and sometimes you just don't know. But when the quality or precision really matters, or it is structural in natural, I try to use made in the good ol' USA products, all the way! I'm curious if they use the same inferior products over there for their own use, or do they have a lower 'export quality' that is shipped to us?

[Josef]

Reading all these posts about losing tires and such brings back some not so fond memories. Since my mill isn't quite done I don't have any horror stories about it yet so I'll have to expand my repertoire a bit.

Many years ago, back in my teens, I had just become the proud owner of a 1963 Triumph TR3.  Along with the car for the total purchase price of $200 came a set of wire wheels. As soon as I got it running (needed a few minor and major repairs, rustoleum blue paintjob, new engine etc.) I put the wire wheels on and took a friend on a test ride with the top down. Feelin' slicker 'n owl snot, we cruised down to the local hang out and pulled along side a couple cute young ladies in a Mustang on the 4 lane while we were approaching a traffic light. We were acting as cool as possible when the young ladies along side us started laughing hysterically and pointing at my new ride. About then one of my rear tires passed between our cars and went thru the light well ahead of us. I learned then about the reason spinners were both left and right threaded, and that it's really hard to look cool chasing one of your tires down the highway. I think I'd have felt better if I'd totaled the car rather than had to live thru the ribbing for the next week.

Funny how something as innocuous as that will instill a lifelong habit of checking tires on everything I drive and tow.

Joe