Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

[davidwyby]

That tree would bust up concrete for sure.

…concrete several feet deep/thick

 

[Cobleskill]

I wonder what it crashed, besides the poor little skid steer.

 

[SeanKroll]

It would be great to have a load cell in some pulls to mentally calibrate some things.

 

[davidwyby]

It would be great to have a load cell in some pulls to mentally calibrate some things.

 

[davidwyby]

More view

 

[treesmith]

Looks like even if it had worked out as planned, he might be buying a new bucket truck instead of a new skid steer….

 

[flushcut]

I can’t tell but was there an operator in that skiddy?

 

[SeanKroll]

Upon zooming, it looks to me to exhibit a big defect on the trunk.

 

[davidwyby]

I can’t tell but was there an operator in that skiddy?

I think there was and he ran

 

[davidwyby]

Upon zooming, it looks to me to exhibit a big defect on the trunk.

Spiral missing bark

Maybe lightning

 

[Burnham]

That shitshow doesn't get any prettier watching it several more times. Wow.

 

[treesmith]

That shitshow doesn't get any prettier watching it several more times. Wow.

But the more you watch it, the more convinced you are that this is not “their first rodeo”…. I wager sketchy is their MO.

 

[Cobleskill]

I looked them up. They have positive reviews. Hard to believe, watching that clip. Crane would have been quick and easy.

 

[davidwyby]

I looked them up. They have positive reviews. Hard to believe, watching that clip. Crane would have been quick and easy.

They have one pretty bad one

 

[SeanKroll]

Bet they do now.

Not a couple guys and a rental skidsteer.

 

[SeanKroll]

Looks like it may have set back or the wedge was getting no support.

Maybe doesn't know to bore a wedge hole in a closed backcut.

 

[Mick!]

I looked them up. They have positive reviews. Hard to believe, watching that clip. Crane would have been quick and easy.

Yes, you don’t get that amount of gear being completely hopeless.

Like I said, a career defining mistake.

 

[davidwyby]

You see lots of vids of guys getting away with doing things not quite right a lot. They get away with it for a long time until they don’t.

 

[davidwyby]

Coincidentally…idk how you break a 7/16” cable on grass with a 7,500 lb truck but I did. No thimble bit that’s not a problem on my chokers.

No jerk, just throttle already tight. No tow boom.



Rigging shop agrees with my cheap cable assessment

 

[Burnham]

What was the radius of the attachment point like?

 

[davidwyby]

What was the radius of the attachment point like?

A screw pin anchor shackle, aka clevis.

1” I think.

That was my first thought too but I don’t have that trouble with my cat chokers that don’t have a thimble. They said galvanized cable is brittle sometimes. I imagine an OEM Warn cable would be fine.

 

[Burnham]

That's plenty of radius. I think you are correct...less that top grade cable is likely the culprit.

 

[davidwyby]

Looked for the name or number on the sleeve

Esco

Realized it didn’t break, it was probably improperly swaged.