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Gradall Wheeled Excavator

The city sent a Gradall excavator to make a small channel for the water to drain instead of collecting at the bottom of the street and create a swamp. I was unable to get a real good angle to shoot the video because of the trees, so i just sat out in my yard and taped it from there.
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  1. BlockNum101
    June 18th, 2009 at 03:25 | #1

    I had watched this video more than three times.
    Safety no no tips while on the job:
    1) person sitting under tree too close boom
    2) no vests or hardhats
    3) hand on boom while in operation
    4) walking under boom while in operation
    5) guy used himself as a shield for operator to pick up material 1:51 into video
    6) no ear protection
    7) operator empties bucket and swings boom over workers head
    8) on road – no 4-way flashers on
    9) no beacon on machine
    10) moving in remote with overhanging wires
    more

  2. BlockNum101
    June 18th, 2009 at 03:46 | #2

    operator looks inexperienced
    1) pushing material with tongue
    2) allowing workers to walk under boom while in operation.
    3) operator rough on machine
    4) No need for high rev while shoveling into bucket
    5) Weight restriction: racked boom too far out over cab while travelling. Putting to much weight on front end.

  3. Rikuno94
    June 19th, 2009 at 16:52 | #3

    yea, when i was video taping this i thought he was new. I only know information and how to operate a Crawler excavator.

  4. linkbelt225
    February 21st, 2010 at 19:32 | #4

    city workers crack me up

  5. Ksvoronos
    March 6th, 2010 at 01:25 | #5

    what was the point of the water

  6. Rikuno94
    April 5th, 2010 at 22:55 | #6

    @Ksvoronos

    it is at the bottom of a hill and every time it rains, water is collected there and stays there for a very long time. They have had to replace the asphalt because of it once.

  7. jacobyanderson
    July 13th, 2010 at 13:19 | #7

    cool video where i live at they were working on my street bt they were puttin dirt on side the road cuz the road wasnt leveled

  8. vmaxdude2000
    November 10th, 2010 at 22:54 | #8

    That thing is way too loud, I would hate to have to work next to that all day. Our cruz air is almost as annoying. Our volvo is nice and quiet

  9. scotty140174
    October 11th, 2011 at 12:44 | #9

    Why oh why does the City buy Gradall? Whats the fasination with these things a wheeled excavator does it better quicker and cheaper…?

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