Tried using a hydraulic lift to move pallets of brick on a slope yesterday

Big mistake. The whole thing tipped sideways on the driveway at the Johnson site. Lost about 150 bricks. Cracked. Nobody got hurt but my pride took a beating. Had to hand stack the rest of the day. What do you guys use on uneven ground?

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hayden4663d ago

Happens more than people want to admit. The world isn't flat but we keep acting like it is and then get surprised when things slide or tip over. Took me a few busted knees and a spilled load of shingles to learn you gotta plan for the ground before you touch the machine.

the_angela3d ago

My buddy Jim thought he could just eyeball it on a hillside job. Set his skid steer down and it started sliding before he even got the bucket full. Took out a fence and damn near rolled into the neighbor's yard. Cost him a whole weekend and a few hundred bucks in fence boards. Now he walks every site with a level and measures twice before he even starts the engine.

spencerm461d ago

Man, you ever just watch a machine start going sideways and feel your whole stomach drop? I learned that lesson the hard way on a retaining wall job. I got cocky and tried to bench out a spot on a slope without checking the tilt. My track loader tipped so far I had to jump out before it went over. Now I carry a 4 foot level and a magnetic angle finder in my tool box. I stop, set the level across the frame, and check it three times before I even raise the bucket. Saved my ass more than once since then, especially in wet clay where the ground shifts under you.