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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain
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Posted by Billy NY on June 17, 2006 at 20:40:32 from (64.12.116.74):
In Reply to: O/T Beaten with a chain posted by bradk on June 17, 2006 at 09:43:26:
Not good to say the least. Years ago while running a D-6 on a 100 acre subdivision job, I was grading a pad off, when the the guy on the vibratory roller got stuck. The site was nasty and although the bad weather had passed, some spots were still like peanut butter, lots of clay, silt and topsoil muck. Instead of taking a dry road to get to the pad, he decided to take a shortcut and got stuck, another dozer operator hooked onto him, the suction was too strong, he broke a 3/8" chain and the link that flew off hit my o.r.o.p.s upright, left quite a dent, hit like a bullet. Did not take long for a brawl to occur during break over that one, they hired a whole bunch of green operators, who did not get along with us regulars on this job.
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