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chitoryu12 posted:I'm caught between laughing and being utterly horrified at myself for finding this funny. Peter Gabriel isn't called sledgehammer for nothing.
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May 11, 2015 19:25
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 Seems awfully high for a truck.
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May 11, 2015 19:36
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OSI bean dip posted:
Thank you for reminding me of something I forgot to crosspost into here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkWTcDZFH0
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May 11, 2015 19:48
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Skinny King Pimp posted:My ex girlfriend was a certified cave diver and went out diving some relatively easy caves with her former instructor and another friend of theirs. She's your ex? What, did she get cold feet?
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May 11, 2015 19:51
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OSI bean dip posted:
What is that, cheese?
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May 11, 2015 20:17
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Looks like thin wood or paper
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May 11, 2015 20:26
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OSI bean dip posted:
Doesn't look like it would be that much higher than a trailer.
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May 11, 2015 20:33
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It's also not secured lengthwise, only widthwise. Don't know if that's safe or not, but always makes me nervous.
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May 11, 2015 20:57
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An Angry Bug posted:It's also not secured lengthwise, only widthwise. Don't know if that's safe or not, but always makes me nervous. If one of those is coming loose being tied down like that, a lengthwise strap isn't going to stop it from making it's way off the truck and into your life. Honestly, it's really up to your state/country what the tie-down laws are, but side-to-side chains/straps are just fine when used correctly. For lumber it's different, you have a caged bed for that.
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May 11, 2015 21:33
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chitoryu12 posted:Thank you for reminding me of something I forgot to crosspost into here. Penske must hate that bridge.
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May 11, 2015 22:20
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chitoryu12 posted:I'm caught between laughing and being utterly horrified at myself for finding this funny. If it makes you feel better, I chuckled.
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May 11, 2015 22:21
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OSI bean dip posted:
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May 11, 2015 23:06
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Chocobo posted:Nah. 
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May 11, 2015 23:09
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i dig the chains that are definitely there, but so tiny compared to the logs that theyre almost invisible at that resolution
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May 12, 2015 00:37
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OSI bean dip posted:
Are the rearmost tires supposed to be off the ground? Don't semis usually carry their spare underneath?
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May 12, 2015 01:52
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BiohazrD posted:Are the rearmost tires supposed to be off the ground? Don't semis usually carry their spare underneath? It's a rear lift axle. You can see lift axles in other positions on other trucks (notably, dump trucks tend to have a lift axle in the middle of the truck). If the trailer's load is heavy enough, or to comply with weight-per-axle requirements, they'll drop the lift axle to spread the weight to the ground more. If it's not needed, they'll lift it to provide better fuel efficiency and save wear on the set of tires. I've personally never seen a rear lift axle; usually they're in front of or between other wheels.
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May 12, 2015 02:16
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May 12, 2015 02:23
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Pyroclastic posted:It's a rear lift axle. You can see lift axles in other positions on other trucks (notably, dump trucks tend to have a lift axle in the middle of the truck). If the trailer's load is heavy enough, or to comply with weight-per-axle requirements, they'll drop the lift axle to spread the weight to the ground more. If it's not needed, they'll lift it to provide better fuel efficiency and save wear on the set of tires. Cement trucks
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May 12, 2015 03:11
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Ambrose Burnside posted:i dig the chains that are definitely there, but so tiny compared to the logs that theyre almost invisible at that resolution I dig the enormous contact patches he's getting on those tires. Assuming they're not actually flat, think about how much air pressure is in those things, and then look at how much they're squashing. I can't believe that's a designed/allowed load for that tractor/trailer combo.
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May 12, 2015 03:38
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Leperflesh posted:I dig the enormous contact patches he's getting on those tires. Assuming they're not actually flat, think about how much air pressure is in those things, and then look at how much they're squashing. I'd guess it's not for on road use, but I'd be a fool to think that it's not been used in that way too.
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Speed limits on logging roads on Vancouver Island are typically 65km/h. These roads are built and maintained by the logging companies that own the leases and logging rights to that part of forest, and most provincial road laws and restrictions don't apply. When I was driving around there 10 years ago they'd run escort trucks front-and-follow for the loaded logging trucks - my rule was if I saw a white pickup barrelling towards me I'd pull as far over as possible and hope I wasn't on the outside of a corner. They certainly did not stick to 65. Some of the individual logs on the trucks were as wide as my car - trunk diameters of 2m or more are common in the old growth temperate rainforests. 50-tonne trucks do terrible things to dirt roads, the part that's a washboard is a nice break from the endless potholes of doom that make up the rest of the road. My favourite section of road is on the way to Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park - for about 30m the road surface has completely washed away and you're driving on exposed granite bedrock, scoured by glaciers. The trucks I saw looked highway legal, which makes sense because those roads end at small towns with proper (provincially owned) paved road access to the rest of the world. I saw a few trucks like that one parked in sort yards and other not-accessible-to-the-public places, I think they're only used on *really* bad roads.
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Oh cool this got moved back to GBS. Word on the street was that there was a very serious arc flash accident at Los Alamos National Laboratories recently. http://ecmweb.com/fire-security/los-alamos-national-lab-worker-burned-substation http://www.koat.com/news/worker-burned-at-los-alamos-national-lab-in-critical-condition/32806058 There are some additional details floating around the industry - 2400V system (not as common as 4160V for modern plants but still used in places), guy near the equipment got burns over 95% of his body. And there were people standing 20 feet away that also got burns (some pretty serious) from the arc and copper that was thrown. None of the people involved in this incident will ever be the same.
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Say Nothing posted:
Fun fact - some of the fuses I use at work have strikers - not quite like the bullet, but when they blow there's a tiny explosive that pushes out a metal pin. Usually that's used to protect motors - so if one of the fuses blow, the pin pushes out, slams against a big plastic bar, and that presses a switch, and the switch opens the circuit breaker so the motor doesn't run single-phased. (That's bad.)
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May 12, 2015 11:31
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Tunicate posted:
Of all the times I've seen this image I just now noticed there's shrink wrap all over the front end covering the windows 
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May 12, 2015 17:27
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saw some guys drop a couple of long bits of aluminium from the 5th floor or so today one nearly hit a couple of the people working below and the other fell into the road
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May 12, 2015 18:49
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Dillbag posted:^^^ I like your av to quote Duke Nukem - "Blow it out your rear end!"
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Say Nothing posted:'Helicopter Ground Resonance'. Idiots didn't take the shipping bolts out.  :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2jc_jy651M
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May 12, 2015 19:48
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Reasons why I don't publicly say exactly where I work: so I can reveal that the CEO tried to show off while "getting the feel" for a service mechanic truck out in the yard today and sped around so fast that he hit the crane rental guy's pickup twice.
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May 12, 2015 20:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7-jUxadAFQ
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May 12, 2015 21:46
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surebet posted:http://imgur.com/gallery/eekEotA I feel like I'm falling out of my chair into eternal blackness now.
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Guy chops of his hand (and half his forearm) I know that pain doesn't always register straight away, but this... quote:: “I didn’t realise my hand had gone until I went to pick up a piece of wood and it wasn’t there. It was on the floor. I thought I was going to bleed to death. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/13/man-cuts-off-hand-power-saw-diy-edryd-jones-wales 
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:Guy chops of his hand (and half his forearm) I believe it, having worked in factories for the last 10 years where hundreds of workers carry knives and are properly trained to keep them sharp, one of the biggest lessons I learned is to always check yourself when you see your own blood because often that's going to be the first thing you notice when you've cut yourself really loving bad.
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    Marshmallow Blue posted:to quote Duke Nukem - "Blow it out your rear end!" 
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May 13, 2015 14:11
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I'd wager that hole was originally caused by it firing.
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:Guy chops of his hand (and half his forearm) Pain is weird sometimes, during one of my surgeries the local aesthetic wasn't correctly applied and I ended up making unholy sounds, kicking a poor nurse and passing out from the searing white pain. Strange thing is I didn't feel the first few cuts because a) this wasn't my first OR rodeo and b) I saw the anaesthetics being injected and felt the burning tingle of them being diffused IM. I guess my brain convinced itself that it couldn't be pain it was feeling in the first few seconds until the scalpel dug deep enough. Same goes for people I treated as a first aid responder, especially in cases of blunt force head trauma. Concussions & shock do fucky things to your pain perception.
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surebet posted:Pain is weird sometimes, during one of my surgeries the local aesthetic wasn't correctly applied and I ended up making unholy sounds, kicking a poor nurse and passing out from the searing white pain. Strange thing is I didn't feel the first few cuts because a) this wasn't my first OR rodeo and b) I saw the anaesthetics being injected and felt the burning tingle of them being diffused IM. I guess my brain convinced itself that it couldn't be pain it was feeling in the first few seconds until the scalpel dug deep enough. Thankfully, when I accidentally stabbed the radial artery in my left hand I immediately registered pain AND saw blood gushing from the wound. I'm honestly really proud of how quick my first aid reaction time is for self-inflicted injuries.
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