Posted on 09/08/2016 1:47:12 AM PDT by naturalman1975
If I had $40 million dollars for every time that’s happened. GE does.
The place is actually called ‘Ferntree Gully’.
The driver should go back to flat screens. Not much of a market for jet engines that “fell off the back of a truck”.
Was the strap made in China?
Just the other day, I was checking a strap just like that I had used to brace a spruce tree that was blown over in heavy winds a few years ago. There was a little nick in the edge. I grabbed it and pulled and it ripped apart in my hands.
It's possible that strap was in the same condition. It probably wouldn't hold 10 pounds.
Most machinists at my level use the rule of thumb far more than they turn to the manuals. Although the machinist handbook and other manuals cover the basics and are a very good resource when needed.
Our experience and knowledge is our very best resource and always leads the way. We know tricks of the trade which are passed along among the elites in the trade. We will go to the handbook when we need a reference or have a question about metals and other issues but not as much as you would think. I got to a very high level in my 30+ years doing many, many different job shop type machining. they include...
Tool and die, Mold making, CNC, Grinding, repair and maintenance, etc.
Holding tolerances as close as .0005
It's very interesting at times and very tedious and stressful too. The better you get the more valuable the work you will be doing and the more your work will cost the company if you scrap it so it can get very stressful at times. I made a very good living as a tool and die and large scale machinist but I sure had to work very hard to get there. I'm also kind of proud to say i never worked in a union shop in my entire career.
Yeah, but this one had a turbocharger, and the clearcoat package.
You may be right, but you were not dealing with moving mass.
The truckers should have known better than to do “good enough” with a $50 million dollar part.
If I was that trucking company that would have been tied down with 10 more straps and some duct tape.
It’s just common sense.
zzZING!
I totally understand the motion involved and it certainly makes a big difference to factor that in. I kind of just waded into a discussion of large scale, (heavy) machining which isn’t exactly germane to the discussion of a heavy load shifting off of a moving vehicle, which brings other g-force factors and kinetic energy into play.
My bad, ok?
You’ve never met a really fat guy nicknamed “Tiny”?
OK, have it your way.
You don’t know what you are talking about. When your factory building make an emergency stop, hits something on the highway, or makes a sharp turn, then you can run your mouth about what you know about securing a load while the mechanics are working on it. In the meantime, leave the transport issues to people who actually have some real information.
No! You must be flogged! And flayed! Flayed and Flogged! And boiled in a pot of mildew!
Yeah, but I’m sayin’, that TruCoat, you don’t get it and you get oxidization problems. It’ll cost you a heck of lot more’n five hundred ...
Love, Jerry
“Our military routinely carries much heavier loads and has an entire manual devoted to what chains and binders one need use on these loads”
This is one of the reasons that I’d hire people from the military. They learn discipline and how to do things the right way. And if doing it the right way is impossible under the circumstances, they improvise creatively.
The Co. I work for does some lifts.
A few years ago we received a safety bulletin concerning nylon straps.
We were directed to look at the label closely and see whether they were Made in China.
The Chinese made straps were inferior and would not support the labeled weight.( who’d a thought!)
Just a cursory look you couldn’t see a difference.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.