To: The South Texan
I saw a truck on the discovery channel. Used in mining operations. A man standing beside it looked to be about half the height of one of the tires. It was stated that it DOES occasionally run over pickups due to the operators limited field of vision. Bottom line- Stay out of its way.
36 posted on
09/13/2004 11:46:37 AM PDT by
Graybeard58
(Graybeard - Illinois resident - Keyes voter)
To: Graybeard58
41 posted on
09/13/2004 11:51:35 AM PDT by
Fierce Allegiance
( "Stay safe in the "sandbox", cuz!)
To: Graybeard58
I worked in a mining facility and saw (felt) these CATs running all over. Amazing vehicles.
Interesting feature: They ran the exhaust through the dump bed to help rock and mud slide, this caused early rusting.
Although i never saw one run over a pickup, my buddy backed over his bosses truck in a large Komatsu wheel loader.
69 posted on
09/13/2004 12:17:59 PM PDT by
CyberCowboy777
(Veritas vos liberabit)
To: Graybeard58
Watch out for the excavator too!
71 posted on
09/13/2004 12:22:54 PM PDT by
Axenolith
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