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Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
So my schedule got messed up this week and I wanted to give my employee the hours I committed to. Set him on a few basic tasks to do around the property. One of those tasks involved a miss communication. I have a spot where I've been placing excess mulch off the side of my driveway which is cut into a hillside. I tried to communicate that he should dump some mulch which was spread turning a different area into a mud bog in the wet season.
He took the mini a little too far and lost control when the existing mulch slipped out from underneath the front of the machine. Nose diving it at a super steep angle. He freaked and shut it down, not wanting to stress the engine, which I'm thankful for. I've been away off island all day, but I've looked up the spec's on the machine durning some free time.
My issue is that it seems one cannot access the hydraulic bypass without raising the boom to take the side panels off. The bucket is currently acting like a wheel chock, and it's at such a steep angle I'd want to put a lowering line on the ass end of it for a backup if I disabled the hydraulics.
The machine isn't tipped, but it looks like it's about 45* but that may be mostly due to the "lines" of the machine. I took my cell phone, and used the sea level app to measure the degree the machine is sitting at. It's right at 27-29 degrees at the bottom of the tracks. The manual says the maximum inclination the engine can safely operate at is 30*.
There is a chance if I can get it just a little further down the hill to where it levels out quite a bit (10-15') I can just plow through the understory to the neighbors driveway. I have a pair of 14' Uhaul truck style ramps where I could try to ease the transition a hair.
So my three options are.
Fire the engine off, or not?
Jack up the front end (risky and PITA)
Hire a crane for an hour (250-500), and pick from the boom point even though the arms are not fully raised.
Go all dukes of hazard and fire it off and get it more level to sit for a few.
What are the risks of firing the engine off? Would it be ok for literally just a few moments?
He took the mini a little too far and lost control when the existing mulch slipped out from underneath the front of the machine. Nose diving it at a super steep angle. He freaked and shut it down, not wanting to stress the engine, which I'm thankful for. I've been away off island all day, but I've looked up the spec's on the machine durning some free time.
My issue is that it seems one cannot access the hydraulic bypass without raising the boom to take the side panels off. The bucket is currently acting like a wheel chock, and it's at such a steep angle I'd want to put a lowering line on the ass end of it for a backup if I disabled the hydraulics.
The machine isn't tipped, but it looks like it's about 45* but that may be mostly due to the "lines" of the machine. I took my cell phone, and used the sea level app to measure the degree the machine is sitting at. It's right at 27-29 degrees at the bottom of the tracks. The manual says the maximum inclination the engine can safely operate at is 30*.
There is a chance if I can get it just a little further down the hill to where it levels out quite a bit (10-15') I can just plow through the understory to the neighbors driveway. I have a pair of 14' Uhaul truck style ramps where I could try to ease the transition a hair.
So my three options are.
Fire the engine off, or not?
Jack up the front end (risky and PITA)
Hire a crane for an hour (250-500), and pick from the boom point even though the arms are not fully raised.
Go all dukes of hazard and fire it off and get it more level to sit for a few.
What are the risks of firing the engine off? Would it be ok for literally just a few moments?
