http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUSMdwHS2c

wow, your right, all the outriggers are stowed away....hmmm.  Regarding that rushing during set up.  That is the most critical time to make a error, regardless of the profession your in.  I hate it when you got a contractor yelling, "hurry, I'm going to be paying overtime", then you got mixers backed up waiting, the dispatcher calling you on the cell, "hey, whats taking so long", "the pump boss calling and saying, "come on, whats the delay".  Mixer driver walking up and asking, "hey man, wheres the washout area".  Yes, it is dangerous to be rushed.  Thats when I shut off the cell phone, walk over to the cab, get a bottle of cold water, and block out all the distractors....

Sometimes it isn’t about distractions; it is a simple matter of time. There are, some days, just not enough hours in a day.

Try and put yourself in that operators shoes for just a bit. All of those things to do and just not enough time before the concrete showed up. He had to set the outriggers, unfold the boom, finish the beer, roll another reefer just like the one he just smoked, throw the dunnage off of the pump, get out the remote…………………………. The list goes on and on. And as we all know, you just have to set your priorities. ;~)

Has anyone ever had a pump turnover??? I would love to talk to that operator and see why the outriggers are in, and to know why it turned over. Surely there is more to the story..... I find it hard to belive that someone could just forget to put the outriggers out.... thats like driving the car with no keys

Me too John, I could never figure that one out.

That was funny Bob!!  I was about to say I would never pump without the riggers and then I remembered one job. A Hydro dam, My old Boss" THE OWNER" Who knew the biz and I have a lot of respect for gave me the 101. Front and rear riggers out about a foot, stabilize, boom straight up, turn and straight out. I would never do this with my own machine. I probably should not have done it with his but the company needed the $700. I like to be 15 minutes early! That way I can enjoy the work! Also I was fairly GREEN then, Good thing for me nothing happened!!!

has anyone ever pumped with their backside outriggers in??? i heard you can do this if you stay within the two outriggers that are out

I did a job last year with the rear outriggers all the way in.  The job was totally within the limits of the front outriggers.  I raised the A all the way up, rotated it to the front of the cab, and then unfolded.  It was real stable the whole time, cause I never went outside the limits of the front outriggers.  The reason:  There was pine trees and high banks on both sides of the rear of the boom.  As a extra precaution, I used extra 4x6x8 dunnage to stabilize the front, because I didn't want any slop causing instability.

Another job, two years ago I had to pump off the left side with the boom fully extended below horizontal, to reach the entire circle of a water tower foundation.  It was an old putz BRF1406, with those old outriggers you pulled in and out by hand, and they don't come out very far....it was scary as heck.  I had to pump from the left rear outrigger and traverse all the way to the front left outrigger. I was on the side of a hill, narrow dirt road, above the job.  The right side outriggers were coming off the ground with every stroke.  I told the boss my displeasure, he said, he excepts all responsibility. I would never have done it on my own.  I was so glad when that job was over.