As operators and as Owners we are charged with the safety of our Concrete Pump and the safe operation there of. Here is some good and some bad cribbage. "dunnage is for boats"

Please forgive my direct approach and remember its now about what you can get away with that counts, its about getting everyone home at the end of the day and being able to sleep well because you know you did not kill anyone today. A little extra time and care can save a life.

Here is a picture of a guy was was under the boom when it fell.

Click here if you want to see it.

http://www.concretepumping.com/dictionary/index.php/Boom_Falls_over_hits_hoseman

If you think it might help I can post some pictures of guys who have died after they hit power-lines also

What are you waiting for, YOU ARE THE MAN, I thought I was a DUMB ASS

lets not forget the one for one rule when near a hole or drop off stay as far back as deep so a two foot drop keep pads two feet away

I just want people to understand, really understand.

This is from yesterday, only one spot to set up, can't move over at all ,or traffic would be blocked. I could pull ahead but decided this rock offered more stability than all that soft muck!  Something you can't see is the rock was quite flat on top. Just when I thought I was done,the foreman comes over with the classic line, "we've got a couple of pads over in this spot" Of course that meant stretching the boom almost flat out over that particular outrigger. As it turns out the outrigger footing was.........well, hard as a rock!

Personally I think that set up is a bit rocky. I think that if the boom had slipped off the rock and it tipped over that picture would not help you to much. In fact I think if you tried to use it in your defense it would not help at all. Thanks for posting it.

 Good luck with that last picture. I dont think I would have done that. I noticed 2 things about that picture, snow melt which means some amount of mud. 2nd thing it looked like a 42 meter outrigger and I use to be able to excavate ground around the area I was going to set the pad with the outrigger itself and move a rock like that.

Definitely a 42 meter. I personally would not have done that either. What if the rock had fractured and split apart while under load? 

 Funny boom I dont know if you saw my other post but I knew Justin Caole.

Question for any/all:  The 61 or 63 (whatever its a BBCP pump) sitting on steel I-Beams...is that an example of good dunnage or bad?   Looks great as looks go, but is that an acceptable way to get around the "no bridging" of dunnage with the outrigger foot?  Not being a smartass, just want to learn.  Looks to me like its a pretty heavy I beam, but its hollow, so is that pump heavy enough to bend it down...

I sent you a message "Don't Need One"

Joel that beam is plenty strong enough for that. For one it won't bend because the load is evenly spread across the flat crane mats and if you notice directly below his pads there are some sort of cross braces built into the beam. That box style beam is plenty capable of doing what he used it for. I wish all my setups worked out that good!

4 wielded support's in the center.a bit over kill on this job site the contractor had this set up for all big boom's on this site...this pump is a 63

northwest63 ask that contractir if he's interested in moving to VA...he sounds like my kinda guy!!  its like to pulling teeth around here to get extra dunnage!! 

BTW thanks funnyboom.  More common I guess that I see 3 or 4 boards (2x4's, 4x6's, etc) spread a couple of inches from each other with the outrigger pad sitting on top...dont know if that makes sense, but creates a couple of 2-3 inch wide void spot under the pad that isnt bearing weight.  Just always wondered if that was a good idea...outrigger pads are not very thick...

Also, anyone ever use a bobcat bucket under their pad if soil is soft?  I used to do that quite a bit, but had one contractor get pretty tore up cuz he was afraid Id bend his "new" bucket.  he did offer me six 2x4's and 2 4x4s.  Mud approx. 8 inches deep where i pulled steer tire in.  I told him if his bucket bent we had a lot bigger problems than replacing a new bobcat bucket...