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Skid Steer Buried in Swimming Pool Demolition

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What happens here

The speaker recounts a disastrous swimming pool demolition where a skid steer loader became buried in the bottom of the pool due to unstable ground. While attempting to extract the first machine with another, a sudden 20-minute 'downpour' of rain made the situation even worse, causing severe flooding and turning the entire area into a muddy pit. This example highlights unforeseen site conditions and rapid weather changes leading to severe equipment issues and project complications.

Goal: Illustrate extreme unforeseen site conditions and rapid weather impact on project execution.

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  • Chains

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just about the loss on the job you're on it can also be about potentially losing projects down the line because of delays in schedule happens different story every single day had an operator bury a skid loader in the bottom of a swimming pool and then it pours pours rain on us just Pours Down we'll see if we can get this sucker out let's see how bad it is I already know for you unfortunately don't know [Music] stuck that one it's dry out when we got here it's not dry anymore that's going to have zero pulling power so we're going to do is put the chain up this motor to this one give it yank I don't think it's going to work we'll find out won't [Music] we this is a commercial site we worked on that is a prime example of nothing more than getting screwed by the general contractor on a job on this site what

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