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Dealing with Equipment Failure

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Broke Down in a 3 day Ice Blizzard / 20 hour snow storm & Fed up with People 4 k video

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What happens here

During the extended night shift, a Volvo loader experiences an unexpected breakdown. The metal portion of its cab door's latch mechanism breaks, leaving the door loose and swinging. Two workers, Alex and another crew member, attempt a temporary field repair by using a strap to secure the door, preventing it from swinging open while the operator drives. This incident highlights the challenges of equipment reliability during prolonged operations.

Goal: Temporarily repair essential equipment to minimize downtime during a critical snow removal operation.

Tools and materials

  • Beanie N/A — Keeping warm in cold weather
  • Reflective vest N/A — Ensuring visibility in low light conditions
  • Small tools — Inspecting the broken latch mechanism
  • Strap N/A — Temporarily securing the broken cab door
  • Volvo Loader Volvo — Heavy-duty snow removal, but currently broken

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[Music] sometimes it's not the amount of snow you get that makes for a super long day super long night and super long next day but it's how the snow falls on our accounts we typically have a zero tolerance level meaning we can't allow anything to sit on the Lots so we have to plow while it's snowing and that's all good and said and done until your equipment breaks down which you're gonna see in a minute the Volvo broke down on us again and I think this is going on the fourth or fifth time this season so far so let's see what happened so the door kind of rattled itself apart if I'm guessing right right seems like the machine but the door the main part of the latch was still hooked on yeah and the door was doing the crappie floppy Anja alright where's the latch I want to see this [Music] the other half [Music] really [Music] nothing like making payments on a machine that you got a parka okay for tonight we're gonna put the strap under out of the door through the cab and hopefully try to tie the door closed enough that

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