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Real-World Snow Stacking: Hidden Dangers

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How NOT to run a $160,000 Italian Loader....

What happens here

The operator begins moving and stacking snow piles. He deliberately demonstrates how deceptive a snow-covered environment can be. He points out a section where the asphalt abruptly drops off, but this is hidden by snow. Pushing snow near such a drop-off, especially with the boom extended, creates a significant risk of tipping. He explains that even if the snow appears level, the underlying terrain might not be, drastically altering the machine's stability. He stresses the need for operators to understand how far out the boom can extend and how this changes the machine's center of gravity.

Goal: The operator engages in snow stacking, illustrating how seemingly stable ground can hide hazards and how the machine's center of gravity is affected by boom extension.

Tools and materials

  • Snow Pile
  • Venieri Loader

What they say

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let's stack some snow so now when you guys look at this that looks fairly stable right but what i learned coming up pretty quick and you'll see it happening in the machine is right about there there it's just drops completely off now the snow looks like it's going up and the ground looks like it's going flat but it's not it's going straight down and the further i go that way toward the highway the steeper that drop off gets right at the edge of that asphalt and so remember when i said earlier about learning how to stop it on a dime that's where that becomes important everything looks like it should be normal situations but even right here it's not and i'll show you at the end of this video exactly what i learned while i was experimenting and playing with this thing now especially you guys see how far out i can boom like that right so if i don't have stability underneath me that can completely throw my machine off even that much faster than when i'm boomed in because my center of gravity boomed out completely changes [Music] right there is one of the most dangerous points if all four of my tires don't feel firmly planted when i'm way far out and tipping that can just

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