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How NOT to run Heavy equipment. Mistakes & red flags in a 60 ton rock truck #2

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The video introduces the Volvo A60H articulated dump truck and its features, emphasizing that the project is aimed at helping new operators understand how to run heavy equipment. The presenter highlights the importance of safety and thanks Volvo for sponsoring the instructional content. His wife, Nikki, shares her initial thoughts after driving the truck.

Goal: Understand the project's purpose and the basic experience of driving the truck.

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  • Volvo A60H Articulated Dump Truck Volvo — The primary piece of heavy equipment being operated and demonstrated

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All right, guys. Well, we're back with how to run a rock truck or an articulated loader. And before we get started, I want to give a big shout out and thanks to Vobal for sponsoring and putting this on. They're not here to sell you their equipment. They're here to help people new to the industry understand how to run heavy equipment. And I also want to give a big shout out and thanks to my wife for being such a happy guinea pig. Okay, Nick, you just got done. Yeah. Driving. Yeah. What do you think? A uh a lot easier to handle than I thought. Yeah. Yeah. It is really, isn't it? Yeah. It's still scary. Is it? Yeah. Especially that hill. Uh-huh. You can't see. You can't see nothing. You can't see it. And it's And the hydraulics goes and then it just starts Yeah. It's It's scary. But the truck pretty much does everything else for you, doesn't it? Uh-huh. Other than braking, gassing, and steering. It does it. It does that. Doesn't do that. I think next we're going to be putting my wife in a skid loader. Guys, teacher Eric. All right. So, we're going to we're going to drive around. All right. Get you familiar with the truck.

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