How to run a Payloader. Cab controls & basics for the noob pt 3

All right, guys. We're back with how to run a payloader. And if you're just getting new to the series, how to run heavy equipment and how not to run it, like some of the common mistakes that people make. Question for my wife. She panics, doesn't know what to do. What's her safety move? What she's do breaks. Absolutely. Breaks and then breaks and then neutral. Um if something if it really really something crazy happens, main power shuts it off. Shuts it down. So the big red button is your emergency stop. So if you feel like anything is going wrong and you panic, just hit the big red button. I love big red buttons. Big red button. They I mean seriously, that is those are nice to make things simple. Simple and safe. And that's what we really want these guys to be when they're first getting into a loader. Simple and safe. And what's your exit strategy before you start operating? I want these guys to have an exit strategy. Cuz if I don't want you to use it, I just want you to have it. Right? And you don't want to be when when you're in that situation, your heart's going to be pounding out of your chest. You don't want to be thinking, "What do I do?" You already know. Right. There's guys that have panicked and hit the wrong thing. And yeah, hit accelerate. I mean, I'll tell you straight up, [Music] when I was first learning to drive truck, I was 14 cuz I was on a farm, right? My dad put me in a truck and he's like, "Drive out to that field out there." I'm like, "Okay." He wasn't riding with me and I went in the ditch and I panicked and I stomped on that gas and I froze and I'm I'm going 60 mph through a ditch and took me like 15 seconds before I snapped out of it. And I'm like, "Wait a minute. I got to hit the brake, not the accelerator." And I was lucky. I don't want these guys to panic because it happens. It happens to the best of us. Does she have the machine How does she have the machine set up right now? So, right now I have the She's using the bucket level. So, she's using that so she can automatically level so she doesn't have to sit there and manipulate the lever to get the bucket flat. So, that's really helping her out a lot. Um, she's doing a lot of the things we talked about for sure. She's doing the initial lift. She set the tires really good job. for being brand new to it. Sure. See, this is a literally the first probably 10 minutes of driving a payload. And so, I guess one of the things that I want to let these guys know is that try to give somebody that takes it serious when they're training you in. Because really, a lot of these guys inside the industry, they may take it light-hearted. They may be old, experienced guys and they think you're going to pick a list this up intuitively, but there is a learning curve to it. Um, what are some of the resources out there for guys when they're they want to take this to the next level? They don't want to just watch a YouTube video. They actually want to Do you have any recommendations? Um, not specifically, but there are several like I know there's a couple community colleges around. Most states have like a program to to train operators over, you know, very similar to getting like a CDL license for a truck. Um, we're starting to see similar programs pop up for for operating uh heavy equipment. So, there's certainly multiple places around the country that they can they can take a class. So, one of the things that I want to forewarn you about is um seat time is one of those important things. I want to make sure that when these guys they when they're investigating which school to go into, they're getting a lot of good seat time, a lot of time actually in this seat of that piece of equipment because that's really where your skills are learned. Yeah. I mean, you can only get someone so far by theoretically teaching them in a classroom and showing them pictures that that that'll maybe get familiarization with button locations, but you need the feeling in the seat. You need to know the location of the controls that are on it to get the the feeling of the physics involved in operating the machine. I would rather have 30 minutes of paper time getting familiar with it and 3 hours of seat time and 3 hours of paper time and 30 minutes of seat time any day of the week. Absolutely. It's it's important. So, also this is almost like the perfect training ground. So, when we look around here and we see everything that's going on, there isn't a lot of obstructions. We've got a wide open area. She's not trying to snake this in and out. She can get comfortable. So, where you learn at is really important is how you learn. I mean, there she's going. And if there was traffic coming in and out and trucks moving around, it's tough on your confidence level when you're under the gun to really perform in in a tight environment right off the jump. Um, you see this wide open area. When I'm training my operators in, I always start them out on a skid loader. I always start them out snow plowing whenever possible because I can put them in a big lot like this and it's not midnight out. They don't have anybody breathing over their neck. They don't have cars coming in and out. They don't have people looking at them judging their performance. And after I walk them through the steps, then I'll sit back and I'll let them just kind of go to town and then I'll give them feedback. That's really important. You don't want to learn in the wrong environment, guys. So, she's not spinning her tires. She's got them set. She's uh really utilizing tires. You're costing the company huge amounts of money. I mean, their biggest investment is going to be fuel and tires. And a set of tires on those machines, it's not it's not cheap. I mean, how much is a set of tires on a piece of a thing like that? Depending on the size, it can it can go up anywhere from $7 or $8,000 up to $30,000. I mean, depending on, you know, if you're big mining style machine, so it it's a tremendous investment for the customer. So, protecting that investment, uh, having customers see an operator being responsible, they it's lowering their total cost of ownership. So, that's that's a that's an A+ in my book for for choosing a candidate for sure. Okay. So, what would you recommend as you watching her operator to refine her skills? What would be the next thing that she could do to actually take it to the next level? I I think a little bit a little bit more repetition. Um, certainly you can see a little bit how she's kind of pulsing the controls a little bit. And this this just takes time. smooth like strokes on the levers to to to maneuver the hydraulics in a very smooth format to load the bucket. Um we'll we'll increase her cycle time for sure. It it'll take her a little bit of time I would say to get, you know, to get more confident using more power. She's got a lot more power. She's probably using only the first maybe 1/3 of the accelerator pedal right now, which is saving a ton of fuel. Yeah, for sure. But but efficiency would be down. She's filling She's filling the bucket quite well. Oh, that is important. So, the capaca getting the optimum capacity in the first scoop of that bucket is huge. So, if she went had to dig into that pile two or three times to fill that bucket up, that lost time, that's wear on the machine that's handling the material more than once. Those are those are all factors that you got to um you got to refine really. You got to improve upon those factors. Heat. [Music] All right, honey. Are you having fun? All right. What do you think so far? It's not as bad as I thought. It's not as bad as you thought it would be. No, you've actually done like amazing for getting the you're not spinning the tires. Your scoops are almost perfect. In fact, other than just improving efficiency and speed, it's almost perfect. So, I'm going to put Chris in there and we're going to demonstrate how not to do a few different things. Oh, cuz you kind of didn't I did good. Yeah, you can't pick up. You did. You did good. All right. Let Let me down before you I'm in park. I'm safety first. Oh, you're in park. Yeah. Oh, you saw me coming up and put her in park. Yes. See, that's my bad. We talked about making We made eye contact before I came up. That's how she knew. And I guess I didn't wait for the signal that the machine was in park. See, that's what happens when you're a farm kid. You're just used to growing up around equipment. I don't do everything right. I don't. I want you guys, too, though. Oh, my wife just had a really good question. You were asking about the delayed engine shutdown. Now, a lot of payloaders have it. Not all equipment has it though. Skid loaders don't have it. So, basically what we're talking about is, you know, with a diesel engine, most diesel engines have a turbocharger. Um, and the turbocharger spins at like 10 to 12,000 RPM. So, it gets really really hot. Um, and it's it's not a cheap component on the engine. So if we continuously shut the engine down without allowing that time to cool um the turbocharger just sits there and cooks and cooks and cooks um because it doesn't have any kind of air movement or oil movement some of them are oil cooled um to cool it down. So these machines now a lot of manufacturers are coming out with and I know even even uh truck manufacturers like Dodge and you know Ford whatever pickups have it as well um that you can that turn the key off and the machine will continue to run until the temperature is adequately low enough to to shut the machine down. Hopefully this helps you guys out. Let me know in the comments down below. I mean we're taking a lot of time. We're spending 3 days to shoot these videos and so I need to know is it worth it to you guys? I mean, not just how to operate, but how not to do these things, cuz I'm hoping it'll take a few of you guys and help you get started. If you're looking for more, we've got more how to run heavy equipment, the dos and don'ts, coming at you down the pipeline. In this entire video series, we're going to be talking about a 60tonon rock truck, which I convinced my wife to run. Um, that was a little tough to get her to do it, but she did it. a skid steer, uh, a compactor, and then also a steel wrist. And if this video's helped you out, you got to let me know in the comments down below because I'm already starting to plant seeds with Volvo about possibly making one on how to run a mini excavator, how to run a dump truck, how to run other pieces of heavy equipment, the dos and don'ts. So, if you like this video, tell me. If there's anything you want to see improved or changed, tell me that, too. Because if I haven't made it yet, I can make the changes and make it even better for you guys.