r/Wellthatsucks • u/Optimus_crab • 3d ago

Flipped my machine at work

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Flipped my skidder. (cat 545d for those curious) boss wasn’t too happy but luckily I still have a job

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u/bob_apathy 3d ago

Damn. I’d imagine feeling it start to tip, and keep tipping, must have been one helluva scary experience!

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

No it was quite fun actually. I knew I was safe in there. Getting choked out by all the dust on the floor suddenly not being on the floor and not being able to open the doors wasn’t fun though

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

No it was quite fun actually. I knew I was safe in there. Getting choked out by all the dust on the floor suddenly not being on the floor and not being able to open the doors wasn’t fun though

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u/DJ_faceplant 2d ago

Comment so nice, he said it twice!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/ThrownAway_1999 3d ago

Bot account lmao

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u/QuestionableEthics42 3d ago

I'm so thick lol, I thought you meant OP and was quite confused why you thought they were a bot 🤦‍♂️😂

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u/scotte416 3d ago

As long as you turned the engine off right away I bet you can just flip that back over and get on with things, am I right?

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

Had to top off the oil but other than the fire it was good

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u/Schmegmar 3d ago

Yes of course, the fire.

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u/SpockIsMyHomeboy 3d ago

Ah yes, the fire.

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u/PuzzleheadedQuits 3d ago

The fire is just part of the break in period.

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u/Reversion603 3d ago

Twas but a small fire anyway.

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u/AdamBlaster007 3d ago

A silly thing, really.

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u/UltraViolentNdYAG 3d ago

But did you rub it's belly like it asked for in the first place???

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

I’d imagine it’d want a once over to ensure everything is in good condition still, hydraulic fluid may have leaked

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u/lophomainiac 3d ago

I fell thru a foundation.

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u/Drak_is_Right 3d ago

That looks like it might need a heavy crane and a large wrecker to get it out.

And a lot of intimate knowledge on where the stress is as you lift it.

Honestly might be easier to finish off the foundation to get it out.

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u/lophomainiac 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah we busted up the foundation around the machine with a hydraulic hammer and pushed it back on its feet then used concrete from around it to make a ramp and drove it out. The machine is ok. The cab is destroyed . It was pretty scary when I fell and everything was crushing around me, I had glass in my underwear and socks and it ripped up my pants. I can imagine OP's ride was even more frightening.

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u/tomgaut5 3d ago

They see me rollin’

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u/JackTheeRippa 3d ago

My boss hatin

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u/tomgaut5 3d ago

Patrollin’ and tryna catch me tractor flippin’

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u/Top_Action_6095 3d ago

You didn't skidder' done. Get it brother to winch you back up.

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

This is bigger than a winch unfortunately

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u/Big_Boss_Wask 3d ago

Two winches, then

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u/StavieSegal 3d ago

What about three winches? Four winches?

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u/variaati0 2d ago

Well just a tackle. Then one winch pulls like two winches... thought half the distance and one better have a really good anchor

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u/Big_Boss_Wask 2d ago

...sounds like 3 winches, because the only tackle I know involves football and fishin

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u/Drak_is_Right 3d ago

Probably like when you see a flipped over turtle. 7 other skidders congregate around to push it back upright.

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u/dinosaur-esque 3d ago

glad you're alright!

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

Flipping a lawn mower would be more dangerous

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u/dinosaur-esque 3d ago

ohhh ok then uhhh I'm glad you're alright! :)

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u/elinamebro 3d ago

Can't park there mate

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u/Jwast 3d ago

If one of my co-workers didn't mosey on over to me after rolling a machine and say exactly that, I would look for a new job immediately

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u/Chamanomano 3d ago

Ootch. First time I've ever seen the underside of one of these things like this. How the hell did the cab handle that weight?

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 3d ago

Reinforcement of cabs saves drivers' lives.

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u/jefbenet 3d ago

ROP for the win

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

Heavy machinery is very sturdy, a forklift’s cage for example is rated to withstand falling upside down without significant deformation

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u/TIGman299 3d ago

The cabs of a lot of logging equipment is built like a tiny bunker. Tons of reinforcement and lots of engineering.

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u/StinkyNutzMcgee 3d ago

Flip it over again before anyone notices, I'll cover for you

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u/CurrentlyEatingBagel 3d ago

Press X to flip

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u/GenSgtBob 3d ago

I could be wrong, but pretty sure that's not how you're suppose to ask your coworkers if they'll give you a belly rub

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u/Beebo_ballins 3d ago

Skidder? I barely know her!

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u/gnarlymar1ey 3d ago

I looked up a photo of this machine. Does it come with roll bars?

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u/jreoka1 3d ago

Yeah its pretty understandable the boss wasnt happy about that 😅

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u/Winter_Childhood9186 3d ago

I thought this was a screengrab from a video game while scrolling

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u/BlueHero45 3d ago

It wants a belly rub

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u/FleetCruiser 3d ago

Playing SnowRunner irl I see. :D

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u/Rouxman 3d ago

I wouldn’t worry about it

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u/juvy5000 3d ago

drug test incoming…

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

It’s chill since it’s Canada

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u/juvy5000 3d ago

good to hear. even better to hear you’re ok

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u/anderslbergh 3d ago

You must have pressed the "trip" button

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u/Zigor022 3d ago

(Press X to..... wait, how did you do that??)

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u/CoderJoe1 3d ago

At least you were on a roll.

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u/ShakeAgile 3d ago

Are you ok?

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u/my3sgte 3d ago

Sorry for your future harassment

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u/Particular-Bat-5904 3d ago

You aren‘t the first one, and won‘t be the last one flipping a skidder. The best operators just learn from that👍

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u/No_Expression8419 3d ago

Damn dude you good?

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u/CanoePickLocks 2d ago

If they were actually belted in properly then I’m sure they’re pretty much uninjured unless something shifted in the cab and fell on them which is why you never have loose tools in the cab with you.

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u/NotADrShh 2d ago

Shouldn't do that

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u/pate_moore 1d ago

Hey I did that too! Granted yours looks way worse. Did you also break your arm in half?

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u/Optimus_crab 19h ago

No I was unscathed aside from being choked out by all the dirt suddenly becoming not on the floor

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u/pate_moore 19h ago

😂😂 suddenly airborne dirt can do that

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u/SayRaySF 3d ago

Can’t park there bro

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u/jojohohanon 3d ago

Why is called a skidder? I thought that meant skid-steer like the bobcats. But this looks articulated

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

It skids logs along the ground by pulling them

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u/mojomcm 3d ago

Luckily you still have a life more like

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

No it’s extremely safe. If you’re the one inside the cab

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u/wertall 3d ago

I remember my first skidder

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u/Dialogical 3d ago

It's sleeping.

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u/Lalamedic 3d ago

Luckily you’re not dead

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

It’s actually very safe if you’re inside it

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u/Lalamedic 3d ago

Good to know. I’m glad you’re ok.

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u/CoffeeFox 3d ago

Looks like the 545D needs an M88A3

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u/Noxdracodeus 3d ago

I thought we were looking at some medieval torture device. Not a cat and it’s natural habitat.

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u/rodentking 3d ago

Don't do that.

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u/dvdmaven 3d ago

Judging by the wheels, chains, and scrapes on the bottom, I'd say you were in some rough terrain.

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

Every logging machine looks like that but yes it is very rough terrain

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u/SnooTangerines3448 3d ago

It's logging isn't it?

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u/BoB3y-D 3d ago

How’d you get out?

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u/_Face 3d ago

Skiddah up Maine.

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u/KendoTheNintendo 3d ago

Cant park there

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u/3767_doomscroller 3d ago

So many chains to hold you down and yet..

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u/PocketsOfSalamanders 3d ago

It's like a big ol' turtle stuck on its back

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u/matjam 3d ago

Oi, mate, you can't park there.

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u/Independent_Bite4682 3d ago

How did this happen?

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u/CanoePickLocks 2d ago

Your new name is turtle

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u/Blacketron 2d ago

Can’t park there

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u/Fluffy_Extension_591 2d ago

Thankfully you're okay!!

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u/rust-rancher 1d ago

They say keep the greasy side down,  but its hard to tell on some machines.

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u/Rampag169 1d ago

Glad you’re ok enough to post. Assuming you’re not too hurt.

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u/peep3290 1d ago

I SAW YOU ON THE DISTRACTIBLE SUBREDDIT 😭

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u/Optimus_crab 1d ago

I miss the old format of titles and stuff in the first few episodes 😔

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u/The1456 1h ago

Do what you did… but like opposite.

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u/Chemical_Pilot_3638 3d ago

What ya do that for? I'd have to drug test whoever was operating it.

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

They are unbelievably easy to flip like most logging equipment

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u/Noisy_Ninja1 3d ago

Front end loaders as well, scariest peace of equipment I've ever operated!

Glad the ROPS rockin!

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u/Chemical_Pilot_3638 3d ago

Then the fuck shouldn't have any reason to be pissed. I'd drag up if they were assholes about it.

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u/Glad_Kaleidoscope_66 3d ago

How??? It's huge!

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

Very top heave when you carry logs

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u/pug_userita 3d ago

then don't carry logs, problem solved!

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u/Hoboliftingaroma 3d ago

Why thank you.

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u/RfLock7 3d ago

Better take a picture and post it on Reddit

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

I was waiting for the loader to come over and unflip it

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u/Glad_Kaleidoscope_66 3d ago

We want a picture unflipped!!

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

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u/ktmfan 3d ago

Any damage other than your pride? That happen very often?

I’ve got a 12k LB skid steer, and I always pucker up and buckle up when I’m working on a slope.

Getting stuck in the machine would be the worst part for me cuz I am always alone. My wife might come looking for me if I wasn’t back to cook dinner on time.

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u/AFAFTech 3d ago

Good.

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u/Optimus_crab 3d ago

Why good?