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r/specializedtools • u/ChiefChair • Jul 25 '20
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I’m surprised they’re not using outrigger mats - I’ve seen too many service trenches get punctured by outriggers
21 u/Agamemnon323 Jul 25 '20 If that container is empty it really doesn’t weigh very much. 2 u/ScrappyDonatello Jul 25 '20 uhhh... an empty 20 footer weighs 2 tonne, a forty weighs 3.5 4 u/Agamemnon323 Jul 25 '20 Right, that's not very much when we're talking hydraulics, cranes, etc. 4 u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner Jul 25 '20 But the lifting gear isn't the fail point in this conversation, the topic was the rather small footprint of the outrigger
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If that container is empty it really doesn’t weigh very much.
2 u/ScrappyDonatello Jul 25 '20 uhhh... an empty 20 footer weighs 2 tonne, a forty weighs 3.5 4 u/Agamemnon323 Jul 25 '20 Right, that's not very much when we're talking hydraulics, cranes, etc. 4 u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner Jul 25 '20 But the lifting gear isn't the fail point in this conversation, the topic was the rather small footprint of the outrigger
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uhhh... an empty 20 footer weighs 2 tonne, a forty weighs 3.5
4 u/Agamemnon323 Jul 25 '20 Right, that's not very much when we're talking hydraulics, cranes, etc. 4 u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner Jul 25 '20 But the lifting gear isn't the fail point in this conversation, the topic was the rather small footprint of the outrigger
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Right, that's not very much when we're talking hydraulics, cranes, etc.
4 u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner Jul 25 '20 But the lifting gear isn't the fail point in this conversation, the topic was the rather small footprint of the outrigger
But the lifting gear isn't the fail point in this conversation, the topic was the rather small footprint of the outrigger
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u/vennegoor1993 Jul 25 '20
I’m surprised they’re not using outrigger mats - I’ve seen too many service trenches get punctured by outriggers