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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Effluent, underwear fires, etc...
Sometimes at work you get a foreboding feeling that something of great sucktitude is approaching.
I hate that feeling, because it's usually right.
Today an effluent applicator truck showed up in the driveway with 'a couple of cracks that needed fixed right quick'. for those unfamiliar with such things, this truck hauls and then sprays 4700 gallons of water and pig poop on fields. Big, heavy, smelly piece of equipment.
After hosing off several loads worth of caked-on crap, we inspect it closer. 'couple of cracks' turned into 'This this is cracked all over the place'. And when tanks crack... they leak.
Now the adventure gets even more fun, as most of the cracks are between the framerails, a space already quite full with axle mounts, air tanks, crossmembers, and other various truck parts, which doensn't leave much room for some big, tall yahoo with a welder.
Overhead welding is a pain in the butt under ideal conditions, as gravity likes taking the steel you are trying to melt together and dropping it on the floor and/or the operator. Wedged under a truck with smelly liquids and red-hot globs of molten steel falling in your lap is far from ideal.conditions A few hours, several profanity-laden outbursts and no less than 3 holes burned in my underwear later, it's done.
My co-workers comment to all of this: " I notice we never get to work on trucks that haul flowers."
Effluent, underwear fires, etc...
Sometimes at work you get a foreboding feeling that something of great sucktitude is approaching.
I hate that feeling, because it's usually right.
Today an effluent applicator truck showed up in the driveway with 'a couple of cracks that needed fixed right quick'. for those unfamiliar with such things, this truck hauls and then sprays 4700 gallons of water and pig poop on fields. Big, heavy, smelly piece of equipment.
After hosing off several loads worth of caked-on crap, we inspect it closer. 'couple of cracks' turned into 'This this is cracked all over the place'. And when tanks crack... they leak.
Now the adventure gets even more fun, as most of the cracks are between the framerails, a space already quite full with axle mounts, air tanks, crossmembers, and other various truck parts, which doensn't leave much room for some big, tall yahoo with a welder.
Overhead welding is a pain in the butt under ideal conditions, as gravity likes taking the steel you are trying to melt together and dropping it on the floor and/or the operator. Wedged under a truck with smelly liquids and red-hot globs of molten steel falling in your lap is far from ideal.conditions A few hours, several profanity-laden outbursts and no less than 3 holes burned in my underwear later, it's done.
My co-workers comment to all of this: " I notice we never get to work on trucks that haul flowers."
I think the lead apron is a good suggestion.
Very little.
I agree, I need protective gear before I try that again.