Dam near lost my finger...

[E63]

Jarrett,

Sorry to hear about your finger, that kind of stuff is always going thru my mind as I do all the crazy $h!T I do. So to cheer you up, some personal misery.

Thursday I am on the Forklift, Noah is up top as we are dismantling a portion of that oversized Steel Mez in Suite B. We had already successfully removed a dozen or so of the 150Lb cross beams, usually two at a time using the top hoop of the forklift. This time we were only doing one and it got away from Noah. It hits the fire sprinklr on the way down and crashes next to me. I dive off the fork lift while it is still in gear afraid the back end is going to bounce up and take me out. It ended up hanging on the end of the sprinkler precariously. So water everywhere, alarm bells at maximum. I jump back in and throw it into park then shut off just as it is backing into the main support beam.

After we got the water shut off and the fire dept left I snapped a couple pics.
I can show mine - no blood - just a lot of water



Here I am next day, up on the lift with 2000Lb Beam - used the MacTieDown endless Ratchet straps that I got for the failed 37" tire under the Raptor compression test. I was on the fork like that for a good 10 minutes, re-doing the Fire Sprinkler supports and strapping up the beam.


Then Friday at Rental property - more good news


$8000 I knew about on Thursday. $15,000 more damage under slab of home I found out on Friday. Ouch, like another (3rd) kid in college!

And Finally, we had to open up the drywall and remove the wet insulation. Needed to get the 12' sheet of 5/8 drywall to work.

RPG Construction Truck!

 

[RPG]

Oh Shit,

Well at least you had a fun weekend as well.

That story is just to funny.

J

 

[whtrapta]

Damn! My whole body was cringing reading that one!

 

[BigScott]

Oh Jarret what am I going to do with you ?
First - you are banned from power tools and the shop.
So the size was too big ? Why didn't you move the fence in on the table saw ? Oh spinning blade, get rid of that. Just fly me out to finish the kitchen !

Glad it was not worse. You are a good guy, you seem to have a dark cloud following you. Be very careful.

I bet it was that pink tapemeasure of your wife. Hey your wife won't be giving you a hard time to finish any more home improvement projects for a while. If she does just hold up that finger and say "really hun". Nuff said

Lil J. I would not joke with you if I did not like you. You are a good guy, you scare me, but you are a good guy

 

[6.2]

I wonder how 6.2 does it then.... Lol

-Greg

Much easier with a phone
Hahahaha

 

[BEMcManus]

Much easier with a phone
Hahahaha

Sure! Likely excuse...

 

[PropDr]

Here I am next day, up on the lift with 2000Lb Beam - used the MacTieDown endless Ratchet straps that I got for the failed 37" tire under the Raptor compression test. I was on the fork like that for a good 10 minutes, re-doing the Fire Sprinkler supports and strapping up the beam.

You can expect a visited from Cal/OSHA!

 

[BigScott]

Yes no fall restraints, delete that pic.

 

[Madcowranch]

Damn, it's a good thing OSHA doesn't inspect my place of business!

 

[BOJANGLES]

Damn, it's a good thing OSHA doesn't inspect my place of business!

Lord only knows what kind of exhorbitant fines there are for the twisted things they'd catch you doing to those poor cows.