Bucket truck failures ?

[climberjones]

Can anyone steer me to a list of bucket truck failures brands models etc....or if there has been any on the older orange ones???

 

[ducaticorse]

Can anyone steer me to a list of bucket truck failures brands models etc....or if there has been any on the older orange ones???

Why, you'll just scare yourself outta being comfortable using one.

 

[climberjones]

Why, you'll just scare yourself outta being comfortable using one.

Well you might be right but i need the lowdown on that model so i can weigh the odds ya know what i mean!!!

 

[sgreanbeans]

I have done some research on this, I found that every single brand has failures, every failure was do to operator error or lack of maintenance, as for what ones are safer, none, they all have to meet very serous standards, so they are all safe, as long as u know the history of the truck and have it inspected, u should be good. Most boom failure are do to operators banging them around and putting too much torque on the main bearing, smashing the bucket into stuff, messing the mount up and creating cracks in the welds. The one maintenance thing that most guys do not due is check the main bearing bolts, 22 of them, on most models, they have to be torqued to 550lbs or around that depending on manufacturer. I had to buy one of those great big torque wrenches from snap on. I check them every couple of months for bearing slap. It is a PITA doing it, but it is you that it is holding! As I was typing this, just realized I need to do it myself, been a bit since last check, now I know what I get to do today!

 

[climberjones]

I have done some research on this, I found that every single brand has failures, every failure was do to operator error or lack of maintenance, as for what ones are safer, none, they all have to meet very serous standards, so they are all safe, as long as u know the history of the truck and have it inspected, u should be good. Most boom failure are do to operators banging them around and putting too much torque on the main bearing, smashing the bucket into stuff, messing the mount up and creating cracks in the welds. The one maintenance thing that most guys do not due is check the main bearing bolts, 22 of them, on most models, they have to be torqued to 550lbs or around that depending on manufacturer. I had to buy one of those great big torque wrenches from snap on. I check them every couple of months for bearing slap. It is a PITA doing it, but it is you that it is holding! As I was typing this, just realized I need to do it myself, been a bit since last check, now I know what I get to do today!

Dont yours have wire weaving them together? My boom is an altec 3on a 93 f700 in case youve heard anything on that model id appreciate the info!

 

[lone wolf]

Can anyone steer me to a list of bucket truck failures brands models etc....or if there has been any on the older orange ones???

Yes I had an old Asplundh 1978 rotation chain come apart and land me in the power lines hows that for starters?

 

[climberjones]

Yes I had an old Asplundh 1978 rotation chain come apart and land me in the power lines hows that for starters?

Wow not cool! Im pretty sure this one does not have the chain just gears i think!

 

[lone wolf]

Wow not cool! Im pretty sure this one does not have the chain just gears i think!

Chains are bad.

 

[stobrien69]

I have done some research on this, I found that every single brand has failures, every failure was do to operator error or lack of maintenance, as for what ones are safer, none, they all have to meet very serous standards, so they are all safe, as long as u know the history of the truck and have it inspected, u should be good. Most boom failure are do to operators banging them around and putting too much torque on the main bearing, smashing the bucket into stuff, messing the mount up and creating cracks in the welds. The one maintenance thing that most guys do not due is check the main bearing bolts, 22 of them, on most models, they have to be torqued to 550lbs or around that depending on manufacturer. I had to buy one of those great big torque wrenches from snap on. I check them every couple of months for bearing slap. It is a PITA doing it, but it is you that it is holding! As I was typing this, just realized I need to do it myself, been a bit since last check, now I know what I get to do today!

We had our bucket ţruck break at the weld on our LOWER Altec boom.the last structural integrity check was 04/2020. It's a miracle no one was killed. And before you ask the only weight in the boom was one cutter. Just about trim a palm when it happened