this is a virginia dmme winter safety
alert my mind chief randy moore i'm out
here today with greg philbeck and he's
showing us the proper way to do a pre-op
equipment check on a 993
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one of the first things that we do is
make sure that all the steps are on it
nothing's bent no bolts are out
the grab rails is
intact
and then we
come to this part right here underneath
we squat down and
we check and see if there's any any
fluid leaking out
make sure all the belly pans is up
check and see if there's any oil on rear
ends check the insides of each tar
i can see that tar over on that
this side and then when i go around i'll
see this one
and then we'll check the
check the tires for cuts or whatever and
then inside here
there's a ring of bolts that hold this
wheel on
we make sure nothing's shiny
that indicates that there's uh
nuts
loose so we make sure that's
that's proper
and then we look back in this little
cubby hole right here to make sure
there's no
nothing leaking out of it
make sure all of our caps are on their
fire suppressant system
and uh make sure there's no cracks in
the frame or
anything like that
we check these steps here
make sure they're all intact in case
you have to exit that way
and then we come into the to the center
of the machine
and step in here
and check back to the back
to check for leaks
make sure all the
all the hoses are
intact nothing's sweating
showing any kind of leakage
the drive lines we check and make sure
that all the bolts are
in the drive lines nothing laying
on the frame
look down in here and check the
the boom
pins
make sure
that they're all okay
these center pins make sure all the
bolts are on them
bottom
and the top
and then uh squat down here and look at
that inside tar over there
and check the
the front end of the
piece of equipment
make sure there's nothing leaking there
make sure all the bolts is
not showing any kind of
wear or loose or anything like that
and we check these chains
make sure these links
there's nothing broke on the links
uh make sure they're pretty well
centered
with the tar itself
then we do the same thing on the
on the bolts inside of this this rim
make sure nothing shiny
or it's uh
show any kind of thing it's loose
and then we check the uh
the front axle from this angle
make sure there's no cracks stress
cracks or anything like that
make sure the bolts is all
all in place nothing missing
make sure there's no cracks on the boom
itself
and we check
the bucket
make sure there's nothing slipping here
any kind of pins
uh
the bottom pin
just check make sure all the bolts are
in it you check the back of the buckets
for uh any kind of stress cracks
then we come up to the business end
and uh check make sure that
all your teeth and shanks are on
check
make sure there's no uh cracks in the in
the bucket
nothing peeling up and we walk around on
this side and basically do the same
thing
make sure all the bolts is in place
check for
cracks
the boom check make sure there's no
cracks in it
check the chain and the tars from this
angle
make sure there's
no cuts or
no kind of fluid dripping out
and everything looks good right there
we can check a different angle to that
tar on that side over there
only make sure all them bolts is in
come in the center here while you're in
here you check your
your transmission level
that's fluid level there
you get to see this side of the drive
line make sure all your bolts is in it
center pin bolts
are all intact on it
top and bottom
glance at the hoses make sure nothing's
weeping no oil coming out
and you check
the steps on this offside
your grab rails
your suppressant system
uh it's all intact
we've got a calf what they call a calf
system
that hooks up to your
to our fire truck
and it puts foam directly into this
make sure that caps on
make sure this
this canister is
is all right no hoses off of it or
anything like that we always do a
three-point contact
when approaching getting up on any
machine
make sure you do that a three-point
contact
this is the engine compartments where
you check your engine oil
uh we got
a dip stick right here
we have a light
that illuminates this
of a morning that you flip on
pull your dipstick out
check and make sure
sufficient amount of oil on it
make sure that uh
there's nothing
a mess in here
all the caps are on as far suppressant
there's two gauges here that we check
that's for your coolant
and then we got one right here for your
hydraulic
make sure the proper amount of fluids in
each one of them when you come up we got
a
fire extinguisher here
have to make sure that it's in the
in the green
you got to make sure this
this is on it
and make sure the
the tag is updated quick check with the
windshield wipers
make sure the blades is
on there good do a quick look to make
sure that uh
no glass is broken
your side mirrors are in place
uh
lights
all okay
got three windshield wipers out front
make sure that they're all
all the blades is on them
this is the
operator's compartment
there's a
few things we check in here before we
before we fill out
a card of the morning
first thing we do is turn the key on
make sure all your
make sure your
make sure computer comes on
make sure all your gauges are properly
working
brakes and lights should also be checked
before beginning work
test your brakes before moving to the
active mine site
have a co-worker make sure your lights
are working
that's not your load
and remember to check these things
before getting your day started cab air
filters door seals the air conditioning
and heating system the turbo oil line
and your fire suppression system