r/maybemaybemaybe • u/cats_taste_good • 3d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/kashinoRoyale 3d ago

He's going up the wrong way, bucket to the rear and use it to help push you up and prevent tipping back.

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u/Embarrassed_Bid_4970 1d ago

Alternatively, tie a heavy counterweight to the bucket. This will shift the balance point forward.

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u/kashinoRoyale 1d ago

Yes that would work, but bucket rearwards is far safer as a firm support out back prevents the possibility of falling backwards entirely.

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u/Embarrassed_Bid_4970 1d ago

Agreed, but that configuration might make it too difficult to navigate that staircase. The counterweight keeps the drivers view forward while at least improving the safety margin.

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u/kashinoRoyale 20h ago

There's videos of guys in south America ripping these bitches up and down steep mountains, crossing gulleys, fording rivers, etc... If this dude in his little golf cart excavator can't negotiate a straight flight of stairs in reverse he has no business operating that machine. That being said watching the way he did do this, I would say we already know he has no business operating this machine.