hdman
Flt Rider
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Appleton, WI
 ·Alltel Axess
 ·AT&T Midwest
 ·WildBlue
| reply to Cheese
Re: Wow....
I would guess the Charter "worker" was asleep...just like they all are up here in NE Wisconsin. They won't run cable here if their lives depended on it. If you do get them to respond, they quote some silly $30K to run a cable to your home...
I do hope the worker recovers, and I am not making light of the situation, but man, around here, Charter blows.... |
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hdman
Flt Rider
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join:2003-11-25
Appleton, WI
·Alltel Axess
·AT&T Midwest
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| Re: Wow....
On the serious side, I agree, these dopes do need the book thrown at them. WHO in their right mind would steal a truck while the basket is extended? Doesn't that make the getaway rather difficult?
The one question I have is, did they hotwire the vehicle, in which case, how could the tech not see them? Or...if they didn't hotwire, why were the keys in the ignition? No, they don't need to be there to run the basket...trust me. |
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NSA_CIA
@charter.com
| said by hdman  : why were the keys in the ignition? No, they don't need to be there to run the basket...trust me. Depending on the truck, yes they do.
The buckets are usually on hydralic lifts, run by a hydralic pump turned by the engine, which needs to be on. Often the buckets have a remote start/stop feature for the engine but it can be disabled from the cab with the flip of a switch or just taking off the parking break in most cases.
They often also have electric backup motors, but those are usually for emergency use.
At least thats in the more than dozen utility bucket trucks I've used in the last 5 years... |
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merlin
@compuware.com
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said by hdman :On the serious side, I agree, these dopes do need the book thrown at them. WHO in their right mind would steal a truck while the basket is extended? Doesn't that make the getaway rather difficult? The one question I have is, did they hotwire the vehicle, in which case, how could the tech not see them? Or...if they didn't hotwire, why were the keys in the ignition? No, they don't need to be there to run the basket...trust me. That's an easy getaway. Just drive under a bridge. If you are reckless enough to drive the poor charter employee through the power lines, you may as well smash him into a bridge.
I know we all get angry at our ISPs sometimes, but I sense a little repressed anger here. |
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burner50
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That really depends on the truck... When I worked for a cable company we had f450's with altec buckets on them. The key needed to be in the ignition and the ignition on. But there was a kill switch in the bucket.
Am I the only one who wonders why this guy wasn't belted off?
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kalanic00
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| said by burner50 :That really depends on the truck... When I worked for a cable company we had f450's with altec buckets on them. The key needed to be in the ignition and the ignition on. But there was a kill switch in the bucket. Am I the only one who wonders why this guy wasn't belted off? I was wondering the same thing...aren't you SUPPOSED to be harnessed when aloft like that? I know we never took a chance of getting caught without a harness. |
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Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
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join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL
| He probably was belted, but when the truck started moving and the basket started banging into stuff, he may have decided to jump for it rather than get caught in some live power lines, smashed into a bridge/sign/tree and enveloped in the twisted jagged metal that was the cage.
Or the guy was retarded and didnt have his saftely harness in use.
The summary also says it was a carjacking, which to me means there was someone in the cab and they were forced out.
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Cabledesign
@charter.com | reply to hdman
How many feet away are you, dont need to know any other info. |
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Diddy1
join:2003-07-19
Sidney, NE
1 edit | reply to hdman
Most trucks, unless running on emergency electric pumps, are "running" for the booms to work.
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hdman
Flt Rider
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join:2003-11-25
Appleton, WI | reply to Cabledesign
Roughly 2000. |
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David
No,there is another.
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join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
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| reply to Diddy1
said by Diddy1 :Most trucks, unless running on emergency electric pumps, are "running" for the booms to work. That's probably the other reason it was easy to swipe. The motor to generate electricity for the boom. If that's what he had to do to make the boom work, then yea smash and drive was easy cause the keys were in it already.
That still doesn't excuse the jack off that stole the truck. At bare minimum he should be charged with attempted murder cause if the guy was up in the air the only things up there are cable, phone, fiber and power lines. If the tech dies it should be murder at that point.
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