Safety First! Operate Rental Equipment Within Your Limits.

Renting equipment for DIY project can be a huge help but there are many things you need to consider to make sure you stay safe during your project.

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[mattfleming]

Agreed with everyone else.
There is a SMALL human sized bubble that is moderately safe.
Gravity will remove you from that spot with gusto if you are not strapped to it.

[joewenzel]

Back in 1994 at the National Training Center on Ft Irwin, CA on day zero (1st day of the rotation) the Opposing Forces had already dug battle positions for their tanks (these were deep holes that the tanks would drive into to hide and then they'd back out a little so their main guns were exposed so they could fire). They did this so they wouldn't be visible to the enemy and for protection. Anyway one of the friendly forces (units that deployed to the NTC for training of force on force operations) was driving after dark to get out to its staging area and they got a little lost and one of the 5 Ton Vehicles drove into one of those unoccupied battle positions and the vehicle tipped over, the driver instead of staying in the cab (he also didn't have his helmet on) tried to get out and he was killed. They had to call in a doctor as the body couldn't be moved till he issued an on the spot death certificate. That was my first of 39 rotations at the NTC, while I was there we had 2 more fatalities during my 3 1/2 years there. STAY IN THE CAB AT ALL COSTS.

[jasongemma]

I worked with a guy who jumped out of a cab just before a stop sign went right through it. He would have been in two pieces.

[JTstuff]

The guy wasn't wearing a seatbelt and the door was open.

[Duane]

Amen brotha i once flipped a skid steer over on tbe face because i was hauling a litrle too much weight a little to fast and it launched me out the front of the cab and i hit my head on the loader but other then a headache i was fine but just goes to show wear seatbelts so you dont get launched into orbit lol 😂

[roczilla]

Brother, get a sit in with skid steer with roll cage. Those stand on units are death traps 😢😢😢