CAT Backhoe Loader Safety & Braking TRAINING

        Here reason we've invited you here is me and my friend(IMAGINARY)

because this is safety Awareness bolog

so we wanted to talk about that

when you think about cat backhoe loaders when you fell your friend helpr and you are here

 engineers what comes to mind cost

quality performance those all adieu and

on that long notepad list of items that

our engineers focus on they all take a

backseat to safety and so this morning

 gonna touch on a few safety

features because I couldn't honestly I

couldn't sit here and to have the time

or waste your time with a full day of

talking about safety features so I'm

going to have to break those down into a

small category and talk through those so

first of all we're gonna start on the

outside of the machine and then 'iam

going to move inside and then iam

gonna do a really cool break

demonstration to keep you guys

entertained and hopefully educate you on

the different safety features so before

the bolog started rolling this morning

i did a machine walk around i

checked the tire pressures and i did

more than just kicked the tires i

actually broke out his tire gauge and

checked those tire pressures iam

checked for loosened leaks and  also

crit grease the critical joints on this

machine so his machine is almost ready

to go i got a couple more things he

needs to do but that's gonna take place

on top of the platform so i why don't

you hop up there and start your day

now what i getting situated you'll

notice that first of all he's taking

three points of contact to enter that

machine that is a process that we

encourage every operator to use and

you'll notice i got both his hands on

the long grab rails on the machine and

i safely and easily has his bottom

foot on that bottom step that is a

heavy-duty serrated step that is anti

slip and it's really nice for cleaning

off those muddy boots that i tends to

to generate now I don't know where

you're at but here  in

the red clay that stuff can get pretty

dense and stick with you for days on end

so it's pretty nice to have that bottom

step there don't clean those boots off

i go ahead and hop up there let's

let's take a look at the daily fluid

chip now what i under the hood I

want you to focus on his boots and that

platform that 'i standing on you'll

notice i got a large anti slip

platform that he has plenty of room for

those size eleven boots to safely and

securely stand on now we could cut some

corners here and take the inexpensive

route and have just a flat piece of

metal with some sandpaper on top but we

don't think that is sufficient we feel

you have to have large anti-skid stamp

metal plates to help keep him safe and

secure up there how's your fluids look

all right let's button that thing up and

let's get to work

so i gonna hop inside the cab in

the machine and we're going to start

focusing on some of the creature

comforts and the operator station of our

machine and the safety features inside

let's move around to the back

you'll notice i has put his seatbelt

on and helper in there he's adjusting his

air ride suspension seat that is

standard with all of our backhoe loaders

and he's removed his hardhat now I did

mention it is a nice beautiful day here

in Clay the sun is

shining the breeze is blowing it's a

little bit humid and if you if you're

from anywhere or have ever been

here you know what I'm talking about but

he's gonna open those windows up and

he's going to get a good crosswind

ventilation breeze rolling through and

he and I can have a conversation with

that glass out and not have to scream at

one another how's it feeling there feels

good all right so what he's gonna do now

he's going to start adjusting those pods

and he's going to use our unique design

he's gonna depress that foot pedal and

with the back grab handles he can adjust

those pods infinitely within range and

he can lock those into position simply

by letting off the foot pedal so you can

see he's got those pods pulled back and

they're locked in place

he might not quite be as comfortable as

he'd like to be so he can actually move

those pods in and out as well

by simply depressing that pedal again

and pushing those in and out how's it

feel perfect alright well don't get too

comfortable in there you got a long day

ahead of you buddy so we've talked about

the outside of the machine with the anti

slip steps and the large platforms we've

talked about inside the machine with the

pods the fully adjustable pods and the

nice open windows and really really nice

360 view from up there in the perch now

we're going to talk about the technology

a little bit now on the back of our

machines we have what we call a quick

idle down button on this joystick

come around here and busted that's right

and I was in a very very bad danger zone

I was in the swing Caston and in front

of the stabilizer now I am safely

standing behind the stabilizer I'm a

good arm's length away from the machine

and now he and I can have that

conversation with that window open and I

can help walk him through what the job

is going to entail today now it could be

something as simple as digging a trench

or it could be something very critical

like craning pipe into co-workers inside

that trench so one of the unique

features that we have on our machines

that is standard across the board is our

variable displacement piston pump that

piston pump allows us to run at lower

rpms but maintain all the power we need

to raise that load when you reduce that

engine rpm we actually slow down the

hydraulics so now he has better finite

control of that load what you think

there  iam ready  you know if

anybody knows me like I do

he is itching to go all the time so we

want to carry on this conversation about

our braking system and we're going to

talk about the unique braking system in

the market Kurt go ahead and button this

machine up and let's demonstrate this

for them we'll step over to this side

while he buttons up the machine and

begin talking about the unique braking

system that is that we have to offer in

our cab we have a three position switch

that gives you the ability to do two

wheel braking with two wheel drive full

wheel braking with four-wheel drive and

the unique feature that middle button is

going to be two wheel drive with four

wheel brake assist now if you've been

around our backhoes long enough you know

that we don't have front brakes on this

machine but what we've done is we have

designed into the system the ability to

kick on that full wheel drive

transmission or that four-wheel drive

powertrain to help slow that machine

down so we've got two brake pedals in

the cab and we need to press both those

brake pedals at the same time they

actuate the back brakes but they also

hit a sensor that helps kick in that

four-wheel drive and that fool or drive

the powertrain itself will help slow it

down so you can see Kurt's taking off

and he's just taking this time typically

what you'll see on a job site riding

around in third gear he's moving at a

pretty good clip

he's making his turn he's going to come

back towards us and he's going to show

the braking capability with two-wheel

drive with two-wheel braking

he's gonna get to the cone and he's

gonna hit his brakes you notice that's a

pretty good stopping capability his

front wheels continue to roll but he

stopped within the length of a full-size

SUV let me go mark that for you

like I said earlier 

better than that and he's a bit of a

cowboy on the job site and when he gets

in a hurry

he thinks it's lunch time so he you can

tell he looks like he's heading off to

his truck to go grab a sandwich but you

know what he's got to come back here and

talk to me anyway so he's gonna spin

around he's moving at a a lot faster

clip now he's ran it out into fifth and

sixth gear Hayes gonna step on it see

how those front brakes those front tires

are they locked up that four-wheel drive

transmission actually kicked in and

helped him slow that machine and he he

saved about 25% on his stopping distance

let me mark that for you

we'll move back over here cuz I'm gonna

have to have a word with C about how

fast he's driving on our jobsite around

here you notice he's stopping the

machine he's dropping the bucket and

putting the bucket on the ground put all

the implements on the ground he's got

his boom locked out so it's safe and

secure we're gonna have to have a

conversation now about how fast he's

driving food is always on this guy's

mine so today we have talked about

inside the cab with all the creature

comforts that we have inside the cab and

you may be asking yourself why did we

focus on inside the cab so much when all

the creature comforts well first of all

we know that when an operator is

fatigued his back hurts his shoulders

hurt he's distracted and a distracted

operator is a careless operator so we

don't want to put these guys in any type

of situation where they could

potentially drop a load or hurt one of

their co-workers or even hurt themselves

the second thing is if they're not

sitting in the machine adjusted to their

environment then long-term effects are

going to take place which could lead to

workers comp claims and expensive doctor

bills and all of all just aches and

pains for Curt in the in the future so

that's why we focused on operator

comfort and creature comforts so much we

also talked about the outside of the

machine

these guys are in and out of these

machines day in and day out under all

kinds of different foot conditions and

we don't want them slipping off and

getting hurt outside of the machine and

then finally we talked about the

technology we have a lot of things that

go into these machines and like I said I

don't have the time today to sit and

talk to you about all the different

safety features but we did want to give

you a couple of practical ideas of what

we feel is important when it comes to

safety

so covering all that now I think it's

time we take some questions you get any questions in on your

phone actually I have

one here now it says how many mirrors

come standard from the factory can I get

more right now we only have one mirror

that comes standard with the factory and

that is the front the front view mirror

but we also have side mirrors that are

available as an optional item that you

can get from the from the factory and

those are your side mirrors okay what

else that's the only question I've got

right now but I do know a lot of people

ask me about our braking in general and

their all-wheel drive and how they

interact and usually the question I get

is I hear the all-wheel-drive disengaged

when I'm at roading speed the basically

what's going on there is we're kicking

the all-wheel drive out at roading speed

so you reduce wear and tear on the

machine but at the same time we

incorporate safety into that by the

software

re-engaging all-wheel drive as part of

the braking system to stop shorter is

you saw here in the demonstration that's

a good point i you know we talked

about our unique braking system and a

lot of questions I get is is this

braking system standard on our machines

and when you order a machine with four

wheel drive the question the answer is

yes this the braking system is standard

with all of our full drive power trains

do we have any other questions that have

come in no all right so look we don't

have any more questions today we're

gonna enjoy the rest of the day out here

in i's

going to move some dirt for us and we

really really appreciate you guys

showing up today an imaginary two friends and reading this bolod reading our bolog g one thing I do

want to mention to you is if you have

any questions feel free to follow up

with us make

sure that you ask those questions we

will get back to you in a timely manner

with those answers or you may be able to

find those answers on bolog and at the

end of the day your local dealer is

going to have all those answers for you

as well

has a lot of

informative bolog discus whether it be machine

walk-arounds maintenance items or even

just just videos that show the different

features on our machines so you can go

c

we appreciate your time today and go

make it a great day