Re: Ultrasonic Sensors

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> Yep. In another life, around 87-88, I did aerial and underground line
>> construction for a Cencom cable contractor (Cencom eventually became
>> Charter)
>> One of our crews hit a 3-phase line with a large Ditch Witch 3500 rider,
> and
>> it literally blew large rocks and pieces of dig chain out of the trench
>> up
>> to 75 ft. away. Luckily, the operator had the good sense to jump as far
>> as
>> he could off of the trencher onto the ground. Would have killed him for
> sure
>> if he had stepped off of it. Didn't hurt the trencher at all- new chain
> and
>> it was good to go.
>
> After they unwelded it from the 3-phase?



The chain looked pretty gnarly when it came out of that trench. Operator was
relegated to shovel duty for a long time afterward... "I didn't see that
Locate...really."