I've just had a lucky escape while using a spring loaded nose weight guage.
I placed the guage under the hitch but not inside the ball cup of the coupling. As I wound the hitch down to weigh the nose weight I though it was reading too heavey and took a look, just as I was reading 150Kgs!! It slipped off the hitch.
The piston hit me in the mouth putting a split in my lip big enough to park a pencil in and loosening three teeth. Another part of the guage hit my eyebrow giving me a shiner.
Believe me I know just how lucky I was not to break my jaw or even kill myself, and the fat lip complete with stiches inside and out is a let off!!
So a little advise from the wise in hindsight, ALWAYS LOCATE THE GUAGE IN THE PROPER PLACE IN THE COUPLING. unless you want to know what a 150Kg upper cut feels like.
Just thought I'd share this escapade with you all to enlighten you on a simple safety lesson learned the hard way.
Steve.
I placed the guage under the hitch but not inside the ball cup of the coupling. As I wound the hitch down to weigh the nose weight I though it was reading too heavey and took a look, just as I was reading 150Kgs!! It slipped off the hitch.
The piston hit me in the mouth putting a split in my lip big enough to park a pencil in and loosening three teeth. Another part of the guage hit my eyebrow giving me a shiner.
Believe me I know just how lucky I was not to break my jaw or even kill myself, and the fat lip complete with stiches inside and out is a let off!!
So a little advise from the wise in hindsight, ALWAYS LOCATE THE GUAGE IN THE PROPER PLACE IN THE COUPLING. unless you want to know what a 150Kg upper cut feels like.
Just thought I'd share this escapade with you all to enlighten you on a simple safety lesson learned the hard way.
Steve.