Making Digging Safer

[The Old Ruminator]

We have been working on this for a while. It works like a car air bag. In this case there is a trembler device which activates the inflation cylinder and saves you from injury in a collapse. Mr O' Doc manfully agreed to test it out whilst I collapsed the choke. Luckily it all worked well and he escaped injury. We need more volunteers for testing as Mr O'Doc said now way was he doing that again.

 

[PeteHall]

Had to double check the date, it's not April yet is it?

 

[Badlad]

Safer.....?

 

[Flotsam]

As the boulder moves it could trigger a fuse and blow it up into small harmless pieces

 

[JoshW]

Had to double check the date, it's not April yet is it?

Can i refer you to your caption thing on each of your comments?

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Yes clearly at the experimental stage hence the need for more volunteers to move this exciting development forward.

 

[Roger W]

I'm glad to read that you've managed to incorporate an inflation cylinder into the device, OR.

At first I thought the caver at risk had to inflate the airbag himself by mouth when the trembler alerted him to the possibility of an imminent collapse.



(And yes - I've used the masculine pronoun throughout, but I'm not being sexist.  I'm just sure that no lass would be daft enough to try that thing out!)

 

[SamT]

Is it a knee trembler??

 

[2xw]

I like this idea, instead of an air bag thought, you could have a doodah that fills the chamber with rapidly setting expanding foam. Obviously the digger would need to keep a snorkel at all times.