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lokie
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The booms may be up to help the driver find his truck when it's time to pullout.
Otherwise I can not think of a reason for them to be raised while parked on a lot.
DarkWeb
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Yeah, I could see that.
Hiphophippo
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Hydraulic systems sit better without wear and tear under load some people just do it naturally when parking trucks and lifts. I was always taught to pull back your hydraulics to prevent problems in your valves and cylinders. Especially if sitting in shit weather.
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I ran a Hydro repair & design shop for 20 years & would always tell customers to store everything retracted to protect cylinder rods from possible damage and debris accumulation. If I had to guess, the stabilizers are down in anticipation of weather. If that's the case you can bet they will drop the booms too.
lokie
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I have asked a lead hydrolics tech who works for Altec, the manufacturer of most of the trucks in that pic.
He said it is always recomended for the boom to be stored when not in use.
To protect the truck from unnecessary risk.
Being in a high wind situation will put added stress on the entire truck.
The center section of those booms is made of fiberglass and swinging back and forth in high winds has the potential to damage them.
TC did not offer a guess as to why they may be extended in this pic.
Hiphophippo
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Yeah you would think expecting high winds nobody would’ve extended anything. People are strange
neosapien
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tyler.durden
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If she played that guitar solo naked, this would have been the greatest video ever...
Dr.Amber Trichome
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lol, thats insane. They said that picture was taken at or right by the notorious rich community called Thee Villages. They were all Probably on stand by for the rich people who live at the Villages if their power went down. Because they are the most important people in Florida. I left Fort Meyers about 9 months ago and although my move out of Florida has been a bad one. I am really happy i did leave and was not there to go through Ian because I would have nothing right now. Funny thing is I am moving back cross country today but to NC for school. not right on the coast but i still worry about floods from Hurricanes but should not be a direct hit like the coasts take.
You definitely have a wandering nature.
Momma tells me we are never moving again ~ stomps foot ~
Yes ma'am.
neosapien
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Yeah, Florida has a lot going for it. Until it doesn't. My folks retired to Naples in 2016. 2017 Irma blew away their house. And savings. Just got their power back on an hour ago from this one. Luckily no major damage this time. But seems silly to live in a place that devastates you once a decade or so.
Dr.Amber Trichome
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She must really be happy where she is. That’s awesome. I don’t see myself settling down in one place ever , maybe except the grave . Lol. No, seriously, But not really even that. I prefer to get scattered or something. I saw this one movie once where a women insisted when she died she wanted her ashes flushed down the toilet. The family gathered around a public toilet in a public restroom somewhere random and flushed her. That was pretty neat. When your gone, your fucking gone.
It does seem quite nerve racking . I am glad to hear they escaped the wrath of Ian.
xtsho
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This is why I rarely eat out and never at fast food restaurants. You don't know what's going on back in the kitchen or in your food.
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DarkWeb
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This is why I rarely eat out and never at fast food restaurants. You don't know what's going on back in the kitchen or in your food.
Ex-manager of Vancouver Arby’s sentenced after urinating in milkshake mix
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BarnBuster
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All the money we spend on all kinds of stuff and we can't somehow fix this? 
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