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HYEX ... walk the hoses.


Operators, easy does it when you "walk" the excavator's hydraulic tool hoses away from or back to the vehicle.

Do not yank Yank

steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339]

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(jargon) yank
 on the hoses or let them snap back into the recoil recoil /re·coil/ (re´koil) a quick pulling back.

elastic recoil  the ability of a stretched object or organ, such as the bladder, to return to its resting position.
 spool. Sooner or later this yo-yo treatment breaks the spring inside the recoil spool, Then you can't rewind re·wind  
tr.v. re·wound , re·wind·ing, re·winds
1. To wind again or anew.

2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film).

n.
1. The act or process of rewinding.
 the hoses.

To make the hoses and recoil spool last longer, walk the hoses back--every time.
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Title Annotation:Combat Engineering
Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2005
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