Hit their head on the up raised corner of your baggage door? I did today as I was scrubbing out the bay where the remote radiator was, and as I stood up, I caught the corner dead straight. I am too old to cry and it hurt too much to swear. I do not think I will do that again, but then again maybe foam corners might be a good idea while working underneath the doors.
Chuckd
It wasnt the door on a bus but the door on my excavator. Its about a 1/4" thick plate. If theres a such thing as being nocked stupid thats what happened to me.
Not fun at all.
Chuckd:
Easy answer here! Full-time lightweight bicycle helmet would be easier! ;) ;)
Grant
Let see how many times have I done that? :o or the mirrior know the pain :'( I throw a old towel on the mirror now when in shop.
was putting something heavy in a tight spot once, and when I bent down a small jack handle was sticking up. Don't know why I didn't see it cause it hit just between my eye ball and the bone above the eye. I was nauseous! I had to sit for a while and gather myself!
Boyce
Oh dear God and all that is Holy, YES!!!!! I hit my head so hard once I had to sit down. It was a good rebuttle for when my wife claimed I was hard headed. ;D
What really sucks is being BALD.....Then everyone knows you hit your head!!! ;D
Yeap done that and Boy does it hurt
Couple of years ago I was at a gas station with my new to me bus, I was filling right front tire, bent over forever waiting for it to fill......by the time I stood up I had forgotten about the mirror arm above my head......wacked it so hard I fell right down on my butt, almost passed out, sat there for a bit taking it all in. Then continued filling the tires....but I haven't forgotten that one.
Done the bay door, done the engine compartment door, and both A/C units inside. Slow learner, I guess. Been there dumb that...Cable
Hit the bay doors a time or two but the mirrors are my enemy. I've walked into the right mirror probably half a dozen times coming around the front!
Maybe we should pole the members to see if there is anyone who hasn't knocked their brains out on a door or mirror. I tried to knock off my mirrors several time before I learned they were still in the same place; guess I'm a slow learner. LOL Maybe that could explain a lot...
Dennis
Or here's an idea; When you buy a bus, take one of the mirrors off and have someone beat you over the head with it. then reinstall it...
Dennis
I think I'm beginning to see why the new buses have the mirror mounts come down from the roof. I think that makes them a bit higher up, so you have to be taller to run into one of them.
Tom Caffrey
Yup, for me the left side mirror is my nemesis. When I'm working on my bus the sun is setting directly ahead, so I've walked into it (the mirror, not the sun) so many times simply because I'm dazzled and can't see it. Considering how long I spent making brand new stainless mounts for all the mirrors, you would think I would remember where they are.
John, just slightly broin dimaged
I can barley type from the tears in my eyes. Laughing and thinking about all the times I've clocked my self. Been there done that. I keep hitting my head on the electrical panel door under the driver's window. When it's open it is in perfect alignment with just above my cap brim. Large rubber corners are in it's future. I am also sporting a nice scar on my left for arm from a "Bus Bite". The bottom edge of a cargo door in the open position makes a nice gouge when you don't think about where you are going. This thing is almost as bad as getting "The Cessna diamond" on your forhead from an aileron.
Brice
The lessons of youth can last. One of the things I learned as a young bus driver, was to always re-latch the baggage bay door handle (GMC 4905's), after opening. That small flap of metal, sticking out, is painful. To this day, when I open the baggage bay door, I push the handle back flush with the door.
So, I guess that means ---- I've done it too.
Arthur
Wear one of those fancy Bike Riders helmets. You-be stylin. ;D A little chain mail in other spots would serve the average bus gladiator well.
John
I've hit my head so often, my wife is surprised if I don't have an injury of some kind after visiting our coach. I've hit my head on the mirrors so often, I involuntarily flinch when I walk by them now.
Last year before I was retired, I had to attend a meeting the day after I ran full flight into the raised tailgate. Cut across my nose and a gash in my forehead. I looked like I'd been mugged.
I have hit my head so many times Christi what to put a warning lable on the bus! ;D
If I or someone else hits a real ringer, right away I express serious concern and check for for injury... to the metal that was hit. HaHa What else can you do? At least it lightens things up a bit.
Ted
My wife wants to know when I walk into the mirrors on our Bus, what good it does when I yell at it.
Actually I told her I couldn't not tell her, it is a guy thing, LOL
Dave
I believe Mythbusters (or something similar) did an episode - that revealed swearing actually reduces the pain.
Arthur
Being taller than the average fool my head actually has callouses on it but what really hurts is when you walk around the back and bark your shin on the hitch sticking out of the receiver tube.