Astrolux MF-01, A real lifesaver

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I work in a mine in Northern Canada. (This happens to be just about the best place a flashlight enthusiast could possibly work BTW!)

Yesterday morning at around 7 AM (Still dark here then) I was helping a new coworker with a piece of machinery in one of our pits. It was in a bit of an awkward location which put it very near to a haul road where CAT 777’s and 785’s were backing into position to be loaded. To give context, this is a CAT 785:

I had explained to him that when a truck was coming into the pit, that he should stand in a safe location. However being a the knucklehead that he is, he wouldn’t listen. About 15 minutes later a 785 came to back into the pit. I had put myself in a safe location but he had not. The truck started to back up to the excavator, but was coming in crooked and straight at my coworker. At first I thought he was just getting himself into position, however he just kept coming straight at knucklehead who had nowhere to go. At this point, yelling won’t do anything (It’s pretty hard to hear over 1500 HP). The operator in the excavator tried calling the truck on the radio, no response. Luckily I had my MF-01 handy and was in a position where I could use it. I lit my coworker and the machine he was working on with turbo mode. The truck stopped dead. This had obviously caught the truck drivers attention. He slammed on his brakes about 15’ short of my coworker. I’m pretty sure that if I hadn’t have had the MF-01 on me, I’m pretty sure knucklehead would have become knuckledead!

The MF-01 really did save a life yesterday!

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Scary story. l’m glad it all turned out ok. Well done. :+1:

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:+1: You did a great thing….! :beer:

Knucklehead should buy you a BEER …lucky KHead. :smiley:

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Wow! Quite the story. Glad it turned out ok! It’s always good to hear of how this hobby/obsession can make a difference.

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Glad he is OK, no way the driver can ignore that many lumens, a lesser light would have probably failed.

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That was close, thank god he was ok. You did the right thing

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MF-01: the official Knucklehead life preserver

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Nice work.

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Wow. Great move, Aurora!

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Scary story for sure. Those huge tires would have crushed him like a bug. Speaking of tires, I wonder what a set of those cost?

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wow, those trucks looks so damn big and scary :smiley:

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Well done. :+1:

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救人一命勝造七級浮屠

Rescues a human life victory to make the seven-story pagoda.

Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda.

Save a life and death made seven floating Tu.

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Fast thinking there Aurora. Good on you and the MF-01.

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Next time just forget you have a MF01 in your pocket

and let him get his Darwin award for being killed by a 100 tom 1500HP truck, he could have avoided easily
if you stay in the way of a loud huge truck and don’t check the situation you deserve to be turned in some bloody mess

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I love practical-application stories like this. Good job OP!

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Wow, besides that being a cool story I really dig the image of those giant trucks. When my two boys where young they loved to watch anything related to trucks and heavy machinery so one say we saw a documentary about a mine that had those Liebherr T282 monster trucks and I can still remember how their jaws dropped because that beast is so unbelievably huge.
What kind of mine are you working at?
K.