Get an inside look at Rosenbauer’s Cobra Aerial training done by Ernie Young. On this episode we learn about Outrigger Pins and how to properly use them.

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Pins Okay. Pins locations, and you get this set up pretty good. And your short guy like me, that’s where it’s located. It’s a little notch there. Make sure that when it gets put away, it falls completely inside. Because if it’s turned this way, it’s gonna end up above and you’re gonna be doing body work. Okay? So make sure it drops all the way in. You’ll notice on this pin that there’s a notch here, okay? That’s to keep it from sliding all the way through. It’s a positive stop. It goes in all the way. It’s not in, then pull it back a little bit like some, it goes all the way to that. Stop. Make sure the handle’s sideways. For one reason. ’cause if you turn it up like this and we ended up dropping the outrigger on top of the pen, that little notch is gonna actually notch your slide tube. Okay? If you got sideways, it’s an even pressure on both sides of the pen and it really doesn’t do anything to it. So just in case, and I always like to see the handles towards the back.

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