Thread: Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

Originally Posted by No.3

Holy crap, you couldn't predict that happening could you - something dropping in precisely the right place and hitting for long enough to active the electronic release. What are the chances of it happening for one, and the chances of after it happening the accident not resulting in fatal crash(es)? Wow, the luck underpinning all of that was fully used up.

It's not the first time.....a good mate drives loggers for a big hb operation really new flash gear, he said when we were talking about that accident the same day that his trailer had come unhitched at the port for that exact thing happening crazy a

Seems pretty dumb that it's not interlocked somehow. One switch and your trailers off trying to kill other drivers.

Originally Posted by BRADS

It's not the first time.....a good mate drives loggers for a big hb operation really new flash gear, he said when we were talking about that accident the same day that his trailer had come unhitched at the port for that exact thing happening crazy a

Yeah, wow... Although there was something similar with a Jap truck handbrake a while back - I recall a thing coming out telling us to fit something to prevent it being knocked off when you released your seatbelt.

On boats we used to fit a cover over critical switches, stop them being flipped unintended. Rail was the same.

Are you talking about carden shaft hand brakes no3??

Originally Posted by tac a1

Are you talking about carden shaft hand brakes no3??

That was one, but there was another where the park brake lever was a simple flip type and it was right by the seat belt catch alongside the driver's seat. We were peddling one with this, and it was an arse of a thing because if you weren't careful the park brake was released with the seatbelt. A notice came out about it, and eventually the lever had to be replaced with the one that has the lifting collar interlock (2 movement release).

Heres another survivor that went off our road.

Long way to the bottom.

That could have been so much worse.

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to drive: How hard is it to follow the road! (from a couple of years ago)

Originally Posted by XR500

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to drive: How hard is it to follow the road! (from a couple of years ago)

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Yeh that is a real fuck up that one. The cab should have been over by where the bully blade is when he started turning that corner.

The drivers boss said i saved him about 50k in damages and repairs. It was chokka full of concrete and was inching over a few mm a minute till i chained the dozer to it.

Only 50K? Would have thought that was well on the light side by the time they got recovery gear out and the uneven weight in the bowl needing to be sorted to get the thing home...

Originally Posted by XR500

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to drive: How hard is it to follow the road! (from a couple of years ago)

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in the truckys defense it does look like the road has an awfull camber

Nah, he started looking at the builders and where they were signalling they wanted the truck, and his mind just drew a straight line without bothering to look at the terrain in front of him.....

By the time the crane turned up and winched him out the concrete was starting to go stiff. We have a fire fighting trailer with 2000L of water onboard so we pumped that in and drove him to a small gully on the farm where he poured it out. Then a few hours later I went down with the bully and pushed it all up so it broke into small pieces. We then FEL it into the cattle yards as hard pack for the high wear areas. Bonus!

how many of us have done that taking the rake out thru a narrow old fashined race I looked ahead to find the paddock and took out the cockys angle post - put the rake steering out of alignment in the process

On my way in to my pistol club this morning I saw this fellah in a bit of strife.

My camera angle doesn’t do it justice but his back end was hanging over a drop to the creek.