Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

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Originally Posted by Dundee

@Ryan here you go

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by "www.witness.co.za

TO be promoted to captain in the army’s School of Armour, a lieutenant first has to drive a 28-wheel truck carrying an Olifant tank down Van Reenen’s pass.

During such a test on Friday night, a female lieutenant reportedly missed a gear and the brakes overheated, sending the truck careening down the pass. The driver remained calm and steered her run-away rig into a sand trap. But the momentum of the 50 ton tank on the back simply sent the truck ploughing right through the sand trap and up an incline. That’s where the heavy tank then fell off the truck, landing upside down in the northbound lane.

Spokesperson for the army, Colonel Sidney Zeeman, confirmed lieutenants of the School of Armour in Bloemfontein were busy with practical training for their driving and maintenance course. The female driver and an instructor were slightly injured during the crash. The army is now investigating the cause of the crash, Zeeman said. The army secured the scene and contractors lifted the tank on Saturday. The whole process took 10 minutes.

The Armoured Corps has been using the pass for decades to train drivers.

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That was worth the wait. Thanks Ryan

Did they test her to see if she was tanked?

Great pics

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Originally Posted by sako75

Did they test her to see if she was tanked?

Great pics

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Tankfully nobody was hurt!

Anyone who's driven that pass knows that it's a white knuckle ride, particularly in bad weather.

did she get put over a barrel for it ,or did she get a barrelling?

Alright I will add my bit........."Bet there were skids elsewhere too":D

Hey @Ryan, that first pic brought back lots of memories. We used to stay at the motel with those pyramid shaped bungalows each year on the way down to Marina beach on the south coast :thumbsup:

Looks flat and straight, certainly better than any south island roads.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Looks flat and straight, certainly better than any south island roads.

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Looks can be deceiving.

It is a 2-lane, freeway pass which rises from 1105m ASL to 1768m at the summit over a distance of 36,3 km, producing a climb of 663 vertcal meters, it nontheless results in a moderate gradient of 1/54 with the steepest sections around 1:20. Like the Kaaimans River & Hex River Passes, this pass produces a fair portion of South Africas trucking accidents. Sheer volume is no doubt the primary reason for the high rate of accidents, but the pass also has a major drop in altitude. When bad weather arrives, things can get masty with heavy snowfalls occurring during the winter cycle. The pass will be temporarily closed to traffic at times.

Van Reenen's Pass, Drakensberg - Mountain Passes South Africa

Like the article says, it is the traffic that's the main thing, particularly in bad weather. @ebf Never stayed at the Wigwam Motel myself but passed by often enough. Wasn't there a Trek garage with a big zebra outside it somewhere nearby?

So pretty flat then

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Looks can be deceiving.

It is a 2-lane, freeway pass which rises from 1105m ASL to 1768m at the summit over a distance of 36,3 km, producing a climb of 663 vertcal meters, it nontheless results in a moderate gradient of 1/54 with the steepest sections around 1:20. Like the Kaaimans River & Hex River Passes, this pass produces a fair portion of South Africas trucking accidents. Sheer volume is no doubt the primary reason for the high rate of accidents, but the pass also has a major drop in altitude. When bad weather arrives, things can get masty with heavy snowfalls occurring during the winter cycle. The pass will be temporarily closed to traffic at times.

Van Reenen's Pass, Drakensberg - Mountain Passes South Africa

Like the article says, it is the traffic that's the main thing, particularly in bad weather. @ebf Never stayed at the Wigwam Motel myself but passed by often enough. Wasn't there a Trek garage with a big zebra outside it somewhere nearby?

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Not far off the gradient of the old west coast road. That is the flat bit on the way to west coast.

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that's a woops moment

About to be an "oops" moment:

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Wow.
Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me

:D Reminds me of that photo floating around of a BMW with chains on the front wheels!

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Originally Posted by 308

Wow.
Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me

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Saw this car come round the corner with stuff on its roof secured by tied down straps. The guy had hooked the front strap to the front row hook but had tied it down waaaaay too hard and the strap had basically cut a jagged hole right down the middle of his lower grille.

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Originally Posted by Low box

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If that was a new hilux/triton/dmax/navara/ranger/etc it'd have crumpled the sill, twisted the chassis and the engine probably would've fallen out. Instant write off

Oops, someone didn't know they had ripped their number plate off when shunting the gate...
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That post would take much "shunting" out of the ground.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

That post would take much "shunting" out of the ground.

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That's just the gap filler, there is a No 1 round just out of frame on the left.

Idjits

Two 4x4s stuck by creek:roll:
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Did you make some quick booze money for that Dundee?

We saw a honda crv parked in some trees off the side of Lewis pass, at least they had their hazards on to avoid any confusion or someone hitting them

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Did you make some quick booze money for that Dundee?

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Loooks like he was hiding in the pungas Rushy:ORLY:

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Originally Posted by big_foot

Loooks like he was hiding in the pungas Rushy:ORLY:

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Yip from the safety of our lookout.:D

We had better photos up the road,clowns use this gravel road daily but with cell phones etc you got to see them or its gone.

Years ago I scored a box off booze every month.
This fella and passenger were very sore but lucky.:o
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The recovery took a while too:D
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Here's a few from my past;

Not what it should look like
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What it SHOULD look like
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I see this Cruiser is currently for sale
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Words fail me
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My mate gave it a few too many raspberries going into a corner in the mud, this is the result after using the winch around a tree to pull the front ARB bumper out of the front tyre so that the spare could be fitted.
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Always handy to have a winch bitch.
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I just don't understand the desire to want to get yourself stuck and winch yourself out, I like speed.

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Originally Posted by Savage1

I just don't understand the desire to want to get yourself stuck and winch yourself out, I like speed.

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well for me its a desire to not need a road or make your own.

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Originally Posted by Savage1

I just don't understand the desire to want to get yourself stuck and winch yourself out, I like speed.

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Not really an appropriate admission for a man in you're line of work :P

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Originally Posted by Gibo

Not really an appropriate admission for a man in you're line of work :P

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Yeh I might rely on statements like that the next time I am about to be issued with an infringement notice.

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I just don't understand the desire to want to get yourself stuck and winch yourself out, I like speed.

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The idea is to try not to have to use the winch, get through the deepest ugliest nastiest shit before getting stuck.
Had my trucks airborne more times off road than on too.

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Not really an appropriate admission for a man in you're line of work :P

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I was talking about off road, I'm Miss Daisy on the road, unless there's an urgent reason to be otherwise.

I'm not speed trained either so I can't issue speeding tickets, according to Police policy.

I think the lack of desire comes from being a farmer and knowing that getting stuck often means a long walk back or even getting a digger in.

@Savage1 Just on the subject of driving, I've often wondered how long police hang onto their Holdens for? Is there some sort of criteria that once they reach x mileage or similar, they're binned? What happens to them once they're at the end of their life?

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@Savage1 Just on the subject of driving, I've often wondered how long police hang onto their Holdens for? Is there some sort of criteria that once they reach x mileage or similar, they're binned? What happens to them once they're at the end of their life?

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About 150 - 175,000kms. They get stripped of add-ons and end up at Turners.

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Originally Posted by Ryan

@Savage1 Just on the subject of driving, I've often wondered how long police hang onto their Holdens for? Is there some sort of criteria that once they reach x mileage or similar, they're binned? What happens to them once they're at the end of their life?

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JoshC is right, when they get replaced depends on how much money the district has. You don't want to buy an ex general duties car, but the other would be OK to buy.

Thanks guys - can't say I'm in the market for an ex-police car though haha.