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[dstig1]

You look at things like this and trotting on past the stupid leads one to how did you even get that in there?

 

[California]

... how did you even get that in there?

I'm thinking he backed it most of the way in on an angle to the lane, on the flatter ground beyond him.Then he angled the back of the truck over toward that downslope to finally get the trailer at a right angle to the lane. Oops.

 

[ning]

I just realized there's a floor jack in there holding it up
I'm guessing that the jack is the fulcrum point and that the end of the log in the van is pushing up against the ceiling
I wonder if the front wheels are off the ground?
inb4 bumper comes off

 

[California]

Amazing what you can haul in a $100 junker. But bring earplugs for the rod knock!

 

[civilian]

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I just realized there's a floor jack in there holding it up
I'm guessing that the jack is the fulcrum point and that the end of the log in the van is pushing up against the ceiling
I wonder if the front wheels are off the ground?
inb4 bumper comes off

He just needs another floor jack under the van to help balance the load. Jon

 

[dstig1]

What's the rated road speed of the wheels on a floor jack?

 

[1Mech]

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Looks like he didn't cut it proper either, heck of a barber chair I would guess!
Wonder what they used to get it in there?

 

[California]

Wonder what they used to get it in there?

Raised it with the jack then just backed up?

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

What's the rated road speed of the wheels on a floor jack?

Depends on distance you wish to travel.

 

[civilian]

What's the rated road speed of the wheels on a floor jack?

Look at the Badlands winch from HF (I think). Its got some bigger wheels. (Seen it on YT offroad recovery sites) Jon

 

[bcp]

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/zuww6h

Bruce

 

[BigBlue1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/zuww6h

Bruce

Any possible other action besides what he chose to do would have netted a better result.

 

[Jstpssng]

Any possible other action besides what he chose to do would have netted a better result.

Like driving forward to get the truck tires back on the ground: driving backwards to get the truck tires back on the ground; dropping the BH boom... probably not quite as effective but at least it would be action.
Or before loading he could have put the truck in 4WD and/or set the brake; he could have used wheel chocks; jacks on the rear of the trailer to keep it from lifting the rear of the truck.
He could have stayed home!

How many did I miss?

 

[bcp]

Clipped from another forum:

Bruce

 

[WinterDeere]

Any possible other action besides what he chose to do would have netted a better result.

I was thinking the same. Literally anything he would have done would have either slowed or stopped that truck. Keep driving forward, back off the trailer... anything other than jump and run!

Makes me feel better about always chocking my wheels. Sometimes others see me doing that, and look at me like I'm a wannabe trucker, but I've never had my truck and trailer roll away on me! A few short scraps of leftover 4x4 lumber is all it takes to make effective wheel chocks.

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/zuww6h

Bruce

That's painful to watch. But nowhere as painful as the many mishaps I have participated in my life!

 

[dstig1]

As soon as I saw the video start I knew what was going to happen. The problem is that you don't know this is going to happen until either someone tells you (teaches) or you find out the hard way. Yes, if you REALLY thought it through with a thorough failure analysis, you might think of the rear wheels lifting and thus the truck having nothing holding it stationary any more, but how many people really think this is possible without some outside influence? "That truck ain't going nowhere as it outweighs the tractor by a bunch." How would anyone think to even imagine that the rear wheels lift, the tranny is only holding the rear wheels, so if you cause the rear wheels to lift, it will roll? It just doesn't seem possible...but yet it is, and there are legions of videos like this.

"It is always the question you don't even know to ask that gets you in the end."

 

[Dftodd]

That car must be a lot heavier than it looks!

Lack of frame support and stiffner for the crane would be my guess

 

[MTGreen]

Here we call them “the viewing public.” It obviously sells.

Not called the prolefeed for nothing

 

[Fallon]

As soon as I saw the video start I knew what was going to happen. The problem is that you don't know this is going to happen until either someone tells you (teaches) or you find out the hard way. Yes, if you REALLY thought it through with a thorough failure analysis, you might think of the rear wheels lifting and thus the truck having nothing holding it stationary any more, but how many people really think this is possible without some outside influence? "That truck ain't going nowhere as it outweighs the tractor by a bunch." How would anyone think to even imagine that the rear wheels lift, the tranny is only holding the rear wheels, so if you cause the rear wheels to lift, it will roll? It just doesn't seem possible...but yet it is, and there are legions of videos like this.

"It is always the question you don't even know to ask that gets you in the end."

Same, knew exactly what was going to happen.

Not sure if it's the Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia or something similar. But it's always the unknown unknows that get you. Stuff you never even thought about. Easy to mitigate a dozen different ways, but you just never knew you even should think about it.