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[Jstpssng]

Driving too fast...

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Bruce

I'd call that a gross understatement!

 

[ning]

Trucker will argue it's an act of God but that only applies if the rocks are from tires kicked up on the road. This looks more like an insecure load, but good luck getting money out of them.

Apparently it's on dashcam and an estimated 1000# of rock came out of an unlocked gate.

 

[redman135]

The loader driver was an idiot. DROP the BUCKET!!! there will be plenty of sparks but no damage. From the abrupt halt he has a bent bucket and the pole that he hit will very likely need replacement, and could easily have run OVER a car, in a loader that size(27 ton), not just mowed off the white cars bumper.

As for the truck loosing gravel, Take a close look, either the deck lip is damaged(can't seal), or there is something preventing the tail board from sealing properly and the hooks are hanging on by their "fingertips" and are at risk of "popping", ie a couple of ton gets dropped at once.
What is the legal situation where the stone bounce off the road? At 50/60mph it will look like the road is chasing the truck. I would expect several broken windscreens out of that.

 

[RandyT]

As for the truck loosing gravel, Take a close look, either the deck lip is damaged(can't seal), or there is something preventing the tail board from sealing properly and the hooks are hanging on by their "fingertips" and are at risk of "popping", ie a couple of ton gets dropped at once.
What is the legal situation where the stone bounce off the road? At 50/60mph it will look like the road is chasing the truck. I would expect several broken windscreens out of that.

Looks like hydraulic lift gate with the safety latches not engaged. Looks like the gate is open a couple inches.

 

[Dftodd]

The loader driver was an idiot. DROP the BUCKET!!! there will be plenty of sparks but no damage. From the abrupt halt he has a bent bucket and the pole that he hit will very likely need replacement, and could easily have run OVER a car, in a loader that size(27 ton), not just mowed off the white cars bumper.

As for the truck loosing gravel, Take a close look, either the deck lip is damaged(can't seal), or there is something preventing the tail board from sealing properly and the hooks are hanging on by their "fingertips" and are at risk of "popping", ie a couple of ton gets dropped at once.
What is the legal situation where the stone bounce off the road? At 50/60mph it will look like the road is chasing the truck. I would expect several broken windscreens out of that.

My brother totaled a house with a road grader one day.

He was driving it from one jobsite to another. Started down a really steep hill and the engine died.

Hit a house at the bottom of the hill, tore through the covered porch and knocked the house off it's foundation.

 

[QRTRHRS]

These equipment failures remind me of an incident many years ago. I was working at a ski resort that also had vacation homes on top of the hill accessed by a steep road off to the side of the slopes.

Someone spun out on the ice coated road. To help out, they sent someone out on a rather "beastly" military surplus dozen. I think it was made by Oliver.

The operator got to sliding, pinning the car against some guard rails. Until they got done, all for sides of that car were trashed.

Oh yeah, a couple of days ago, someone crashed an asphalt paver into a building in Lexington, KY then took off. Not sure if they caught that person yet.

 

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[BigBlue1]

I guess that's one way to lubricate that bollard mechanism...

 

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Bruce

 

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Bruce