Ooops! Deere busted

[beenthere]

Had this pic cross my desk, and thought I'd share it with TBN members.
Guess the trailer brakes were not set, when the tractor was being off-loaded onto the dock.
An expensive mistake

 

[froggy]

That would be my luck! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I sure hope someone remembered to mail in the insurance payment. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[tjkadar]

Ouch!

 

[ddivinia]

Man, that looks like an expensive mistake for sure.

D.

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

Best-looking 8000-series that I have ever seen. That is one way to get rid of that big, plankton-sifting grill!

 

[Soundguy]

I have a friend that does a littl emowing on the side for extra living expense money.. He has an old 3/4 ton truck.. and flatbed trailer.. and a ford NAA and mower... was unloading it one day.. and while backing off.. trailer tounge lifted truck rear.. truck started rolling down hill.. FAST.. Guy ended up having to transplant the front end from a salvage truck to his truck... It was a bad week for him... Luckilly nothing more than property damage occoured.

Soundguy

 

[SkyPup]

What a bust. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[pekabu]

I've seen that happen before. I rented a small Bobcat excavator, I swear the rear tires were two feet of the ground! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[slowzuki]

That why some trailers have drop legs at the tailgate...

 

[Robert_in_NY]

We just put blocks under the ramp legs and do not have any problem. Takes maybe 10 seconds to toss a 4x4 block under each ramp leg.

 

[tjkadar]

Seen it happen with a friend loading up his Kubota L3250 on a trailer hauled by a F150. The truck's rear tires came up off the ground, the truck started flying downhill fast. The truck hit his mother's car, which hit his son's car, which hit his wife, and the trailer jacknifed. His wife was knocked down and suffered some bruises, all the cars sustained some damage, and he got the proverbial fecal matter scared out of him.

The first time I saw him load the tractor, I told him it was an accident waiting to happen. Two weeks later, I was proved right though I took no pleasure in it. I would have preferred he listened and took precautions to prevent the accident from happening in the first place.

 

[FightnCock]

Looks like something that my boys would have done with my rigg!

 

[sandman2234]

I have seen this happen with forklifts, several times in the "spring brake" era of tractor trailers manufactured prior to 1975. One forklift went over nose first, and the forks buried in the asphalt. They extracted them, and put the forklift back to work, after cleaning the seat.
The rest were all rear end first, which was the norm, since it usually happen when backing off a trailer. The counterweight makes a nice hole in asphalt, to say the least.
David from jax