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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Defender on September 06, 2008, 20:22:05

Title: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: Defender on September 06, 2008, 20:22:05

A 40ft artic slid off the road into a ditch outside work today.
Luckily the axle ground out, or it would have gone all the way into the ditch & fallen over.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Wagon01.jpg)

(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Wagon02.jpg)

(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Wagon03.jpg)
"Brown trouser moment for the wagon driver"

I offered my services as an anchor at the front with the County 1174 tractor that was in the yard, along with another passing Case tractor.
A crane was on the way to lift the rear of the trailer back onto the road.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Wagon04.jpg)
County 1174 at front & Case behind.

Unfortunately I got called away with the County to rescue a bogged down tractor of our own, so didn't actually get involved with or see the recovery.  :roll:

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: thermidorthelobster on September 06, 2008, 23:11:31

How do you slide something like that, on what looks like a slow straight road, at this time of year?

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: Disco Matt on September 06, 2008, 23:21:59

Looking at it I would wonder if he was trying to pull over to allow oncoming traffic through but didn't realise how steep the edge of the tarmac was?

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: beast5680 on September 07, 2008, 12:42:37

been there done that :lol: you just pull over a teeny bit to let traffic by and find the edge of the tarmac :lol: luckily i got out of it though

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: Defender on September 07, 2008, 12:45:02

The roads round there were never designed for such large heavy vehicles & are bearly wide enough for two artics to pass each other. I think he moved over to allow another artic to pass going the other way.
It's chaos at times with the amount of artics coming & going, all trying to access the distribution depots for the farm produce companies.
The incident happened HERE (http://www.bdcc.co.uk/XMarksTheSpot.htm?g=SD4290820087&t=SD4290820087) & the artics are going to the distribution depot HERE (http://www.bdcc.co.uk/XMarksTheSpot.htm?g=SD4257020306&t=SD4257020306). All the artics have to come in via the small village of Tarleton HERE (http://www.bdcc.co.uk/XMarksTheSpot.htm?g=SD4514920620&t=SD4514920620), which really hacks off the residents.

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: jjsaul on September 08, 2008, 01:03:18

a similar thing happened with a rigid (7.5tonne?) curtainsider at leeds festival, i'll put the pics on when my computer accepts that my phone exists  :evil:

Title: Re: OOPS! Wagon slips off the road.
Post by: jjsaul on September 08, 2008, 16:00:10

well its working now so.....

a friend of mine got pics on her camera of the recovery (using a telehandler and a big recovery truck) so i'll get those up soon if i can

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/jjsaul/leeds%20fest%2008/dd43af2e.jpg)

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/jjsaul/leeds%20fest%2008/cd58f2fe.jpg)