Chas
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Moving that much weight on a downhill slope gravity usually wins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1ujnyUuZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1ujnyUuZU
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Gravity usually wins
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Oops!! Not enough weight on the rear truck and not enough trucks for braking.
They may have got away with a scratch or two but I expect that multi wheel trailer took some damage.
They may have got away with a scratch or two but I expect that multi wheel trailer took some damage.
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Crazy and quite lucky by the look of it. Easy to judge from here but the guy in the front truck should have accelerated or at least eased off the brakes as soon as it started to jack knife. A trailer of that size and speciality I thought also would have had it's own braking and possibly drive as well?
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If it was a sealed pavement they may have got away with it if the trailer had been braking,the lead truck should
have kept traction going by pulling slightly against the trailer brakes and being on an unsealed road they should have
had a large bulldozer as the rear anchor. Been there done that.
have kept traction going by pulling slightly against the trailer brakes and being on an unsealed road they should have
had a large bulldozer as the rear anchor. Been there done that.
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Does anyone know what that piece of machinery on the trailer was (just curious) ??
When I first saw it I thought it was a large AA Gun Turret from a warship
oops
, but I guess it was Construction Equipment - a Pile Driver or something.
Bob.
When I first saw it I thought it was a large AA Gun Turret from a warship
oops, but I guess it was Construction Equipment - a Pile Driver or something.Bob.
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Yep, it's a Link-Belt but I can't see a number, looks something like this...
It's one of the larger chappies, there'd be a few tonnes there.
Link Belt LS918 400 tonne Crawler Crane
Looks like the forum heavy plant anoraks are on form today
just realized its referred to in the text of the video clip
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ftfy ??? Am I missing something? The photo is the right way up (as I see it on my post) but rotated 90 degrees in your post Cris? Wassappenin' ??
Sure does Grant, but with less scratches!
Can't believe what they did in the vid, Pat was right, heavy stuff needs heavy stuff to haul it. Rubber tyre scare next to useless for that weight on a site haul road.
And a lot of money at stake in downtime, repairs and all that goes with it. A crane like that can't be brought in at a moment's notice, that stupidity could jeopardize the whole project.
