777D Roll overs

[rocket100]

In the first pic the operator fell asleep on night shift and launched the truck over the safety bund and into a dam. Very lucky, only got wet, not even a scratch.
Second pic shows truck going to hard around a left hand bend and mounting the safety bund and flipping onto its side. At least 20 meter drop on other side of the bund, luckly the bund did its job. Operator not hurt in this one.

 

[AtlasRob]

over she goes

Oh man that could have been so very very different. :Banghead
Thanks for sharing

 

[qball]

uh, boss. know anyone with a towtruck? a BIG towtruck.

 

[Gavin84w]

777D rollovers

Here are the first in a series of pics from a recovery i did of a rolled over 777D a couple of years ago at a big quarry on the outskirts of Sydney. The accident happened on a Saturday morning and the operator had dozed off, just before where the machine is there is a 1 metre high by 50 metre long bund in the centre of the haulroad. At the end of the bund there is a 1 metre square concrete block with lengths of water pipe cast in it so additional signs can be dropped in as required. Turns out the operator has drifted pos 2 tyre up onto the bund and then when it hit the concrete block it turned the truck sideways enough that it dug in on all the left side tyres and completely flipped it over in mid air and landed it on its load. The big surprise was that when we got there there was not 1 bent panel on the machine and even the mirrors were not broken.Where this happened there is a crest in the haul road of an underpass and the trucks usually downshift 1 gear from top gear so he was at speed for sure. It is a bit different taking the truck off the body!! While no panel damage had been incurred the chassis was twisted and the engine locked up.

 

[Gavin84w]

Pt 2

 

[Gavin84w]

Pt 3

 

[Burnout]

It's official....he sucks. As I once heard by a great philosopher known as The Rubber Duck, "I think you better lay off those acrobatics until you get a bettle handle on that machinery Lyle"

 

[cat 385]

nice recovery, i can see the guys on the ground needed to turn the truck but that is crazy to be underneath that load,at least that what it looked like to me from the picture.

 

[Gavin84w]

I gotta say i was a bit nervous when the cranies were doing it but the equipment used for that job was rated at 4 times what they were lifting etc and they had faith in there equipment. Just like most things when you know your equipment and plans are worked out beforehand it usually goes right. Some of the distances are a bit deceptive in those pics as there was lots of room around the job and i spent a day and a half working it all out with all the parties involved.

 

[redline]

wow, awesome series of pics thanks for posting

 

[MKTEF]

Very impressive job done there!
And nice pics.

Nice shirts on some of your guy's there!

But holy crap, the feeling when that truck turned over can never be forgotten by the operator.
Seat belt woud be highly apreciated in a turnover like that.
And as u said, turning totaly around without damage says something about the ride...

 

[Gavin84w]

Yes he could have been in a complete open cab machine and as long as he was strapped in he would have been right as the ROPS did not get touched in any way, but yeh what a ride. When i first got to the machine the load was strewn at least 100 feet down the haul road-a definent ride he won,t forget.

 

[AtlasRob]

I spent a little time many years ago as a spare driver amongst a dozen 769.s and I can understand how monotenous it probably gets tramping one of those trucks up and down every shift, but christ have those operators got no comprehension of the cost in damage alone ( never mind possible death) that falling asleep on duty can cause. :beatsme

Beautiful set of pictures, showing a well planned operation :drinkup

UK style would have been a 385 and a D10 with a BIG wire rope ( only kidding )

 

[Iron Horse]

I can never understand why they don't fit a $20 Mercury switch to the fuel pump cut off solenoid on those things . The engine would shut down instantly once inverted and save the crankshaft and block . The recovery probably only cost 30K or so but the engine and downtime will hurt big .

 

[Haul-Pak]

I can never understand why they don't fit a $20 Mercury switch to the fuel pump cut off solenoid on those things . The engine would shut down instantly once inverted and save the crankshaft and block . The recovery probably only cost 30K or so but the engine and downtime will hurt big .

MMM If the machine had VIMS then the engine would shut down as soon as the low engine oil sensor went nut's.

Couple a Hundred Grand for a new 3508E EUI.

UK style would have been a 385 and a D10 with a BIG wire rope ( only kidding )

Remember where the pic's are from (GAV In Australia) ..... Safety first.

 

[AtlasRob]

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Remember where the pic's are from (GAV In Australia) ..... Safety first.

:beatsme You mean theres a safer way than a BIG steel rope and a couple BIG machines and plenty of banging crashing and grinding of metal. Thats how they do it on YouTube :drinkup

 

[Iron Horse]

In a couple of those pics you can see something attached to the front of the diff . Is that a retarder or is a planetary reduction of some sort ? I would guess it is a retarder though .

 

[Haul-Pak]

You mean theres a safer way than a BIG steel rope and a couple BIG machines and plenty of banging crashing and grinding of metal. Thats how they do it on YouTube

Ha Ha Ha ... A L1850 can flip that puppy over no problem.

In a couple of those pics you can see something attached to the front of the diff . Is that a retarder or is a planetary reduction of some sort ? I would guess it is a retarder though.

Are you talking about Tranny?

 

[khp-mech]

MMM If the machine had VIMS then the engine would shut down as soon as the low engine oil sensor went nut's.

Couple a Hundred Grand for a new 3508E EUI.



Remember where the pic's are from (GAV In Australia) ..... Safety first.

From what I remember from the CAT shutdown system on those trucks is that the only way the engine will shutoff because of low engine oil pressure if the park brake is on. Readyline feature. If the trucks running on the ready line and it has the park brake on it will shutdown the engine. Wouldn't want the engine to shutoff because of faulty engine oil pressure sensor while meeting another truck on the truck road.

 

[Haul-Pak]

From what I remember from the CAT shutdown system on those trucks is that the only way the engine will shutoff because of low engine oil pressure if the park brake is on. Readyline feature. If the trucks running on the ready line and it has the park brake on it will shutdown the engine. Wouldn't want the engine to shutoff because of faulty engine oil pressure sensor while meeting another truck on the truck road.

Low Oil Sensor not pressure sensor. The VIMS will alert a Shutdown Code ...

Once over on it's back, No payloader weight, The engine would shut down.

Ready line feature? Only idle feature used here is Cold mode.

Anyhow ... Maybe they nipped the engine ....