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Dumptruck Flipovers!!

hammer66

hammer66

Active Member
ive been running a cat 725 never rolled one yet,althogh every driver we hired has its comical,they dont pay attention almost always on the bottom of a ramp
 
BigIron25

BigIron25

Well-Known Member
i dont mean to interrupt the new thread... but it looks like rock trucks have a love for playing roll over! manufacturers should work on getting the canine gene out of these trucks for gods sake.
 
bear

bear

Senior Member
BigIron25 said:
i dont mean to interrupt the new thread... but it looks like rock trucks have a love for playing roll over! manufacturers should work on getting the canine gene out of these trucks for gods sake.
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yeah they're just playing possum :rolleyes: :D
 
xcavator120

xcavator120

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Nick Drew said:
And these guys wonder why us Excavator operators call them "Boneheads" !!:Banghead :Banghead

Bless them they are never the brightest bulbs in the box!!:lmao :lmao :lmao :roll :roll :roll
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Yeah, you should hear what us "bonehead" dump operators call the idiots running the hoes...;)

I've been running a Terex TA27, Generation 7 for the last few weeks. Our hoe operator is 74 years old, and sometimes doesn't give any thought into how he wants us positioned to load, and how or what we must drive/back over. I've about lost my last nerve when he has me back beside the area where he as been cutting, only a 4ft drop, but enough to roll the truck. Wouldn't be so bad if there was more than 3ft between my tires and the edge. This because he doesn't want the dust to blow at him, while we get a cab full.

I've ran hoes too, and since I've ran ADTs, I try to make sure I don't put the drivers in any risky positions.
 
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stinkycat

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It does not have to be end dumps to have not very smart operators. In the mid 60's we were running 660 belly dumps filling from conveyor system building a tailings dam for a copper mine in So Az it was a 3 shift operation. The midnight shift had all kinds of strange things happen one night a 660 tractor pulled under the conveyor to load and couldn't stop. He had lost his trailer and had no air for the brakes then tried to turn off the haul and ran over 5 out houses.
 
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Flewy_86

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A couple of my photo's of site mishaps:)
 

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buckfever

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i saw a vid on youtube where the cab on a volvo broke free and spun 270 degrees. bet he had to pull the seat out of his crack.
 
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yowie

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you think thats scary try sittin in a dozer on the dump and seening a 250 ton dump come flat out back at u with a foot to separation at best many a time i gave serious concideration to going over the side
 
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SREHMAT

Member
traxs said:
hahahahah rolled rock trucks!! so much fun with those! Half of the guys who run rock truck are greenhorns. Gotta start somewhere!! I did! But yeah some of them just don't have it. Rolling the cab is pretty dumb... He probably wasn't straight in the first place. One of our guys rolled a TA30 a few weeks back. We sold it now, but not because of that. It's a piece of **** in the first place. Some pics of that:
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This problem is not encountered with cat 735's & 740's although they are almost the same design, but dumping sytems frame is far rigid and firm compare to these, i have lot of pictures of this kind..bye
 
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SREHMAT

Member
major stuck ups!

we are moving almost 300 million cubic metere of sand, its huge & we have huge stuck ups , I like machines getting smashed like toys, then i rescue...

Actually I dont know how to post pics on this forum, i can send amazing pics of 735 / 740/ challangers etc etc..
 
alco

alco

Senior Member
yowie said:
you think thats scary try sittin in a dozer on the dump and seening a 250 ton dump come flat out back at u with a foot to separation at best many a time i gave serious concideration to going over the side
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You think that's scary, try it with 400 ton trucks when they are coming right for you. I've gone over the edge to escape.
 
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