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tonka

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Thats been goping around the net for about a month, i think its even been posted her to.
 
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I have seen and heard about that type of accident with six wheeler,tag trailier combo. on hills -but never a tractor trailier or so many people so happy about it.
 
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Dozer575

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Number one it wasn't tied down. Number two it wasn't even on the flat bed part.
So a guess would be it had died and they couldn't get it started. And since they didn't want to block the road with it in the middle of nowhere, they figured if they did what they did it would roll off the rear, instead it tipped. But didn't look like it was over far enough to damage it. He couldn't have hauled far with it on the rear wheels like that.
 
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Per Eriksson

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It's running, it was in the process of being offloaded the "easy" way, track it off the back of the trailer.

When the weight on the tractors drives reduced to much the tractor brakes couldn't hold it and away they went.

If he'd popped the trailerbutton as well it might have been avoided.
 
AtlasRob

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Ah! the armchair critics and experts. :notworthy

I've been there, done it and lived to tell the tale. Dont be to quick to judge when the only evidence is a camera that cant lie :D

I dont claim it as my most professional :cool2 moment and I learned a lot that day and since. "There but for the grace of God goes I" ...... anybody ?


https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=8983
 
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JDOFMEMI

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I can see how this happened, and have had trucks run away slightly while unloading. On my lowbed, sometimes the trailer valve does not pop when you set the tractor brakes. An experienced driver remembers to check, but how many times has any of you had too many things on your mind, and missed a seemingly small detail.
When the weight of the tractor starts to go over the back, it unloads the tractor tires to the point they will slide off if on a grade. If the dozer operator would have been able to think fast enough, he could have pulled forward, and it would have loaded the truck tires again, and possibly stopped in time.

I have seen many times when the transport pulls up, and a dozer or artic truck tries to climb over the rear, only to have the trailer scoot forward when the weight starts to come up on it.

Just remember to check that the truck AND trailer brakes are set before loading and unloading, and this will not happen.
 
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JDOFMEMI said:
I can see how this happened, and have had trucks run away slightly while unloading. On my lowbed, sometimes the trailer valve does not pop when you set the tractor brakes. An experienced driver remembers to check, but how many times has any of you had too many things on your mind, and missed a seemingly small detail.
When the weight of the tractor starts to go over the back, it unloads the tractor tires to the point they will slide off if on a grade. If the dozer operator would have been able to think fast enough, he could have pulled forward, and it would have loaded the truck tires again, and possibly stopped in time.

I have seen many times when the transport pulls up, and a dozer or artic truck tries to climb over the rear, only to have the trailer scoot forward when the weight starts to come up on it.

Just remember to check that the truck AND trailer brakes are set before loading and unloading, and this will not happen.
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Yes this is what appears to happen here it is some thing I was told about when i first started to haul machines around and have always made saw that trailer handle or butt ion is on when unloading. Over here 99% of all equipment is unloaded over rear of the trailer by ramps. And yes there have been times that i have unload in a places that it could happen even with the trailer brakes set i have always had some one watching for the truck to move and been ready to use the machine to add weight to the truck to stop the slide
 
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Let's put this to rest.
I speak Spanish like a native.
This was INTENTIONAL.

At the start, the one moron tells the moron with the camera, "is the bull without testicals (MEX. slang) going to fall off?", in Spanish.

All you guys who said they are just idiots, you are correct.
 
AtlasRob

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special tool said:
Let's put this to rest.
I speak Spanish like a native.
This was INTENTIONAL.

At the start, the one moron tells the moron with the camera, "is the bull without testicals (MEX. slang) going to fall off?", in Spanish.

All you guys who said they are just idiots, you are correct.
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I dont believe for one second that it was intentional to end up the way it did.:rolleyes:
It can easily have been a very experienced operator on that dozer, would an inexperienced operator have brought the machine back in such a steady and controlled manner :beatsme the fact that the trailer brakes did not hold the lot when the weight transfered to the trailer axles was beyond the control of the dozer operator (unless it was his rig :Banghead ).
There are many an arm chair expert that would make a similar comment and have a camera running in the belief that " it cant be done " OK this time they were right :D
BUT as stated previously, I've been there done it and lived to tell the tale, things are not always as clear cut as they might seem even with a camera that cant lie :drinkup
 
JDOFMEMI

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I'm with Rob here as well. I agree the camera operator was an idiot, but I think they were expecting trouble just dropping the cat down from the back of the trailer. Maybe because of the single shank ripper, thinking it would cause the cat to go to one side or the other, or just because thay did not think anything could make it down that drop.
I am pretty sure the runaway truck was unexpected.

Also, as Oversized says, that is one of the things taught to him when he started hauling equipment, but how many of us had no one to teach us, and learned at the school of hard knocks?? Sometimes things like this are in the lesson plan at the above mentioned school.
 
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AtlasRob said:
I dont believe for one second that it was intentional to end up the way it did.:rolleyes:
It can easily have been a very experienced operator on that dozer, would an inexperienced operator have brought the machine back in such a steady and controlled manner :beatsme the fact that the trailer brakes did not hold the lot when the weight transfered to the trailer axles was beyond the control of the dozer operator (unless it was his rig :Banghead ).
There are many an arm chair expert that would make a similar comment and have a camera running in the belief that " it cant be done " OK this time they were right :D
BUT as stated previously, I've been there done it and lived to tell the tale, things are not always as clear cut as they might seem even with a camera that cant lie :drinkup
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Not intentional that it end up on its side.
I mean they intentionally dumped it off the back of the trailer, thinking it would end upright.
 
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Don't mind me, I'm just fulfilling my 3 post requirement so I can ask a question about an RD6. :Banghead :bash
 
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