takeuchi's new detachable boom

[radd16]

Takeuchi's new TB175 detachable boom automatically comes off when it hits a bridge.

These two machines where being transferred from Florida to Texas by a outside hauler who didn't set the booms all the way down on the trailer. One was facing forward the other backwards on the trailer. So one has lots of damage the other just broke the boom and swing post.

 

[radd16]

more pics

 

[greywynd]

Bet that woke the driver up real fast!! Looks like it must have been highway speeds, the gouges on the boom and cylinder are pretty deep. Wonder if they have enough salvageable to make one out of two?

 

[Dirtman2007]

I did not know rental machines could be abused that much

 

[coopers]

Those excavators looked like crap anyway, probably ready for them to go!

Luckily when I worked for a rental company we never had that problem, we did have some VERY close calls though.

Blake
WA

 

[IH PULR]

They make cute little dozers

 

[Idigmywork]

What was the driver thinking....
He wasn't....
Must have been his/her first haul job?

 

[bobcat ron]

Well that would definitely cut down on space needed to haul the excavator.

 

[PMP]

Driver's Last Run.

It may have been his first, but, I will bet it was his last for that company.
Do you think they would sell the tracks?
ointhead

 

[radd16]

Well, one of the units is going to be put back together. The other one is not. The problem is we are waiting on insurance company to give us the OK to fix it. EST. is about $25,000. The one that is not being fix will belong to insurance company,not sure if they will sell it to us for parts. It does run. Motor, pumps, final drives, tracks, and a few other items would make for good used parts.

 

[Sam]

It has to be a real sick feeling, to hit something, like that.

I've had close calls that really got my blood to pumping, from height and from width.

I'm often approaching 110,000 pounds, and rarely over, but anymore, I'm concerned about weight, more than anything else. This is from all the reports about bridge conditions nation-wide, following the bridge collapse in MN.

Can you say the name of the carrier?

 

[RollOver Pete]

I hate it when that happens...

I did not know rental machines could be abused that much

Oh...they can.
I wonder if United will be having a blue light special internet sale pretty soon?

 

[GeeVee]

And they complain

.... that renters cause all the problems.

I work for the DOT, so I see lots of pictures similiar often. I shoudl share a few with you guys but they are filtering our e-mail more an more these days.

 

[burmahiker]

I thought everyone said Takeuchi's were solid???

Hmmm seems like a pretty flimsy machine to have all that from just one little hit! ha ha.

 

[ohfd281]

wow thats a bad day.