Dave M7040
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- Joined
- Dec 10, 2012
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- Location
- Williamstown Ontario Canada
- Tractor
- Kubota M7040 Nuffield 465
In the late 1960's I was an engineer working for the Canadian Government. My job was to investigate the worst motor vehicle accidents and provide technical expert witness testimony in court.
A tractor trailer (18 wheeler) was pulling a pup trailer attached to the first trailer with a pintle hook and the trailer tongue had a big eye which slipped over the hook.
The whole attachment assembly was welded together by someone who ran beads of grapes and called it welding.
The hitch, chains etc failed on a modern 4 lane divided highway and the pup got loose.
Normally, because the pup headed for the shoulder, it would not have been too big a deal but this time there was a young hitch hiker on the shoulder who could not get out of the way and the pup trailer killed him.
If you are not a certified welder you should not be welding items where, if they fail, people can get killed.
Dave M7040
A tractor trailer (18 wheeler) was pulling a pup trailer attached to the first trailer with a pintle hook and the trailer tongue had a big eye which slipped over the hook.
The whole attachment assembly was welded together by someone who ran beads of grapes and called it welding.
The hitch, chains etc failed on a modern 4 lane divided highway and the pup got loose.
Normally, because the pup headed for the shoulder, it would not have been too big a deal but this time there was a young hitch hiker on the shoulder who could not get out of the way and the pup trailer killed him.
If you are not a certified welder you should not be welding items where, if they fail, people can get killed.
Dave M7040