CalG
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- Joined
- Sep 29, 2011
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- 5,841
- Location
- vermont
- Tractor
- Hurlimann 435, Fordson E27n, Bolens HT-23, Kubota B7200, Kubota B2601
Sorry, no photos
But I was having some gravel delivered this moring to finish off the road repairs after the last wash out. (private drive serving 7 homes) Worst I'ld seen in 25 years, while nearby areas saw no damage.
Anyway
Had the stakes driven to mark the desired new grade. The Hurlimann fitted up with the Tiff-Line back blade. Ready to go!
The first load arrived and the driver laid it down so smoothly that no blade work was needed. This was going to be easy!
The truck returned with the second load , backing up the hill to avoid some overhead crossing wires when the dump body lifted. We are trying to build up the road where the years of run off have accentuated the crown to the point that it's dangerous when we get an ice storm. Sliding off the road and over a 15 foot bank is no fun at all, and we have had a few over the years, including the trash collection truck ;-)
I was standing about 12 feet from the back end of the dump.
Well, the dump body went up,
The driver started forward and down hill
The gravel started flowing out neat as you please.
When
All the sudden
\
Things went cock-eyed
The dump body swayed down hill to the right.
Things started looking really screwy!
Then the hole rig went over on the off side. Like a sailing ship losing it's rigging.
What a noise! All in slow motion!
I ran for the front of the cab which was mostly over the bank. Those few fast steps had me running through the "what if's" (I'm a trained Emergency Med ) (Fast motion?)
Rounding in front of the cab I see though the dust, fuel and fluids pouring from various locations. But the DRIVER is standing tall through the broken windshield. My calls of "You all right" get a positive as he calmbers up out of the open driver's window at top.
I run around to what is now the vertical undercarriage and offer a hand as the driver scrambles out. He is OK! Shaking like a leaf and PUMPED. Fight or flight kicking in in high gear!
We take a minute to collect... No one hurt, the truck is a write off. Half the load went over the bank, but the truck stayed on the road.
A look-see shows the hinge support on the downhill side collapsed with the load. Time and rust will do that. No fault to the driver.
He just the hapless victim of the ravaveges of time and business necessity.
1989 Ford ten wheeler.
The wreckers and recovery took about an hour to right the wrong and haul away the wreckage. Two big salvage rigs with cables from trees and criss-crossing everywhere.
What a trip!
Whew!
Maybe we can get a few more loads tomorrow....
Different truck I bet.
God I'm glad no one was hurt
But I was having some gravel delivered this moring to finish off the road repairs after the last wash out. (private drive serving 7 homes) Worst I'ld seen in 25 years, while nearby areas saw no damage.
Anyway
Had the stakes driven to mark the desired new grade. The Hurlimann fitted up with the Tiff-Line back blade. Ready to go!
The first load arrived and the driver laid it down so smoothly that no blade work was needed. This was going to be easy!
The truck returned with the second load , backing up the hill to avoid some overhead crossing wires when the dump body lifted. We are trying to build up the road where the years of run off have accentuated the crown to the point that it's dangerous when we get an ice storm. Sliding off the road and over a 15 foot bank is no fun at all, and we have had a few over the years, including the trash collection truck ;-)
I was standing about 12 feet from the back end of the dump.
Well, the dump body went up,
The driver started forward and down hill
The gravel started flowing out neat as you please.
When
All the sudden
\
Things went cock-eyed
The dump body swayed down hill to the right.
Things started looking really screwy!
Then the hole rig went over on the off side. Like a sailing ship losing it's rigging.
What a noise! All in slow motion!
I ran for the front of the cab which was mostly over the bank. Those few fast steps had me running through the "what if's" (I'm a trained Emergency Med ) (Fast motion?)
Rounding in front of the cab I see though the dust, fuel and fluids pouring from various locations. But the DRIVER is standing tall through the broken windshield. My calls of "You all right" get a positive as he calmbers up out of the open driver's window at top.
I run around to what is now the vertical undercarriage and offer a hand as the driver scrambles out. He is OK! Shaking like a leaf and PUMPED. Fight or flight kicking in in high gear!
We take a minute to collect... No one hurt, the truck is a write off. Half the load went over the bank, but the truck stayed on the road.
A look-see shows the hinge support on the downhill side collapsed with the load. Time and rust will do that. No fault to the driver.
He just the hapless victim of the ravaveges of time and business necessity.
1989 Ford ten wheeler.
The wreckers and recovery took about an hour to right the wrong and haul away the wreckage. Two big salvage rigs with cables from trees and criss-crossing everywhere.
What a trip!
Whew!
Maybe we can get a few more loads tomorrow....
Different truck I bet.
God I'm glad no one was hurt
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Big cross country semi t-boned a Cadillac, jack knifed and took out a phone/stop light pole. The pole broke but took bottoms out of both tanks prolly 300+ gallons... Fire trucks put in booms to try & isolate spillway of dam of the pond and then clean up crews half drained pond and cleaned out ditches. Cadillac was on it's side older lady ran stop light in front of driver... not his fault but sure his insurance ended up paying a ton, we were in a 20' box truck right behind the Semi, we waited for the semi to go by and caught up to him on the up hill run to the accident spot. Had we not let him go on by it might have been US hitting woman...