OOPS

[Hydremaduck]

His response the machine is laying on it

FFS! sorry to see that happen to anybody's machine, worse still when its someone you know.

Never say never and anybody who thinks it can never happen to them has got a lot of seat foam to digest before they realise just how easily it can happen with slight distraction.

 

[Bucket on wheels]

So close was the german motorhome to fall off the edge

https://translate.google.no/transla...tyske-bubilen-a-bikke-utfor-kanten-1.14617311

(I have driven this route myself with 49.6 tons of truck with trailer
you do not want to take the shortcut down to the fjord)

Here you can even see the view they came a little too close to
https://www.google.no/maps/@60.9239042,7.2105989,3a,75.8y,334.27h,83.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVJQENmq17Wyc-
qNmQcTFRw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[V8Druid]

watch the overhead gantry

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=495985207807495

 

[V8Druid]

bet that woke him up

once drove into a 6x6 box section stanchion with my 7 tonner .... centre ram in the mast and it obscured the stanchion ... only going slowly, but still came as a surpise .... had to get off the truck to look see WTF had stopped me dead ..... couldn't see it, 'til I walked round the front of the truck .... .... thought the axle had locked up

 

[Cyberprog]

He must have been going some.

 

[V8Druid]

He must have been going some.

toooooooo right

 

[mart1602]

watch the overhead gantry

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=495985207807495

might as well of carried on,f***ed most of them by the time he stopped

 

[Jimoz]

odd one cleared mustve been whoever loaded them

 

[Lynchy]

Rrv landrover ran away,long downgrade in the snow,hit rrv liebher,c/w trailer,drill rig,compressor,all up approx 27 ton @ 50 mph!
Fortunately all survived,had machines derailed,would've ended up down bank in a wintery Scottish loch,no radio or phone signal

 

[Mogman]

Ooooh not a pleasant trip in a land rover not the best of comfort at the best of times

 

[V8Druid]

Rrv landrover ran away,long downgrade in the snow,hit rrv liebher,c/w trailer,drill rig,compressor,all up approx 27 ton @ 50 mph!
Fortunately all survived,had machines derailed,would've ended up down bank in a wintery Scottish loch,no radio or phone signal

for a 50mph impact that LR is in remarkably good nick ...... roof rack let go, and the front end's fooked but otherwise the passenger compartment looks pretty good ... doubt it'd have been the same story without the rrv gear up front

 

[V8Druid]

odd one cleared mustve been whoever loaded them

seemed to be a different build, without the sticky up bit on top

might as well of carried on,f***ed most of them by the time he stopped

a wonder he even noticed Mart .... someone must've 'informed' him .... wonder what the pipe on the gantry was carrying ?
pretty elementary **** up though ... the running height must be pretty carefully monitored on a train ... or you'd have thought, anyway

 

[Lynchy]

Ooooh not a pleasant trip in a land rover not the best of comfort at the best of times

Specially not seat belted,n with that group 'rops'!

 

[Lynchy]

for a 50mph impact that LR is in remarkably good nick ...... roof rack let go, and the front end's fooked but otherwise the passenger compartment looks pretty good ... doubt it'd have been the same story without the rrv gear up front

Hit the pintle hitch,'apparently' bloke was trying to drop rear bogie,but stalled so no brakes,if he hadn't hit rrv would've been doing 60+ at points in station,which were set to run into siding,where tamper stabled,lucky no other guys in worksite

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Hit the pintle hitch,'apparently' bloke was trying to drop rear bogie,but stalled so no brakes,if he hadn't hit rrv would've been doing 60+ at points in station,which were set to run into siding,where tamper stabled,lucky no other guys in worksite

Seems amazing in such a health and safety obsessed environment that they don’t fail to a safe condition - surely no engine should automatically mean full brake application?

 

[Lynchy]

Seems amazing in such a health and safety obsessed environment that they don’t fail to a safe condition - surely no engine should automatically mean full brake application?

Trailers do since the tebay fatality,but problem here and as frozen snow on rails,wheels could've been locked solid n would still have slid,bearing in mind train speed on this line is limited to 20 mph

 

[Brendan]

Apparently new last Wednesday and all wheels stolen on thursday

 

[Diggerdave]

Unbelievable.! Never seen that before. Especially on a new machine. £2000 - £3000 worth of tyres and wheels i guess.

 

[Lynchy]

Unbelievable.! Never seen that before. Especially on a new machine. £2000 - £3000 worth of tyres and wheels i guess.

Was a post on FB last week alloy wheels n tyres pinched off three wagons I think,fence cut,not a quick job,left jack behind!

 

[V8Druid]

Was a post on FB last week alloy wheels n tyres pinched off three wagons I think,fence cut,not a quick job,left jack behind!

yeh saw that too ..... things're just getting worse and worse ...... vigilante mentality/rule will take over shortly .... the time is fast approaching where one will have to protect your own property, in any way you can ..... the tea leaves are just totally brazen and swift justice is the only deterrent that'll make 'em think twice ..... been a few instances around here the last few months ... they won't be coming back for seconds .. or any more quads .....not 'til they've healed/mended anyway .... and'll need new transport