OOPS

[Grahams]

I don’t know how old the video is, but I thought this was so well known now that they had all been replaced now! That could have been rather fatal.
When I got my RRS I checked it had the bolt and brace tow bat rather than the twist and fall version.

Are you saying that is a known Landrover fault and they haven't got hold of all the owners? Surely if it were a safety recall it would be picked up on the MOT that it hadn't been rectified or is that too much joined up thinking?

 

[GazCro]

Are you saying that is a known Landrover fault and they haven't got hold of all the owners? Surely if it were a safety recall it would be picked up on the MOT that it hadn't been rectified or is that too much joined up thinking?

Probably more the fact that the detachable towbars have a lower towing capacity but everyone assumes 3.5 ton hanging off them is ok

 

[Smiffy]

Are you saying that is a known Landrover fault and they haven't got hold of all the owners? Surely if it were a safety recall it would be picked up on the MOT that it hadn't been rectified or is that too much joined up thinking?

Quite well known that high use of the towball causes wear and they fall out
The socket is welded in and land rover where chopping them out replacing the socket then fitting the upgraded tow bar which has extra supports back to the chassis
Although apparently at some point in production they changed the socket and was no longer a problem

 

[Lancs Lad]

Probably more the fact that the detachable towbars have a lower towing capacity but everyone assumes 3.5 ton hanging off them is ok

On D5 it's rated for 3.5T.
but agreed I dislike it. Always got that "is it in properly"feeling.Give me a DB any day.

 

[V8Druid]

'least they got a crane to hand ........ to drag it back out

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3425106787567090

 

[Jimbo69]

'least they got a crane to hand ........ to drag it back out

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3425106787567090

I hope there was nobody down below.

 

[V8Druid]

I hope there was nobody down below.

would assume not ..... or they'd all be running round like headless chickens

 

[Charlie]

That's quite some hole. I make it about 200-250ft deep!

 

[pettsy]

Another angle....

https://www.facebook.com/100002034079573/posts/3425131534231282

 

[V8Druid]

balance point too far forward ... boom needed to be higher and dipper closer to the machine .... didn't take a lot for it to reach the critical over centre point

 

[V8Druid]

That's quite some hole. I make it about 200-250ft deep!

yeh .. took a while for the lights to go out when it touched down

 

[Shovelhands]

No way that should have been rigged like that. The handbook of an excavator usually covers this, and it’s never under the undercarriage like that was! Id be very surprised if there weren’t recommended lifting points on the upper structure.

 

[V8Druid]

No way that should have been rigged like that. The handbook of an excavator usually covers this, and it’s never under the undercarriage like that was! Id be very surprised if there weren’t recommended lifting points on the upper structure.

 

[Shovelhands]

Yes, similar to that, I’d be surprised if there isn’t similar info in every machines handbook.

 

[V8Druid]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3768958196468605

 

[doobin]

Holy s**t!

 

[CPS]

Wwwooooo was not expecting that

 

[V8Druid]

so much for HT bolts made of Chinesium

 

[Brendan]

Excavator plunges down shaft at Hong Kong highway construction site

Spokesman says no one injured in the incident, which took place on a section of the new 4.7km Central Kowloon Route located in Ho Man Tin.

www.scmp.com

 

[doobin]

Excavator plunges down shaft at Hong Kong highway construction site

Spokesman says no one injured in the incident, which took place on a section of the new 4.7km Central Kowloon Route located in Ho Man Tin.

www.scmp.com

Bit of T-cut will sort that out ne bother.