What did you do today?

[bigford]

here is how my day started


and here's how it ended at 8:00 a.m.


So what did you do today???

[fhhhstix]

It is odd you mention having a bad day. It did not happen to me but we had a guy at work loose two fingers to a Cat turbo today so as long as you are in one pice I would say your day isn't so bad.

Travis

[Roadmasters]

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

It is odd you mention having a bad day. It did not happen to me but we had a guy at work loose two fingers to a Cat turbo today so as long as you are in one pice I would say your day isn't so bad.

Travis

can you say OUCH!



Glad your ok bigford. What caused it to roll? wind, unlevel ground?

[fhhhstix]

Well that is not exactly what he said but I will say the letter F was used a lot.

Travis

[FreddyGearDrive]

Wow Bigford,I sure hope your mornin coffee had cooled down before that happened. Did you have to change your undies after that little ride?
I'll tell yu one thing,your braver than me postin that little adventure.
If I knew you better,there would be a ton of ball breakin in this post.
But,surely the guys you work with,got lots of that for yu! For years to come.
I sure hope no one got hurt,But maybe your pride.
FGD

[ihbuilder]

HOW the heck you do that look's pretty level . Did you have a wet load and get it rockin ? glad your OK .

[Manfred]

and here's how it ended at 8:00 a.m.

Oh ****, how happend this?

Manfred

[RCTech9]

I see in the Photo your dump box was raised!!!

[bigford]

i was up 4 stages and the passenger side of the load broke
while the driver side was frozen. when 20 tons get off one side
and 20 tons stays you go for a REAL WILD RIDE!!!!!

my undies were clean the FDNY gave me a clean bill of health
the coffee was not so lucky brand new cup of dunkin's best

[mazdaparts]

My Dad did something very similar in a 10 wheeler grain truck hauling gravel for a neighbor. Only thing was the the frame twisted so much the raised bed was on its left side and the front end was twisted about 45 degrees. Glad to hear you are fine. Any damage to the truck or trailer?

[Espeefan]

Man, is that your truck, or a company truck? Either way, that's going to be hard for someone to deal with. Bummer.

I think your Day was not so bad.
A Dude in Germany did not recognized that his Dump Bed was raising while he was driving on a Highway.Then came the Pedestrian Bridge......
Result:He broke the Bridge in two pieces with his Dump Bed.
You can Imagine what happened with his Truck and Trailer?
Michael

[bigford]

its a company truck but i drove it every day
the bill to put it back on her tires was $20,000

[RCTech9]

Originally Posted by bigford

its a company truck but i drove it every day
the bill to put it back on her tires was $20,000

Did you pay that bill?

[Finster]

Woah, bet that was a scary ride. Glad you are ok. Was there much damage to the truck and trailer?

[Stuff]

Originally Posted by M.Fischersworring

I think your Day was not so bad.
A Dude in Germany did not recognized that his Dump Bed was raising while he was driving on a Highway.Then came the Pedestrian Bridge......
Result:He broke the Bridge in two pieces with his Dump Bed.
You can Imagine what happened with his Truck and Trailer?
Michael

at least the bridge did not come down on the cab. I have heard that happen to garbage trucks...

[Espeefan]

$20K to put it back on it's wheels, not counting any repairs or body work? I imagine much of the driver's side of the hood, fender, cab, tanks, steps, ect needed to be replaced or buffed out.

[bigford]

here she on the wheel lift



we still need to get her back to our yard:

[Espeefan]

It pains me just to look at that picture, but like they always say, it's just a truck, and I'm glad you are okay. Human life cannot be replaced, like a machine.

[roadranger]

Frozen loads suck big time!
We've got a regular run of 100-200 tons of washed sand to a ready mix plant 65 miles away, first thing in the morning, start loading a 5:30 am before the sun comes up. We all get a couple of gallon jugs of used antifreeze from barrels in back of the shop and soak down the trailer sides. Lots of times the wet sand dumps out as one big frozen chunk, but it does not hang up on one side or another. Back in the day, we'd pull up to the diesel pump and wash down the insides of the wagon, but that's a big no-no nowadays.

Frame type trailers almost always take the tractor over with them, causing great damage.
Frameless trailers will break off the 5th wheel and leave the tractor sitting on it's wheels. We've had trailers layed over one day, and the tractor is out hauling the next day.

Company I drive for has 35 frameless end dumps, and lays over about 1 a year. When that happens, you may as well clean your stuff out of the truck, as you are terminated immediately. Call a cab or take the bus home...

Hope you've still got a job, bigford!