try not to cry, i dare you...

[dcwilkie]

So... can I have the spot mirrors?

 

[TexRdnec]

if it were mine to pick apart i'd already have the troop seats!!!

it was "owned" by the city of portland, TX

 

[DanMartin]

A little JB Weld and it'll be fine...

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

There are just some things in this world that neither Band-Aids nor Duct Tape will fix.... This truck is one of them.

BTW- I NEED the bumper!

 

[SixSpeed]

Jesus!!!! Its unbelievable to think of how much force was involved to bend that rockwell axle like that. Insane!

Normally I am a "Anything can be fixed" person, but I am not sure about this. That sure is sad.

 

[LanceRobson]

I can see the ebay ad now...."ran when parked"

Lance

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

DISCLAIMER: No GL forklift operators were needed to damage this MV.

 

[frodobaggins]

Wow, thank goodness there wasn't anyone in it !

 

[velociT]

Wow.

 

[tigger]

DISCLAIMER: No GL forklift operators were needed to damage this MV.

 

[Unforgiven]

The axle housings aren't nodular iron? I've never seen axles bend like that without breaking.

 

[dskchevy]

You guys are a positive bunch............ I like that you see a parts truck & not scrap

 

[KsM715]

Oh theres all kinds of parts on that truck that are still good.

 

[ranchhopper]

I worked with a guy who refused to dump a load of fill on an excavating job because he had the truck stuck and couldnt reposition it and it had a severe lean so he set the box back down on the frame.His boss the owner of the company came over to him screaming at him for holding things up as none of the other trucks could dump until he moved his truck.His boss the owner of the company threw him out of the truck and proceeded to raise the trailer and it went over on his own mercedes he never even flinched he had the dozer operator drag the mercedes and semi off to the side so the trucks that were lined up could dump and leave.A totaled mercedes and a dump trailer turned into scrap because of his impatience.When my friend realized what could have happened like someone getting crushed he quit on the spot and walked off the job.This same guy the company owner turned another one over a few years later on his wifes SUV on a job with her and one of his kids in the car but still no one got hurt a year later he went broke and lost everything including his wife and kids.

 

[Dueceownerjoe]

I've seen so many of those frameless trailer tip over it's not funny. Uneven dump area, misload or frozen loads it doesn't take much. Last one I saw landed on a Cat 235C excavator and just missed the occupied cab.

Scary.

 

[Stan Leschert]

Pic 1. Bridge plate and turn signals don't look like they suffered too much from the theory of gravity test.
I though that my soldiers were sufficiently unskilled, but even with all of the crap that they pulled,
...compared to that, they don't even rate an honorable mention!

 

[Blythewoodjoe]

So are we assuming the engine was pushed onto the axle and then transferred the load weight to the axle, then ground? One of you engineers figure up the energy required to do all that.

 

[Heavysteven]

Had a similair accident a couple years ago. Guy lifted the dump on an incline center of gravity changes and over it went.

 

[csvendsen]

Talk about a FUBAR. Hate to be the driver of the rig that was dumping. I would feel like a complete ass.

 

[ranchhopper]

He is lucky it was a frameless trailer a frame trailer would have put the tractor on its side too.