December...not a good month

[LBD]

December was not a good month....4 incidents including 1 fatality in the orange bus...

Score...

Glacier two, dump trucks nil...The haul road over the glacier subsides on occasions

Hillside one, D10R dozer nil....Nobody knows....

Really big dump truck One....Really little (Reletive to truck) orange Bus Nil

[Mikkel]

Crikey, how many of those Caterpillar dump trucks do you have? I'm assuming at least 57 from the photos...

Would be a grand race I reckon!

[LBD]

Crikey, how many of those Caterpillar dump trucks do you have? I'm assuming at least 57 from the photos...

Would be a grand race I reckon!

72 with 32 more on the way...

Don't talk about racing...we already have to many down hill over speeds resulting in a US$300 000 trashed engine..valves and springs break and fall into the cylinder...and Kaaabooommmm so to speak.

[pc220]

How the hell could you tip over a D10?

[LBD]

How the hell could you tip over a D10?

Only the driver knows....and the only thing he's saying is "I don't know"

There is a little berm beside the road he ran up on, but on its own would not be enough to tip it up...

[rustic101]

Only the driver knows....and the only thing he's saying is "I don't know"

There is a little berm beside the road he ran up on, but on its own would not be enough to tip it up...

Reactive Centrifugal Force - Looking at the back of the picture its appears the front left and rear right have gone up, he's gun'd it in a panic, and excuse the pun he's reached tipping point, happens a lot with tracked and 4x4vehicles.. and always happens at low speeds = 30ks and below.

[ajturbo]

wow... need a worker?....

[Mikkel]

Only the driver knows....and the only thing he's saying is "I don't know"

There is a little berm beside the road he ran up on, but on its own would not be enough to tip it up...

This item is in Danish, but I reckon the picture speaks for itself: http://politiken.dk/indland/article866195.ece

[LBD]

wow... need a worker?....

You will want more than a hand full of rice with mutton fat garnish per day wages.


This item is in Danish, but I reckon the picture speaks for itself: http://politiken.dk/indland/article866195.ece

Uuuups! sums that up!

[AllanB]

Now that's some expensive spare parts!!!!

Out of interest - what is the normal life expectancy out of one of those huge trucks?

[flyingcr250]

my old man drove his d12 catapillar into a sink hole (unknowingly ofcourse) in ashburton, only a couple of the rippers and some of the track was left uncovered, took 2 weeks to dig it out.

[Jantar]

You will want more than a hand full of rice with mutton fat garnish per day wages......


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Don't talk about racing...we already have to many down hill over speeds resulting in a US$300 000 trashed engine..valves and springs break and fall into the cylinder...and Kaaabooommmm so to speak.

I wonder if quote 1 explains quote 2?

[LBD]

I wonder if quote 1 explains quote 2?

Quote 1 was metaphorical....wages paid to nationals are many times the national average....

All you need to do is experience Kyrgyz driving....a country where everyone buys their license...to understand the problem.

[Mikkel]

All you need to do is experience Kyrgyz driving....a country where everyone buys their license...to understand the problem.

Sounds like another place I've heard of...

[LBD]

Sounds like another place I've heard of...

Only heard of another place or are you experiencing it daily....

[Mikkel]

Only heard of another place or are you experiencing it daily....

...at the moment it's pretty much daily. Could be the heat. Could be the Christmas rush. Could be a combination...

[Kickaha]

Sounds like another place I've heard of...

Denmark? :bleh: