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Typical plod stood with his hands in his pockets "At least Dick Turpin wore a mask you French [zb]"
Re: Old Truck Accident PicsNow they were the good old days.A proper way of life. Sent from my SM-T715 using Tapatalk
Re: Old Truck Accident PicsA nasty accident from June 1970. The AEC had braked for traffic lights at Five Ways Corner, Croydon. The container slid forward, overturned the cab and completely crushed it, killing the driver instantly. The container was found to have been held on the flatbed by two light-gauge chains only.
Tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman, but tha can't tell 'im much.
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Just goes to prove that ropes and sheets are capable of securing a load ![]() "At least Dick Turpin wore a mask you French [zb]"
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They are. My late brother put a Dodge 4-wheeler on its side on a village green with a sheeted load of veg on, swerving to avoid some pillocks pushing a broken down Transit on an A road at night without lights. Wrote off the cab and twisted the chassis but the load didn't move. Bernard
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On the motorway near Heilbronn October, 10th 2020. The polish MAN rigid hit the back of an articulated truck, and its cab was torn off its chassis and pushed 3 metres backwards. Unfortunately, the driver died. My wife was delayed for 2 hours in the traffic jam which followed.
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Strange. It looks it happened on a working site, but nevertheless the truck must have been driving fast to achieve such a result.
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You can get up to a good speed on an unfinished stretch of motorway. I did it once in a Wolsely 1100 and hit a hidden narrow trench. There was a bang and the front sub-frame parted with the rear one. Lesson learnt! ![]() Lorries of Arabia
Re: Old Truck Accident PicsA bit of a coming-together in the early fifties. this was outside my old junior school on Sackup Lane, Darton. The houses and the school wall are still there, but the school (and the lorries!) have gone. The ex-military truck straddling the wall belonged to Darton Urban District Council. I wonder how many of those schoolkids are still with us?
Tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman, but tha can't tell 'im much.
Re: Old Truck Accident PicsAnd I also wonder haw these trucks managed to put such a mess at slow speed!
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Pre crumple-zone panels? Lorries of Arabia
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The lane was a short-cut from the colliery to the main road, those drivers were on load bonus and used to go as fast as they could to earn more - just like the film "Helldrivers". Tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman, but tha can't tell 'im much.
Re: Old Truck Accident PicsThanks. So they all ended in hell!
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Looks like one of Consolidated Land Services from Scunthorpe.There's a weight limit on that Monyash - Bakewell road now,has been for years. Them were t'days when we were on neets.
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One of my dads old maggies, he had VOT 689T and VOT 690T, both on STS from new, this one wrote off and the other came back onto UK work. Thats Ian Elkins sat there, walked away from this rollover
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