Machines | Dump trailer accident
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I did this for three weeks and didn't know this could happen
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should have hopped out and had a look at the rear trailer ...if you dont hear or see any matreial comming out at the tailgate... at a certain height.
.then something wrong...get an excavator to loosin the material when its tipped up a bit...even thats dodgy. -
What ? You couldn't put any more in the box, you still had more room for mud. Brilliant
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why in the fuck would he let himself get overloaded with mud hope you learned your lesson
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If you going to work with mud its better to put the liner in the dumper
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THe bad thing is he did everything right.
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I think he could have got more material in the box. Lol. I wouldn't have pulled that load out on the road let alone dump it.
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Mud and concrete. Way overloaded and looks like they spread it out and packed it down. You as a driver have to make shure they load you correctly and dont overload you. And make dam shure your on level ground and no low tires when dumping. Oh, Dont forget to unlock the tailgate. You only have to forget once.
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sometimes the slightest breeze can cause a catastrophe
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it was a perfectly good truck when he started unloading
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That load was left on truck to long it had been rained on i'm thinking over the weekend. It wasn't froze. I would have had a excavator help remove compacted soil from truck. Look at the dirt on top and the soil that fell out it was compacted from rain.
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That is the problem with frame type end dump trailers. When they go over, they don't break away like frameless. They usually take the truck over too.
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i see this is common, so a question for those professionals that have been doing this for years. How do you avoid/prevent something like this from happening? clearly don't go that high.
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I've been running dump trailer for 3 + years, & while I'm not the most experienced dump trailer driver, I can tell ya there's few reasons this went over. First & foremost, the load obviously got stuck inside the trailer for a few possible reasons. Seems to me this is a C&D load, lots of crushed concrete, building debris, dirt, etc. so I'm assuming it's being dumped at a landfill. If this is the case, who in their right mind would even consider loading this trailer without lining it with plastic. That alone could have prevented this accident, if the temperatures are low enough to freeze the load if left over night double plastic, big PITA but every bit worth the extra time. That being said, the trailer went over because, yes, the high center of gravity, but only because the load was stuck in the trailer & the right side of the load let loose & the left side did not, causing the trailer to go over on the left. Any dump trailer must be level while dumping, anything that compromises the trailer being level can & will put the trailer over.
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Too heavy. I'm also guessing that load sat outside overnight and froze up. I would've gone up three stages, do the old reverse/spike-the-breaks and see if that'd shake it loose.
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Center of gravity way too high.
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Software image stabilisation makes my brain hurt.
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oohpp
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Well at least he unloaded one way or another
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Oh look, a super safe framed trailer fell over! What do all of you brainiacs have to say now?