Things which fall off lorries
Discussion
The Mad Monk said:
Why are they known as 8 wheelers, when they have more than 8 wheels?
I think, (and I'm NOT taking the p**s), it's because they have four axles, so if you looked at it from the side, you'd see four wheels, and it was obvious that you'd see the same from the other side.The fact that each rear axle had two wheels on each side was probably not taken into consideration when describing them.
On a similar subject, a truck with one rear axle, (double wheeled each side), and two axles at the front, (one wheel on each side of each axle, both turned when steering), was known a Chinese six, (don't ask, I don't know).
SantaBarbara said:
Jonmx said:
A squaddie. We were all a little pissed up in the back of a few Bedfords after a week on exercise and one lad was standing up pissing out the back when a bump in the road caused him to lose balance and fall out with his todger hanging out. Fortunately it was on a track on the exercise area or it might have been a bit more than injured pride.
Negligent Discharge 20 of years ago on the North Curcular I was following a skip trip with the tarp flapping wildly. I managed to swap lanes but the guy behind had it right over the front end of his car and the windscreen when it finally let go. He did well to keep it in the lane and stop totally blind.
25 years ago a wheel, hub and half the suspension came away from a car I was beside. The girl driving did a nice job of stopping at the roundabout whilst the wheel etc bounced on to the island between 2 cars in circuit.
Too many years ago just outside York a local company wagon went over near one of the villages. The local kids used wheel barrows to clear the chocolate etc. and get the main road from Leeds to Scarborough open again. Sadly I was not one of the kids as we moved there a couple of weeks too late.
25 years ago a wheel, hub and half the suspension came away from a car I was beside. The girl driving did a nice job of stopping at the roundabout whilst the wheel etc bounced on to the island between 2 cars in circuit.
Too many years ago just outside York a local company wagon went over near one of the villages. The local kids used wheel barrows to clear the chocolate etc. and get the main road from Leeds to Scarborough open again. Sadly I was not one of the kids as we moved there a couple of weeks too late.
A few years back I was in my Caterham on the M11 when a sheet of ice flew off the top of a lorry in front of me. It was about the size of a tea tray and I was very glad to watch whizz over the top of my car and land in the road behind.
Added to the discomfort of imaging what it could have done if it had hit me in the face, was the thought that by the time the emergency services turned up the ice could well have melted and everybody would have been wondering what it was that took my head off.
Added to the discomfort of imaging what it could have done if it had hit me in the face, was the thought that by the time the emergency services turned up the ice could well have melted and everybody would have been wondering what it was that took my head off.
Roofless Toothless said:
A few years back I was in my Caterham on the M11 when a sheet of ice flew off the top of a lorry in front of me. It was about the size of a tea tray and I was very glad to watch whizz over the top of my car and land in the road behind.
Added to the discomfort of imaging what it could have done if it had hit me in the face, was the thought that by the time the emergency services turned up the ice could well have melted and everybody would have been wondering what it was that took my head off.
"You know it's the damnest thing, his head just fell right off, I haven't the foggiest idea how it happened" - The truck driver. Added to the discomfort of imaging what it could have done if it had hit me in the face, was the thought that by the time the emergency services turned up the ice could well have melted and everybody would have been wondering what it was that took my head off.
No lorries... but some falling off vehicle based stories...
A friend who may have been a builder was transporting a large trailer full of rubble & bathroom bits that he'd ripped out of a posh flat in hampstead. In a rush, he steamed over a traffic calming hump which launched the used loo (which he'd carefully placed balanced upright on top of the pile in the trailer for comedy effect) 3 foot in the air. Upon landing it smashed into a thousand tiny, sharp pieces scattered all over the road.
Friend stopped, realised he had no way of cleaning it up other than by hand, bravely drove away.
A friend may well have lost the large heavy metal 6" knock off spinner that bolts onto his wheel... at speed in rush hour on the m25. At 85 they do a tremendous impression of a massive bouncing/spinning shuriken/death star - watching with baited breath as it bounced its way along the road looking for someone to smash into... until it luckily missed all traffic and embedded itself into the hard shoulder.
Friend may well now double check his spinners when he gets new tyres fitted...
Friend may have bought a TV that may have been liberated from the repair section of a factory/warehouse. Sadly, despite appearances the TV was clearly not fixed properly as when left on standby it started a small house fire shorty afterwards.... Luckily good insurance covered everything. Plus... due to buying the loss adjustors/clean up team a lunchtime beer on a hot day - everything that was written off due to smoke damage but looked serviceable was placed by them carefully into one corner of the skip enabling friend to reclaim the good stuff each night.
Friend is now too old to know anyone who sells hooky gear - but is a big fan of being well insured.
A friend who may have been a builder was transporting a large trailer full of rubble & bathroom bits that he'd ripped out of a posh flat in hampstead. In a rush, he steamed over a traffic calming hump which launched the used loo (which he'd carefully placed balanced upright on top of the pile in the trailer for comedy effect) 3 foot in the air. Upon landing it smashed into a thousand tiny, sharp pieces scattered all over the road.
Friend stopped, realised he had no way of cleaning it up other than by hand, bravely drove away.
A friend may well have lost the large heavy metal 6" knock off spinner that bolts onto his wheel... at speed in rush hour on the m25. At 85 they do a tremendous impression of a massive bouncing/spinning shuriken/death star - watching with baited breath as it bounced its way along the road looking for someone to smash into... until it luckily missed all traffic and embedded itself into the hard shoulder.
Friend may well now double check his spinners when he gets new tyres fitted...
Friend may have bought a TV that may have been liberated from the repair section of a factory/warehouse. Sadly, despite appearances the TV was clearly not fixed properly as when left on standby it started a small house fire shorty afterwards.... Luckily good insurance covered everything. Plus... due to buying the loss adjustors/clean up team a lunchtime beer on a hot day - everything that was written off due to smoke damage but looked serviceable was placed by them carefully into one corner of the skip enabling friend to reclaim the good stuff each night.
Friend is now too old to know anyone who sells hooky gear - but is a big fan of being well insured.
A nearby farm some years back got asked by the police if they could shift a load of bales blocking a roundabout in Basingstoke. A truck had lost a wheel or something and dumped a load of big Heston bales (probably over half a tonne each) all over the place, which the emergency services had no equipment to be able to shift.
Not falling off a lorry, but a construction equipment rental firm my mother worked for had a driver who failed to secure his load properly, and also hadn't cleaned the frost off his mirrors so didn't notice the backhoe of the JCB on the back of this truck had swing out to the side until it hit several parked cars.
Not falling off a lorry, but a construction equipment rental firm my mother worked for had a driver who failed to secure his load properly, and also hadn't cleaned the frost off his mirrors so didn't notice the backhoe of the JCB on the back of this truck had swing out to the side until it hit several parked cars.
RizzoTheRat said:
Not falling off a lorry, but a construction equipment rental firm my mother worked for had a driver who failed to secure his load properly, and also hadn't cleaned the frost off his mirrors so didn't notice the backhoe of the JCB on the back of this truck had swing out to the side until it hit several parked cars.
Something like that happened here in Cornwall a few years ago killing 5. The lorry driver ended up in a bad way & I think one of the firemen who attended took his own life not long after:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/25082.stm
graham22 said:
Something like that happened here in Cornwall a few years ago killing 5. The lorry driver ended up in a bad way & I think one of the firemen who attended took his own life not long after:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/25082.stm
That's a weird sentacing. Sentenced for the after affects rather than the crimehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/25082.stm
Frank7 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Why are they known as 8 wheelers, when they have more than 8 wheels?
I think, (and I'm NOT taking the p**s), it's because they have four axles, so if you looked at it from the side, you'd see four wheels, and it was obvious that you'd see the same from the other side.The fact that each rear axle had two wheels on each side was probably not taken into consideration when describing them.
On a similar subject, a truck with one rear axle, (double wheeled each side), and two axles at the front, (one wheel on each side of each axle, both turned when steering), was known a Chinese six, (don't ask, I don't know).
Also the number of driven axles is taken into consideration - 8x4 = 8 wheeler i.e 4 axle with 2 driven axles
or 6x2 = 3 axles vehicle with one drive axle
graham22 said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Not falling off a lorry, but a construction equipment rental firm my mother worked for had a driver who failed to secure his load properly, and also hadn't cleaned the frost off his mirrors so didn't notice the backhoe of the JCB on the back of this truck had swing out to the side until it hit several parked cars.
Something like that happened here in Cornwall a few years ago killing 5. The lorry driver ended up in a bad way & I think one of the firemen who attended took his own life not long after:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/25082.stm
te to bore passive aggressive strangers on the internet either.
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