M5 Bristol tipper truck 'incident'
Discussion
944 Man said:
Chinny reckon.
When the PTO is engaged you can still only raise the body in neutral. If it is in gear then the body can't be raised.
I disagreeWhen the PTO is engaged you can still only raise the body in neutral. If it is in gear then the body can't be raised.
When I was on the tippers and on the rat race I could open teh back door then engage the pto and lift box while revering back to tip. This was on a 2006 seddon Atkinson. Flip lever on the tipper control to activate the pto rather than a switch on dash. The Denny tipper one im m80 has the same set up being a 2002 daf
I’m sure that we have all seen the tip and drive Australian surface dressing videos. It may be occasionally possible but it certainly isn’t the norm. I appreciate that lots of drivers try tippers, but it is all I’ve done since abandoning a white collar career.
Anyway, that P cab will not have had a manually engaged PTO and you can’t exceed walking pace with the tipping gear engaged, never mind lift the body in gear.
Anyway, that P cab will not have had a manually engaged PTO and you can’t exceed walking pace with the tipping gear engaged, never mind lift the body in gear.
Red9zero said:
He gave the gantry a fair old whack. The overhead signs on the other side were even dislodged. On the plus side, we know how to get protesters off them now.
Yep, sat there for about 40 minutes before they let us through... Was on the way down to Camborne for a funeral, much longer sitting there and we'd have missed it ...
It was well and truly lodged under the gantry...
530dTPhil said:
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-02/tr...
I am struggling to understand how this can have happened. A tipper truck has either driven along the motorway with its bed raised or the bed has risen whilst the vehicle was in motion.
I believe that the beds are still hydraulically raised but controlled electronically. If this is the case, are there not warnings or safeguards in place to prevent the truck being driven over say 10mph?
I’m a hundred percent sure there’s some sort of warning for that, but it can also be disabled, which might have been the case here. Anyway last time someone rolled a truck on M5 and it had be closed, the driver got actual prison time and 4 year ban I am struggling to understand how this can have happened. A tipper truck has either driven along the motorway with its bed raised or the bed has risen whilst the vehicle was in motion.
I believe that the beds are still hydraulically raised but controlled electronically. If this is the case, are there not warnings or safeguards in place to prevent the truck being driven over say 10mph?
Edited by 530dTPhil on Friday 3rd March 16:58
This has already been answered...
Separate from how tipping gear works (and, in particular, how it works on a modern vehicle), an eight wheel tipper with its body up would drive in such a manner that anyone other than a novice/fool* (*likely a novice & fool combination) would know and stop.
Imagine trying to sail a yacht without a keel. Talk of buzzers and warnings is irrelevant.
Separate from how tipping gear works (and, in particular, how it works on a modern vehicle), an eight wheel tipper with its body up would drive in such a manner that anyone other than a novice/fool* (*likely a novice & fool combination) would know and stop.
Imagine trying to sail a yacht without a keel. Talk of buzzers and warnings is irrelevant.
944 Man said:
This has already been answered...
Separate from how tipping gear works (and, in particular, how it works on a modern vehicle), an eight wheel tipper with its body up would drive in such a manner that anyone other than a novice/fool* (*likely a novice & fool combination) would know and stop.
Imagine trying to sail a yacht without a keel. Talk of buzzers and warnings is irrelevant.
Mirrors…..Separate from how tipping gear works (and, in particular, how it works on a modern vehicle), an eight wheel tipper with its body up would drive in such a manner that anyone other than a novice/fool* (*likely a novice & fool combination) would know and stop.
Imagine trying to sail a yacht without a keel. Talk of buzzers and warnings is irrelevant.
That too - you can see it, if you look. Probably too busy trying to drive the b
d thing at anything over walking pace, as itll have been all over the place.
An imbecile of a driver and an imbecile operator too, to take them on. Better to park the wagon up than risk everyone's life engaging a zero experience fool like this. Just having an HGV licence does not qualify you.
d thing at anything over walking pace, as itll have been all over the place.An imbecile of a driver and an imbecile operator too, to take them on. Better to park the wagon up than risk everyone's life engaging a zero experience fool like this. Just having an HGV licence does not qualify you.
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