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Old 21-12-2006, 03:05 PM   #1
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Well I should tell the story before ya see the photos. This was my first week working for this mob and the first time I drove the ute. It was ranning and it was late on a friday so I wanted to get home. I reversed back from where I was parked and didn't think about the A frame. I put it in drive put my foot down a bit as the ute got going I reached for my seatbelt to plug it in wouldn't have been going faster then 25kph then BANG.. I thought what the hell. I looked to see what the hell I had run into. Nothing there so I opened the door and when I went to step out it didn't feel right, it seemed to be a big step. Then it kicked in the A frame...
Then I seen this...




The next thing to do was to ring the Boss lol.. Told him the A frame would be ok but the ute was no good.. It was stuck I did try to get it out but it wouldn't move(towbar was stuck) we got the truck in and pulled it out. I then drove it out the way I came in then we put it on the truck to be taken away. When he strapped it down it was just about back to normal nice and flat well ya could still see but looked heaps better then when I drove it last. Ok hope ya see the bolts didn't snap, the A frame was used again and the ute got wrote off.. I hope ya's like my story.

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Old 21-12-2006, 03:11 PM   #2
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That doesnt look like fun... although, maybe you have discovered a market for a factory tipper attachment ;)
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:11 PM   #3
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hahaha it looks like something gave it a kick up the ***!

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Old 21-12-2006, 03:12 PM   #4
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hmmm ....good work
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:14 PM   #5
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So you found a new job yet.
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:31 PM   #6
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This was my first week working for this mob and the first time I drove the ute
And last time.
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:32 PM   #7
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Holy bejeezus, I have put over a tonne in the back of one of those before and was impressed at how strong the chassis must be. But I guess it wasn't designed to have a bending force in the opposite direction.
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:35 PM   #8
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does it still drive? :P

i seen a AU ute have a truck run up its *** last year in sydney, it ended up the same way
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:59 PM   #9
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Holy CRAP !
I havent seen something like that before !
How was your boss with you ?

P.S. That A-Frame company make damn strong frames
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Old 21-12-2006, 04:04 PM   #10
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It did still drive but was wrote off.. I kept my job.. It might have been because I rung the boss and told him what happend. I did get to drive the ute again and every time I sat my *** in it someone would remind me.. Not that I needed it lol.. I just couldn't beleave it would fold like that I thought it would have lost the A frame first.. O'well nobody was killed that's the main thing. That was my first car crash and all by myself lol.. The A frame was 30mm to high or the arch was 30mm to low. It only took a chip out of the birck work. : : :

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Old 21-12-2006, 04:31 PM   #11
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It'll buff out
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Old 21-12-2006, 05:39 PM   #12
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Did you go in the same way? As if you drove in that way with a load on the extra weight would make it miss, maybe the 30mm it hit by on the way out!
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Old 21-12-2006, 05:47 PM   #13
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I recognise the truck and the location but I wont say where or who.... :
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Old 21-12-2006, 09:42 PM   #14
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I wonder if the ute will win "Most unusual mod" at the next AU Falcon Day "lol:
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Old 21-12-2006, 09:59 PM   #15
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Old 21-12-2006, 10:06 PM   #16
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I would have thought the Commercial chassis had more strength than the A frame on the back of the ute..
At least the brickies did a good job..
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Old 21-12-2006, 11:14 PM   #17
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lol. Pays to be careful and think when you have a tall vehicle. I've seen people do that same sort of thing with forklifts. They'd drive with the forks up which ain't smart. They nearly had the factories roller door nearly fall down on top of them. The boss wasn't very happy as usually it was the same blokes who did it.
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Old 22-12-2006, 08:36 AM   #18
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lol. Pays to be careful and think when you have a tall vehicle. I've seen people do that same sort of thing with forklifts. They'd drive with the forks up which ain't smart. They nearly had the factories roller door nearly fall down on top of them. The boss wasn't very happy as usually it was the same blokes who did it.
My 2 bosses have both hit the roller door after forgetting to open it all the way or going back in with the forklift tynes raised. I came close a few weeks ago - someone put the door to 3/4 up, I went out and in, then out again - on the way back in twigged the door wasn't up and missed it by about a foot.

At my other job yet another driver returned to the depot with a slightly more aerodynamic truck after hitting the left side up the top. Bent it back at least 10 degrees. Usually it's a tree.
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Old 22-12-2006, 12:33 AM   #19
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Hahaha heard/seen worse stories in semis though.
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Old 22-12-2006, 01:19 PM   #20
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Hahaha heard/seen worse stories in semis though.
A guy who owned a road train and used to load to perth for us sacked his 2 driver's one week after they damaged the truck a few times, one bent the bull bar and the other backed into a parked car. He came in & got loaded and as he swung out the door the headboard of the trailer hit the brick wall, $12o,ooo to fix it and to have 2 full times gaurds at the site till the new wall went up. Never knocked the wall down but it was pushed out about 3ft and moved about 25ft of wall.
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Old 22-12-2006, 07:45 AM   #21
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Thats the weakest excuse for a chassis ive ever seen. The A frame stays straight and the chassis bends in half????
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Old 22-12-2006, 08:10 AM   #22
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That's pathetic, how does that chassis pass ADR's??
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Old 22-12-2006, 08:20 AM   #23
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That's pathetic, how does that chassis pass ADR's??
By bending it reduces the sudden impact on any occupants which saves drivers from whiplash and spinal injuries. Note the cabin didn't bend. The cabins designed not to crush. Only the front (bonnet, guards) is design to crush. This way the chance of the occupants being injured is minimised.
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Old 22-12-2006, 08:28 AM   #24
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Bwahaahahahahaaa
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Old 22-12-2006, 08:42 AM   #25
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Well, at least there is something new and interesting for a put-put course out there!
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Old 22-12-2006, 09:44 AM   #26
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i dont understand how it could bend that easily, i mean there built to carry loads?
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Old 22-12-2006, 09:46 AM   #27
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lol that's funny, but not for you.
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Old 22-12-2006, 09:48 AM   #28
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HAHAHHAHA

Thats Gold, I feel sorry for ya, I cant imagine what would be going through your head at the time.

As said before, thats one strong frame!

Also the garage does't seem to be damaged much..lucky, thats an expensive bit to fix.
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Old 26-12-2006, 11:21 PM   #29
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Dood do you still have your job?????
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Old 26-12-2006, 11:30 PM   #30
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We are all capable of work related car mistakes. I did one recently, not quite the impact and outcome of this, but potentially could have been.
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