AndyFowler Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I honestly can't believe the things people do ! :wow: Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 There is a track at 90 degrees to the tractor unit - it might be tempting to pull the unit across the road but the chances are that the pivot of the 5th wheel plate would then allow the trailer to lean further over as the angle of the unit to trailer increased to 90 degrees - it is only the rigidity of the 5th wheel laterally that is preventing the trailer from toppling as it is. No, I think for the sake of an hour or so of hard graft I'd pull most of the load off and do it the same way :sweat::sweat::sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Should do it in this country instead of leaving the dead vehicle on the carriageway for ages:-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 There is a track at 90 degrees to the tractor unit - it might be tempting to pull the unit across the road but the chances are that the pivot of the 5th wheel plate would then allow the trailer to lean further over as the angle of the unit to trailer increased to 90 degrees - it is only the rigidity of the 5th wheel laterally that is preventing the trailer from toppling as it is. No, I think for the sake of an hour or so of hard graft I'd pull most of the load off and do it the same way :sweat::sweat::sweat: Getting close to what i am thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Take the trailer off the the towing truck and turn it round, connect a girt big kinetic rope, back up, wheel spin away in a high gear...the casualty should pop out leaving it's load suspended in the air Road Runner style....what could possibly go wrong..:trustme: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Was gonna post in upside down tank thread but thought this more appropriate :-D Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I think this vidio clip is ideal to have a friendly competition with. Hows about ideas if the job could have been done with what was available on the video. Plus how it would have been used. It would all be theory of course as none of us where there and could not have the full picture. I think it was possible and post my ideas if any body else has a go. I wonder if attaching the knicker elastic to the rear of the tractor unit under the fifth wheel and then pulling the whole lot backwards and sideways at 45 degrees would do the job....Not sure if there would be sufficent traction or strength in the knicker elastic to drag the the rear wheels of the tractor unit sideways back on to the road though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Edited September 13, 2012 by morris c8 fat on facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Mmm, been picked up by tracks looking at hook locations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkypete618 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) Stuck at 5.30, Then 7.00 for the kinetic ending! (think its normal rope maybe?) Something went wrong... Edited September 30, 2012 by stinkypete618 stupid me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Maybe the M25 aint that bad after all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Lucky man when the rope went you see the rear beam of the trailer hanging off if that had of gone through his screen it would have been over. Not sure why they were letting stuff drive through the hole couldnt the cat have pulled the truck and trailer onto its wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_g_kearney Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Interesting, but not surprising, to see that the overturned tractor unit was a 6x6. Any idea why it should have fallen over in the first place? Good point re the hole. Why didn't the Cat just fill it in? John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Interesting, but not surprising, to see that the overturned tractor unit was a 6x6. Any idea why it should have fallen over in the first place? Good point re the hole. Why didn't the Cat just fill it in? John. Couldn't really fill that in. It looks to me like that is tundra - type stuff, frozen solid in the winter to quite a depth, but basically mud with a solid crust. When you go though that crust you are into saturated mud and all the filling in the world won't really help. Standard practice is to build it up by layering on top of it with branches and so on. In that position you'd really need to spread all the weights out over a huge flotation area before you could achieve much. Or since it's in Russia you could wait five days till it was winter and then chisel it out of the frozen surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 When people think they know what they are doing, this can happen: Very lucky chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Here's one not so serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Here's one not so serious! Poor old tree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Varation on the theme. Supposed to be a stunt but hey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Straight forward recovery job ! Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Straight forward recovery job ! 彼らはカニ釣り、アンディですか? Translated means 'Are they crab fishing, Andy?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 彼らはカニ釣り、アンディですか? Translated means 'Are they crab fishing, Andy?' Thank you for translating Tony ! I would like to know how some people get to play with R/C toys all day and get paid for it ! :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon jameson Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Haaa, at first a thought they were rigging up to recover the ship, now that would be impressive!!:wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Haaa, at first a thought they were rigging up to recover the ship, now that would be impressive!!:wow: I've not seen this one posted on here. Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I've not seen this one posted on here... At the beginning I thought 'that chain isn't really big enough'. At the end I thought 'thanks goodness that chain wasn't really big enough'!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Oh dear not again ! :red: Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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