Thread: A smart truck driver

That's pretty funny.

If the driver is an employee then it is the company's problem. Although he may or may not be looking for another job.

Having worked in forestry I have seen very small bulldozers tow 42 tonne semi trailers (full log load) up muddy hills. All about their grip and gearing I guess.

Don't you carry your snatch strap in your Land Rover?

Originally Posted by graceysdad

A local company delivered or I should say tried to deliver a big load of chaff to our local stock feed joint who runs a shop at our ajistment centre, so this big KW turns up with a 36 foot tri axel tautliner trailer, there are two roads you can take to get to the drop off point, one is a straight road you cant miss, the other is a goat trail which winds around the back of the indoor arena, this goose took the goat trail, got half way up and decided he cant turn, hes on a steep climb on dirt and he stops dead, gets out and looks, and then tries to reposition the trailer to have another go, he got stuck and I mean stuck, he had the radiator of the Kenny up against a tree, the outside wheels of the trailer were off the road, he couldnt reverse because he just broke traction and made things worse, couldnt go forward or back, the on site 4wd tractor was bought up and hooked up that was the second joke, then the old Allis Chalmers grader was bought up and she didnt fair well either, the centre owner also has a big Cat dozer but it was 6 KM down the back, and wasnt going to entertain the idea of bringing it up, the truck driver was getting excited about how late he was, he was told we have given you all the help we can, we dont have the equipment to unstick you, he had to call his boss, would have loved to hear that call, bet he was chewed to pieces big time, dont know what the outcome was but I guess a recovery truck would have had to try and drag it out, the whole thing was quiet entertaining. What would something like that wiegh? wouldnt have been easy to try and get it out, who pays for that, the driver or the frieght company?

the last best bet in that situation is to slide it as far back as you can, unhook it then drag the ass of the prime mover out from the trailer, cut and shunt till youve got that clear bring it back to hook up with the nose clear, hook up the tractor to the front after putting some rubber mat down under the wheels and give it your best. If that dont work, call something with tracks..

Originally Posted by Utemad

That's pretty funny.

If the driver is an employee then it is the company's problem. Although he may or may not be looking for another job.

Having worked in forestry I have seen very small bulldozers tow 42 tonne semi trailers (full log load) up muddy hills. All about their grip and gearing I guess.

Don't you carry your snatch strap in your Land Rover?

yep not much you cant pull with a d9 cat

Landy probably could have got it out, seriously, amazing places I ve been expected to put a truck and done it with assistance from 4x4. Bottom line is though he wouldn t have found himself in that predicament if he was in a Western Star

Not sure on the size of the old Cat Dozer, think its a D9 though its used more for loading then scraping, they useit to fill the old Dodge Dung truck so it can go down the back of the property and be spread for wormsor something, guys a greenie or something, the Dozer was down the back for something but I reckon it might have moved the truck or died trying, a hundred and one uses for an old Centurian tank! Wife said it was gone tonite when she did the evening feed so they must have did something, ask the father in law tomorrow, isnt a Western Star just a rebadged White? always had a thing for the old Road Boss.

never would have happened with an R series.