Thread: OH Deere!

Gee he's lucky that it didn't keep falling an flip onto his cab. Hope he's got good insurance lol

The truck is only about 10 metres from where he hit the bridge, he must have had to scrape himself off the windscreen with the way that would have stopped

It's moments like these when you start to question if the $20M public liability insurance you have is enough...

I hope his policy is up to date...

Looks like its in the good old US of A.

Dont think his boss will be too pleased.

cheers

disco gazza
92 disco tdi

It goes to show how stong the trailer coupling is. I would have thought it would have poped off the truck with that force.

Originally Posted by drivesafe

The truck is only about 10 metres from where he hit the bridge, he must have had to scrape himself off the windscreen with the way that would have stopped

nahh, probably american most of those guys have got a built in deceleration bag the provides initial slowdown on contact with the steering wheel and then it pushes up to protect the ribcage before fully deforming to cushion the head and neck.

When I read the title I thought it was going to be these pics. Singles Only - Transport Disasters - Main Page

Greek flagged, 799-foot tanker M/T Elka Apollon with 24 crew on board (10 Greeks & 14 internationals) collided with Panama flagged vessel M/V MSC Nederland in the Houston Ship Channel on Oct. 31 2011, causing damage to both and a small hydraulic fuel leak.

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the collision at 9:47 am. They say the container ship and chemical tanker ran into one another at the Bayport Ship Channel and Houston Ship Channel intersection near light 75.

A bit surprising that an obviously quite substantial bridge collapses under that kind of lateral force. I would have expected the digger to be pulled off the trailer instead of the bridge collapsing.