They don't make them like they used to
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2008 at 14:13
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Kev & Darkie
I had a bit of fun this morning in the work ute (Falcon).
I had to do an inspection up in the hills for a house that was being relocated there. I mentioned that it looked like I would need a 4WD to get there but from all assurances from the clowns I work with, was that I would get there.
Well I got close :))
The ute was lacking alot of ground clearance as
well as decent tyres :)
I ended up hung up on a
rock ledge that required the trainee to jump in the back of the ute to give a bit of weight to the rear axle to get us off. I ended up having to reverse down the goat track and figure out how else to get there.
We ended up having to do a 60km diversion around the said
hill and go through a few adjacent private properties to get there.
I would love to see how they are going to get a 3 bedroom house on the back of a truck up there tomorrow. They have a 20T excavator on standby to drag the truck up, I think they are going to need it.
I am now going to go back that way with Darkie this afternoon and take some pics which I'll add to my rig pics.
Cheers Kev
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Reply By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 13:30
Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 13:30
We had an old XF panel van.. We took her
places where she wasn't meant to go but she always pulled through. Looking back of course had we of gotten into a problem we would of deserve any chit thrown at us, and one particular instance it turned out the directions we were told to take had actually taken us into the 4wd entry only, we had no choice but to go forward, now that was a darn scary experience especially as it had turned nightfall, we did eventually find
camp and other people which was a great relief!
I will be very interested to see the photos of the house sliding off the back of the truck tomorrow!!
Cheers
Jo
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Follow Up By: Kev & Darkie - Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 14:08
Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 14:08
Jo,
I'm going up there again today in Darkie :)
I hope the house stays on the truck till it gets where it is going. There has already been 1 house fall off a truck in the last week due to the truck getting bogged on a property track. They needed 2 x 100t cranes to get it back on the truck.
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 15:22
Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 15:22
That is one job I would not like to have the responsibility of!!!
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