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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7208096" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>The only time I tipped a trailer over I was doing 5 mph. I was carting a 1600 litre orange juice drum on a 3 ton trailer across a field to the drain jetter. The wheel dropped into a rabbit hole, the water in the juice tub sloshed and over she went. There was a mini tsunami as the juice tube hit the deck and split open which startled a passing group of bush beaters. The trailer actually righted itself again once it had shed its load due to the torsion in the drawbar.</p><p>As said above trailer overturns during the silage season here in the 70’s were a regular occurrence all due to reckless driving. The phone box on the corner in the village was flattened every year until they moved it up the road.</p><p>Having learned to drive on machinery with little or even no brakes I always drive accordingly, never relying on brakes.</p><p>What does surprise me is that there aren’t far more accidents during harvest time with inexperienced students carting huge loads at high speed on narrow back lanes. Do the people who employ inexperienced youngsters not take their inexperience into account in any sort of risk assessment? To me it just looks an accident waiting to happen even with good brakes.</p><p>There is a hell of a lot more to safety than efficient brakes. I still regard them as a bonus. If I need to rely on them heavily then I consider I have failed in my job as a responsible anticipatory driver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7208096, member: 2119"] The only time I tipped a trailer over I was doing 5 mph. I was carting a 1600 litre orange juice drum on a 3 ton trailer across a field to the drain jetter. The wheel dropped into a rabbit hole, the water in the juice tub sloshed and over she went. There was a mini tsunami as the juice tube hit the deck and split open which startled a passing group of bush beaters. The trailer actually righted itself again once it had shed its load due to the torsion in the drawbar. As said above trailer overturns during the silage season here in the 70’s were a regular occurrence all due to reckless driving. The phone box on the corner in the village was flattened every year until they moved it up the road. Having learned to drive on machinery with little or even no brakes I always drive accordingly, never relying on brakes. What does surprise me is that there aren’t far more accidents during harvest time with inexperienced students carting huge loads at high speed on narrow back lanes. Do the people who employ inexperienced youngsters not take their inexperience into account in any sort of risk assessment? To me it just looks an accident waiting to happen even with good brakes. There is a hell of a lot more to safety than efficient brakes. I still regard them as a bonus. If I need to rely on them heavily then I consider I have failed in my job as a responsible anticipatory driver. [/QUOTE]
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