Check your load!

[JCMaloney]

No winners in this, 1 dead & driver facing death by dangerous driving.
Sympathies to everyone involved.

Man killed as trailer falls on car in Old Whittington

The large trailer became detached from a tractor and toppled onto the vehicle in Derbyshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dave W]

That was right outside my house.
Local tosspot skip firm hauling rubble with tractor and trailer. Trailer came off tractor and ran down road over a car.
He'd been in my yard at the weekend. Trailer was about fooked. Big Marshall with silage sides on. View from our back window
Trailer hitch all wrapped up awaiting recovery

 

[Yale]

Be eating a bit of porridge after that.

 

[e5c0rt.mk1]

Why is the trailer hitch wrapped up for?

 

[Dave W]

Why is the trailer hitch wrapped up for?

Can only assume to protect prying eyes. Trailer came off tractor. First thing under suspicion would be tractor and trailer hitches

 

[itsalwaysme]

Can only assume to protect prying eyes. Trailer came off tractor. First thing under suspicion would be tractor and trailer hitches

Could it be wrapped up for forensics as someone was killed

 

[Dave W]

Could it be wrapped up for forensics as someone was killed

That's what I assumed

 

[8100]

Would mr VOSA also be dipping the fuel tank on the tractor do you think .

 

[PSQ]

Would mr VOSA also be dipping the fuel tank on the tractor do you think .

That will be the least of his worries...

 

[8100]

That will be the least of his worries...

Yes your right my bad .

 

[PSQ]

Yes your right my bad .

But you’re right, they’ll throw the book at them, and if found to be at fault then quite rightly too.

 

[Dave W]

If the authorities really went to town I'd imagine they could find a very long list. Stupid thing is they run a hgv hook loader with 40yd bins. But the lad (in his mid 40's) rides around with tractor and trailer.

 

[FarmyStu]

Terrible. Just goes to show what can happen. Everything will now be checked. Serviceabilty of brakes, hitch wear, etc. etc. Written maint records would be helpful if they've ever been kept. Driver training records if any training was ever given...... Was it agricultural work? You can get away with an awful lot and laugh at the regs as being for someone else. Until something like this happens.

 

[betweenthelines]

A lot of farmers should be thinking "There but for the grace of God............"

 

[Dave W]

Dead man named locally in his 40's.
he'd just swapped seats with daughter seconds before. She was learning to drive and was having a practice driving home

 

[ColinV6]

Dead man named locally in his 40's.
he'd just swapped seats with daughter seconds before. She was learning to drive and was having a practice driving home

That’s truly sad

 

[roscoe erf]

Why is the trailer hitch wrapped up for?

Preserve evidence

 

[ColinV6]

I’ll be interested to see what they find with the hitch. Surely any weak points will be easily identifiable by the farmer before hitching up.

Unless it wasn’t latched up right. Which should also be easily checked by trying the spool for the extending hitch a couple of time’s.

 

[Dave W]

I’ll be interested to see what they find with the hitch. Surely any weak points will be easily identifiable by the farmer before hitching up.

Unless it wasn’t latched up right. Which should also be easily checked by trying the spool for the extending hitch a couple of time’s.

The trailer lives on the tractor.
He call at my yard few weeks ago see if I wanted any hardcore.
I gate to be the tff armchair expert butI think 2+2 may we'll be close to 4.
Trailer wasn't remotely fit for purpose

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I’ll be interested to see what they find with the hitch. Surely any weak points will be easily identifiable by the farmer before hitching up.

Unless it wasn’t latched up right. Which should also be easily checked by trying the spool for the extending hitch a couple of time’s.

I’m ashamed to admit it but about 10 years ago I was going to collect a trailer load of barley....I was going round this bend at full speed on a quiet country road and all I saw was the grain trailer go flying past me.....my arse fell out....thankfully for the love of god no one was coming at the time, when I checked, the trailer hadn’t locked in the hitch properly.....ever since that day I’ve double checked it’s locked in properly before setting off