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El Toro

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The lady that sent us this in an email graduated with our daughter from University of MD when they became Nurse Practitioners. She works in a VA hospital. Hal
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That boat one looks fishy. If I were the guy behind the wheel I wouldn't be sitting there like that.

If it is real I wish the folks that made that boat trailer would make hay rakes and field cultivators. There's no end to the broken hitches and wings on implements.
 
If I was the driver in the boat picture I would be sitting there being very still. From the angle of the trailer and truck it looks like the safety chains are the only thing holding the truck.

I have been in the top (cherry picker) picture before due to mechanical failure.
 

The pickup truck hanging on the boat hitch is a picture I have seen. I think there is a second picture showing how deep the drop off he is hanging over. I could not find it.

I did find this one I have seen before. In this wreck the pickup flipped over the guard rail and it landed where you see it. He is the luckiest fellow around. LOOK AT the second picture. Also look at the fools trying to help him standing right on the edge of the drop off.

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The dude who took the pic of the stuck John Deere oughtta be getting royalties by now. I SWEAR that pic is in EVERY email I get of stuck machinery. It's been around 10 or more years...
 
I know the John Deere tractor could be real. The farm down the road has runs of heavy clay mixed with areas of gravel(Too many springs to count). It is a hundred acre parcel that I used to rent. It is a strange feeling to walk into a tractor without climbing the steps. Fortunately at the time I had a backhoe and Cat D6 dozer.
Learned two lessons do not get on that kind of ground too early. Second lesson, do not rent that kind of land till corn hits $10.00+/bushel(which probably will not happen in my lifetime).
 
He might have a 10k ball on it, but that tongue is not strong in that direction. It would be bent down I would think. I guess if the chains attached farther back it could have spread the load better. Either way, I am NEVER that lucky.
 
I don't get the crane rollover. I've run cranes similar to that, and they're very stable machines.

The computers will stop you before you can get into that kind of trouble, although you can override the computer. It doesn't look like a mechanical failure.
 
I've seen the video of that crane rollover. He was lifting a fiberglass in-ground swimming pool into the backyard. As he was booming down to get over the garage it went over.
 
I'm member of an equipment forum and have learned a great deal about crane accidents over the last couple of years. Most often when you see something that new that is computerized like that the operator overrode the computer because they needed just another foot or so. Gotta remember that the lift capacity of a crane is rated with the boom almost straight up with the pick being done very close to the crane. The further out the crane has to reach the life rating goes down a lot.

Rick
 
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