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6wd stuck
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:26 pm
by spanky
heres some pics to have a laugh at,cost me a box for getting stuck,this is what happens when you hit a soft spot in a paddock when weighing 50 ton.managed to tip off some of the load and another loaded truck towed me out,then spent 20 mins washing crap out of the rear discs and calipers.
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:32 pm
by luckyme
guess that's when the 18000Lb winch is not enough
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:47 pm
by aroma
what only a box, getting off lightly
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:03 pm
by tweake
soft spot in the paddock?
looks like the whole paddock is soft. surprised its not under water
certainly makes the my bosses little effort today look tame.
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:31 pm
by mercutio
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 6:32 pm
by onebadman
ahhhh astra big heaps of crap lol had a bad experience thought id share my latest boggin
so the haul roads a bit soft unda there
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 7:56 pm
by poss682
this is my effort it was so over kill the winch cable was like a inch thick
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:06 pm
by basics
im liking this page
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:19 pm
by 85bj71
I used to drive 6 wheel artics, got em stuck just like that, rolled the back over twice and never damaged a thing
they good fun, on a flat wet paddock you can get em drifting pretty good too
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:23 pm
by onebadman
Yup the love wet sand stone for sum driftin fun. Had a asta 40 shut down on me goin down a hill n it tipd thats my astra bad experiance
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:11 pm
by basics
what licence to you need to run these? WTR?
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:41 pm
by hamboy
A young fella borrowing our loader to recover his MU succeeded in doing this.
Tried driving around a fallen tree instead of moving it off the track
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 8:17 am
by onebadman
Depending on size we run 40 toners so its class 4 and wh
eels licence
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 11:34 am
by lneil
onebadman wrote:Depending on size we run 40 toners so its class 4 and wh
eels licence
Or a class 2 and Special type-Wheels endorsement if you keep below 30km/h.
Mind you, most of the ADTs we use (from 30-50 tonne payload) have huge stickers inside saying "May not be operated on a public road".
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:15 pm
by onebadman
2 of ours have expired rego stickers hahaha
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:03 pm
by De-Ranged
You boys have a long way to go.... 15yrs of logging you'll find a whole different level of stuck how about a 528 skidder stuck deep enough that I had to step up out of the cab to run the winch out.... pulled out 3 trees (thats pulled them over and ripped the stumps out of the ground) before one held
No pics
if I'd stuffed around long enough to get a camera and take pics I'd have been sacked and more than likely smacked in the head by the boss or the forman for taking the piss
Heres a pic of a similar machine for perspective note the height compared to the containers behind (my wheels were level with the ground
)
Cheers Reece
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:22 pm
by Big
De-Ranged wrote::lol: You boys have a long way to go.... 15yrs of logging you'll find a whole different level of stuck how about a 528 skidder stuck deep enough that I had to step up out of the cab to run the winch out.... pulled out 3 trees (thats pulled them over and ripped the stumps out of the ground) before one held
No pics
if I'd stuffed around long enough to get a camera and take pics I'd have been sacked and more than likely smacked in the head by the boss or the forman for taking the piss
Heres a pic of a similar machine for perspective note the height compared to the containers behind (my wheels were level with the ground
)
Cheers Reece
lol
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 5:42 pm
by onebadman
I got more on my old ph lol how about a 52 ton digger up to the engine cover in bog lol
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:18 pm
by mercutio
onebadman wrote:ahhhh astra big heaps of crap lol
That they are but i'll drive anything if i'm getting paid for it
an outfit i used to drive had astras and volvos, the volvos never had any problems and they had done heaps of hours and were driven like they were stolen as you get told to drive artics when learning lol but the astras you had to be so gentle with them and they still gave so many problems
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:01 pm
by onebadman
Yea shocking ride quality and small cab made it interesting for a guy of my stature we only have cats now.but did have a array of bells komatsu dosan trex hitachis and a damn astra lol
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:16 pm
by mercutio
the astras were crap but much more comfortable and quieter than the Terex TA40s i used to drive lol
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:30 pm
by onebadman
Haha the ta40s were shockin for electrical shorts n blowin taildoors i loved the little moxy mt36 little fo carts
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 4:12 pm
by phraza
Awesome stuff..
reminds me of Mudfest last year when the recovery tractor got stuck, think the other one got stuck too?
Massive dualies on the back
Re: 6wd stuck
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 1:14 am
by lneil
mercutio wrote:That they are but i'll drive anything if i'm getting paid for it
an outfit i used to drive had astras and volvos, the volvos never had any problems and they had done heaps of hours and were driven like they were stolen as you get told to drive artics when learning lol but the astras you had to be so gentle with them and they still gave so many problems
Agreed,
Our Volvos are from 10-15,000hrs & don't give half the trouble of our 2-3,000hr Hitachi 30s or new Bell 50s. Just had a Hitachi die completely on me yesterday in the middle of a steep bottleneck & effectively shut mine ops down for a couple of hours until the mechanics could get up and swap electronic handpads over to get it shifted!
