I had a hose blow out on my Case 580 backhoe. The loader just dropped like a stone. I am always amazed when I see people walking under things controlled by hydraulics.
My best friend was a diesel mechanic working on a dump truck exactly like this one. The bucket was stuck in the up position and he was there to fix it.
There was a hydraulic failure while he was under the bucket.
He didn’t make it.
RIP Daniel, you were a great friend and I miss you man.
I was taught since oil is incompressible that hydraulic systems are much safer than pneumatics – oil leak causes pressure drop but in pneumatics, it can shoot projectiles.
Commenters advised that you’re supposed to drive forward while dumping, and the accident might have been caused by the bed getting stuck on the pile behind.
Reminds me of a catastrophic failure we had in our family business many years ago.
My family owns a towing company. We only work with semi trucks, though. Anyways, a dump truck had rolled over and as we were rolling it back over, one of the booms on our trucks completely broke almost in half.
Luckily we had two trucks hooked onto the dump truck so the other wrecker held the load. It was such a crazy thing that the company that built the bed for our tow truck ended up replacing it for free, as we hadn’t overloaded it or stressed it enough to break it. Just a freak accident.
Anyways, seeing the bed on that dump truck slam down reminded me of it so I figured I’d share. Used to have video of it of the moment it snapped, but alas I’m sure it’s been lost. I’ll try to dig it up.
Edit: Sorry everyone, the video is gone. Too many phone switches since it happened, so I’ve lost it at some point.
Also realize I worded one part badly, when I say completely broke almost in half, I mean that it did break in half internally, but it didn’t go flying off the truck.
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The Windshield: “Aight Imma Head Out.”
What, you guys never saw a dump truck sneeze before?
Whoa
Was gonna say this is a cursed water ride
China doesn’t give a fuck
My uncle died when the hydraulic lift for a tow truck bed failed with him under it working on it, and it smashed him.
Good riddance fucker.
When I saw “Dump truck” I read “Trump”. You can’t unsee it.
Made in China.
Gotta love Chinese safety standards
Chinese brand truck??
I had a hose blow out on my Case 580 backhoe. The loader just dropped like a stone. I am always amazed when I see people walking under things controlled by hydraulics.
Can someone tell me why this would happen?
Optimus Prime when he’s really old and arthritic and tries to transform like the good old days just one last time.
Vaat da faak!
This is a major fear of mine when I’m using the hydraulic squat machine at the gym
Oh no, the windshield came out. That means the dumptruck is dead
He sneezed so hard his glasses fell off
Why was the guy running before the thing burst?
Jesus Christ. As I’m sitting in my dump truck watching this thanks for giving me a whole new thing to be worried about.
That was one of the more impressive failures I’ve seen on a vehicle. Nice.
Truck just sneezed
My best friend was a diesel mechanic working on a dump truck exactly like this one. The bucket was stuck in the up position and he was there to fix it.
There was a hydraulic failure while he was under the bucket.
He didn’t make it.
RIP Daniel, you were a great friend and I miss you man.
That was a lot more violent a blowout than I expected
It’s like getting shot by shotgun slugs I’ve heard the fluid just penetrates everything
The windshield popping off is the equivalent of a person losing their shoes.
I was taught since oil is incompressible that hydraulic systems are much safer than pneumatics – oil leak causes pressure drop but in pneumatics, it can shoot projectiles.
How did this happen?
An accident similar to this killed my father when I was a kid
I knew my fear of those hydraulics was justified.
Wow! It totally destroyed the rear axle, too!
Nah, can’t be May 2018, it was [posted here in Oct 2017](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/779q3y/hydrolic_dump_truck_failure/) (and several times since then).
Commenters advised that you’re supposed to drive forward while dumping, and the accident might have been caused by the bed getting stuck on the pile behind.
Ah, nothing like a good sneeze
Reminds me of a catastrophic failure we had in our family business many years ago.
My family owns a towing company. We only work with semi trucks, though. Anyways, a dump truck had rolled over and as we were rolling it back over, one of the booms on our trucks completely broke almost in half.
Luckily we had two trucks hooked onto the dump truck so the other wrecker held the load. It was such a crazy thing that the company that built the bed for our tow truck ended up replacing it for free, as we hadn’t overloaded it or stressed it enough to break it. Just a freak accident.
Anyways, seeing the bed on that dump truck slam down reminded me of it so I figured I’d share. Used to have video of it of the moment it snapped, but alas I’m sure it’s been lost. I’ll try to dig it up.
Edit: Sorry everyone, the video is gone. Too many phone switches since it happened, so I’ve lost it at some point.
Also realize I worded one part badly, when I say completely broke almost in half, I mean that it did break in half internally, but it didn’t go flying off the truck.
Did the driver/running guy survive?