Dump truck’s hydraulics blow out – May 2018
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Did the driver/running guy survive?
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.
Ah, nothing like a good sneeze
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.
Wow! It totally destroyed the rear axle, too!
I knew my fear of those hydraulics was justified.
An accident similar to this killed my father when I was a kid
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?
The windshield popping off is the equivalent of a person losing their shoes.
It’s like getting shot by shotgun slugs I’ve heard the fluid just penetrates everything
That was a lot more violent a blowout than I expected
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.
Truck just sneezed
That was one of the more impressive failures I’ve seen on a vehicle. Nice.
Jesus Christ. As I’m sitting in my dump truck watching this thanks for giving me a whole new thing to be worried about.
Why was the guy running before the thing burst?
He sneezed so hard his glasses fell off
Oh no, the windshield came out. That means the dumptruck is dead
This is a major fear of mine when I’m using the hydraulic squat machine at the gym
Vaat da faak!
Optimus Prime when he’s really old and arthritic and tries to transform like the good old days just one last time.
Can someone tell me why this would happen?
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.
Chinese brand truck??
Gotta love Chinese safety standards
Made in China.
When I saw “Dump truck” I read “Trump”. You can’t unsee it.
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.
China doesn’t give a fuck
Was gonna say this is a cursed water ride
Whoa
What, you guys never saw a dump truck sneeze before?
The Windshield: “Aight Imma Head Out.”