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Got a text from my better half this afternoon that the house of one of our neighbours was hit by a dumptrailer. I got somehow disconnected from the tractor that was pulling it.

By the looks of it the house is a total loss but luckily nobody was home at the time of the accident. Also the driver of the tractor which pulled the dumper was unharmed.

As sad as it is for the people involved the insurance will probably cover all the costs for repairing and/or rebuilding the house. I'm just glad nobody got hurt and it wasn't our home that got hit.

 

Check your towhooks and emergency trailer brakes people!

 

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Pullstart

So sorry to hear Mark!  That’s better than a “Dear John” text I guess.

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CCW

The only good thing I see it the wall is already in the dumpster.

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sjoemie himself

Yeah all around a pretty crappy situation. Especially because the farmer lives on the same street as the victims. 

 

44 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

Dear John” text

 

I'm not familiar with that expression, could you explain what that means?

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Pullstart

Dear John letters are what you get when she left :lol:

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Horse Newbie
1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

Dear John letters are what you get when she left :lol:

I think that expression came from soldiers getting letters from their girlfriends or wife’s back home during the war.

If the letter started out “Dear John”’ and your name wasn’t John, there was no need to read the rest of the letter…

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WHX??

Sorry to see Mark but it's just brick and mortar and can be replaced. Bright side is nobody got hurt or worse. 

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953 nut
3 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

Check your towhooks and emergency trailer brakes

Glad no one was hurt and hope insurance will be adequate, Trailers that big should be equipped with air brakes that would activate on breakaway.

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Horse Newbie
1 hour ago, 953 nut said:Trailers that big should be equipped with air brakes that would activate on breakaway.

They are… if the air brakes are working properly and adjusted properly then they should lock up when the loose air supply(ie. coming loose from the tractor).

 

When I worked in the Field Operations Division at work, one day a CDL driver parked his truck-trailer… pulled the yellow and red knobs on the dash, got out, locking the doors as he did.

The rig started rolling down a slight incline.

It stopped when it smashed a brand new F-150…

He chased it tying to get back in the cab, but the doors were locked and he couldn’t get to his keys fast enough.

The brakes worked as designed, but they were out of adjustment, so when the knobs were pulled cutting the air supply, the brake shoes did not engage the drums.

 

ALWAYS USE WHEEL CHOCKS WITH AIR BRAKE EQUIPPED VEHICLES .

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Horse Newbie
1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Trailers that big should be equipped with air brakes that would activate on breakaway.

They are…

Properly working air brakes that are adjusted properly should lock when air supply drops too low or is cut off.

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stevasaurus

Use an air chisel and start cleaning those bricks.  Nothing wrong with those.  :eusa-think:

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Handy Don
6 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

Use an air chisel and start cleaning those bricks.  Nothing wrong with those.  :eusa-think:

For sure!

As a teen I had a job working for a neighbor who was salvaging bricks from a building demolition. He’d clean them with a masonry hammer and toss them in a pile. I had two 8-brick carriers to schlep them 100 yards across the worksite and stack them in his utility trailer and then unload and stack them at his worksite. Moved enough for the facade on his 2-story colonial plus a chimney and other projects. He paid fairly and I earned my money!

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sjoemie himself

About the brakes, yes these trailers do have air or hydraulic brakes which should engage when the connection to the towing vehicle is lost.

The house being this close to the road I'm not sure if brakes would have made a difference.

 

Update from the local news is that (part of) the tongue or the hitch broke off resulting in this mess.

The trailer has'nt been moved since it's the only thing holding the house up at the moment.

The building will be tomporarily braced so the occupants can gather what's left of their belongings after which the house will be demolished. 

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