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Watched an accident happen before my very eyes!
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Posted by RayP(MI) on December 25, 2004 at 17:47:46 from (216.46.213.116):
Yesterday afternoon was out in the pasture dolling out a hay bale to my sheep, and happend to look up at the road that goes past the farm. Saw the local septic tank service go by. He had his tanker - a big double axle job, pulling a 3 axle trailer with a good sized JD tractor/front loader/backhoe aboard. As he went by, the distance between the truck and the tractor started to open up, and I realized that the truck was no longer pulling the trailer. He was probably doin' 50mph. Trailer skidded almost a quarter mile down the road before veering into the ditch, hitting a mailbox, (never found mailbox - disappeared!) glancing off an embankment, back into the ditch, and then veering back into a second embankment before coming to a stop at an angle against that embankment. Rushed over to provide aid, and found that tractor was still upright, chained to flatbed, and undamaged. Trailer suffered a broken axle on front wheel. In checking the hitch, I found that he had failed to latch the pintle hook, and insert the locking pin. Hitch was all iced up, and it was obvious that he'd failed to latch it - said he'd towed it 30 miles that way. There's a bump where the pavement company had joined two sections of pavement right about where she came unhitched. Had also failed to attach the safety chains, and I'm not sure they were heavy enough anyway. Got tractor off trailer, used the rear bucket and chain to pull trailer out of ditch, and dragged it home with the truck, empty - son drove tractor home under own power. ONE LUCKY GUY - could have been much more serious and tragic - had it come unglued on the main highway, hit an uncoming car, etc. SEVERAL LESSONS HERE - Check your trailer and load before starting off - Betcha he will from now on!
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