Repeat after me "ALWAYS, always, always park in the designated parking spots". Me wonders where the flashing safety light has gotten to (not that that stops the same thing happening when people park on the roadway).
I notice that those photographs are not on their official gallery
Not long after that I went to an induction course which we have to repeat each year. The guy that ran the induction course told us that you never park on the drivers right hand side at the front. The trucks are left hand drive and the right front is a blind spot. When the supervisors went down to check out the site the next day where did they park? In the front right hand side! (Roll eyes..)
Rule number two is you ALWAYS give way to these trucks at an intersection.
Not long after that I went to an induction course which we have to repeat each year. The guy that ran the induction course told us that you never park on the drivers right hand side at the front. The trucks are left hand drive and the right front is a blind spot. When the supervisors went down to check out the site the next day where did they park? In the front right hand side! (Roll eyes..)
Rule number two is you ALWAYS give way to these trucks at an intersection.
Marty
I had a boss once that managed to loose two cars in 3 weeks. Both times he parked directly behind scrapers parked in a line (babies - only 621's). Both times the operator tried to back up and heard an unusual scraping noise (the car roof) so stopped. One BMW and one Fairlane (fair enough for the Fairlane.
Best so far is a guy that poked the noise of a troop carrier onto a haul road (intersection is in a bit of a cutting). Had 4 guys in the back and three in the front. I was sitting behind them. Just pokes the noise out and thump a 190 tonner coming past at top speed (all of 40 mph). Haulpac didn't stop but it sheared the front off the troopie right at the firewall. Almost as neat as a metal shears.
Ever had the chance to try either the haulpacs or scrapers out unloaded on watered haul roads? The ultimate butt clenching oversteer/four wheel drift fun available, unless caught by the safety officer.
Cheers
Brett
I saw someone do a full 360 donut in a loaded haulpac once... pretty speccy! That same guy got a safety award later (for something else). Credibility of the safety dept afer that? Zip... not in touch at all with what happens on the shop floor.
Not long after that I went to an induction course which we have to repeat each year. The guy that ran the induction course told us that you never park on the drivers right hand side at the front. The trucks are left hand drive and the right front is a blind spot. When the supervisors went down to check out the site the next day where did they park? In the front right hand side! (Roll eyes..)
Rule number two is you ALWAYS give way to these trucks at an intersection.
Marty
I had a boss once that managed to loose two cars in 3 weeks. Both times he parked directly behind scrapers parked in a line (babies - only 621's). Both times the operator tried to back up and heard an unusual scraping noise (the car roof) so stopped. One BMW and one Fairlane (fair enough for the Fairlane.
Best so far is a guy that poked the noise of a troop carrier onto a haul road (intersection is in a bit of a cutting). Had 4 guys in the back and three in the front. I was sitting behind them. Just pokes the noise out and thump a 190 tonner coming past at top speed (all of 40 mph). Haulpac didn't stop but it sheared the front off the troopie right at the firewall. Almost as neat as a metal shears.
Ever had the chance to try either the haulpacs or scrapers out unloaded on watered haul roads? The ultimate butt clenching oversteer/four wheel drift fun available, unless caught by the safety officer.
Cheers
Brett
I saw someone do a full 360 donut in a loaded haulpac once... pretty speccy! That same guy got a safety award later (for something else). Credibility of the safety dept afer that? Zip... not in touch at all with what happens on the shop floor.
Frank
I worked with a bloke in Brisbane who had previously been 'sent out' in disgrace to Africa by his family in England because of some scandal. He ended up as a senior officer in some African police force. He used to tell some great stories. One was about a Haulpac that was carting explosives down into the bottom of a pit and went KABOOM. Much investigation, turning over of local terrorists/freedom fighters etc. Turned out the trucks were part of aid provided by USSR and had previously been used for mining in the Tundra. They had heating elements to stop the load freezing in the tipper body. Useful in sub-zero conditions but not really good in an African summer underneath a load of volatile explosives.
