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jeepinmatt said:
Frame definitely buckled, gotta be from rust, but also there's a railroad track about 100-200ft behind where that truck is sitting, and it has a pretty pronounced transition as you come off of it.
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I'm guessing cracked or rusted frame, plus heavy load, plus a little too much air off the train tracks made it go all Bud Lite and collapse.
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They don't really have frames. They're essentially unibody tubes. That aluminum strip at the bottom is flat with cross members riveted between. The walls do all the work. Id be willing to bet there was a problem with the roof or wall that contributed to the failure. They also likely loaded it wrong. Add in the bump and that's what you get. I had a buddy whose employee split a hopper bottom trailer full of corn coming out of a field too heavy and too fast.
 
Anyone know this location?

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As if I didn’t have enough out of the ordinary today, apparently it’s have a bat sneak in while your shop door is open and take a nap on the ceiling day too
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RatLabGuy said:
I can't imagine the fun in dealing with getting that emptied and off the road.
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To me, the real question is... what value did they think cutting the hole in the side was going to give them? The rear doors are open, so its not like access is an issue.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
To me, the real question is... what value did they think cutting the hole in the side was going to give them? The rear doors are open, so its not like access is an issue.
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I'm guessing they wanted to see what things looked like inside. And with the bottom being sloped like that, nobody would want to be going in from the rear w/ a forklift.

I assume to get it emptied you have to jack up the center however you could to get it more or less level so that forks and pallets could do some work?
 
Heavy haulin lol

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paradisePWoffrd said:
To me, the real question is... what value did they think cutting the hole in the side was going to give them? The rear doors are open, so its not like access is an issue.
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Have helped out with something like this before. They cut the hole because some poor bastards are about to have to hand unload that dry van into another one.

Then hopefully will be able to convince the receiver that that's the same trailer and they definitely didn't total the other one and all the product is just like the warehouse loaded it
 
mbalbritton said:
So, for Work, I’m in the LEGO Production team. One of the other divisions makes the wax models for Madame Tussaud’s Wax galleries around the world. At our headquarters here is the studios where they sculpt the models. Here’s a fun one in the breakroom of the studios

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That is awesome!!!! We actually had a small crew from Lego tour our facility a couple months ago. Not sure where they were from or what they hoped to get from us, but we produce laminates and TFL wood products. I just saw them get out of their car and throw on hi-vis vests that had Lego logos emblazoned on them. I can recognize that logo from a mile away.
 
1-tonmudder said:
I understand its just how a case spreader works and its a common procedure but it still suprises me that a axle center section can be spread like that.
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I only use them on air locker installs. This one took some really creative shimming since the customer bought the wrong one and they're in Africa on deployment. No big deal really.
Had to shim 0.200" on one carrier end, 0.030" under that bearing and then 0.150" on the opposing side. It took the spreader to allow me to squeeze so much shim in there.
Carrier preload is really imperative on an ARB. It keeps air leaks at bay and prolongs seal housing o-ring life
 
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