The way the roof has collapsed looks rather nasty.
grangies,
Sep 9, 2:50pm
Doh. Barnd was supposed to be Brand.
intrade,
Sep 9, 2:54pm
nothing european probably hino
bmc460,
Sep 9, 2:55pm
looks like a nissan
thunderbolt,
Sep 9, 3:03pm
UD
thunderbolt,
Sep 9, 3:12pm
Similar, this appears to be the hard top version.
treachug,
Sep 9, 3:22pm
UD is the heavy commercial truck manufacturer for Nissan
treachug,
Sep 9, 3:22pm
UD is the heavy commercial truck manufacturer for Nissan & 100% owned by Volvo
grangies,
Sep 9, 3:24pm
I wonder what happened to cause the roof to flatten and collapse so evenly.
Weakness, of just a freak accident!
treachug,
Sep 9, 3:25pm
sudden meeting with Tarseal.
treachug,
Sep 9, 3:26pm
almost like its dropped down rear end first then cab down on to the ground
kingfisher21,
Sep 9, 3:49pm
Surely not, no way, according to some certain person in the south island tanker drivers are the best in the world and never have accidents or speed.
bundy30,
Sep 9, 4:33pm
The tank has come off and the cab has taken the impact as the vehicle has rolled. Remember the tanker has a moving liquid in it which causes a huge amount of momentum. It's similar to dropping a bottle of coke or water on the ground, It gathers speed and rolls away. The tank on the truck is the coke / water bottle and the truck axles and cab is taking the full impact to slow it down each time it turns over and over.
European trucks such as Scania, Volvo, Mercedes have the best / strongest cab design to protect the occupants. As the saying goes, You get what you pay for. The cheaper trucks have less frills and less safety features.
Most Fuel Companies and most Dairy Companies in NZ buy Scania, Volvo, Mercedes for safety as well as their performance and reliability.
chris_051,
Sep 9, 6:34pm
Yep dunno why people/companies buy that archaic jap shit.
bundy30,
Sep 9, 7:12pm
Because its all about the dollar and not about safety and well-being of the driver.
a18a,
Sep 9, 7:17pm
"Driver serious after milk tanker crashes." Really! I thought he'd be joking about it by now.
ash4561,
Sep 9, 7:29pm
Do Open Country have the cheapest with less safety features and Fontera dont have any of those or do they both have good ones and crap ones in their fleets! Or did open country buy them second hand.
ash4561,
Sep 9, 7:29pm
Do Open Country have the cheapest with less safety features and Fontera dont have any of those or do they both have good ones and crap ones in their fleets!
splinter67,
Sep 10, 5:29am
Get real tip any truck over like that and the cab will crush
bmc460,
Sep 10, 5:44am
the euro trucks wont as they've been built to withstand impacts like that.
splinter67,
Sep 10, 5:47am
You might want to look at the scainia that hit the building in sanson a little while ago.
flack88,
Sep 10, 5:52am
The truck might be built to withstand impacts like that ,but the human body isnt.Alot comes down to luck.
serf407,
Sep 10, 6:11am
Volvo usually put a bit more into the vehicle safety features.
Great vid pity they stopped showing the truck that was about to squash its roof and who owns nissan trucks
noswalg,
Sep 10, 6:32am
Open country dairy have crap tankers compared to Fonterra that are just completing a massive upgrade. I wouldn't expect much more from the Talley's though their employment relations history is about as good as their trucks
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