He doesn't need a lotto ticket because he just won at life.
tool.man,
Jan 18, 12:08am
i see traffic banked up befor greenlane
pericles1,
Jan 18, 12:20am
Lucky he was in a Volvo
xs1100,
Jan 18, 12:48am
fantastic that hes alive,now just hope that its a fault with the truck or he wont be driving again for a living
kevymtnz,
Jan 18, 12:58am
reminds me of the Takanini one where the truck knocked out 2 concrete dividers ended up on it side with truck on one side of the motorway and the trailer on the other
trogedon,
Jan 18, 2:19am
Yek!
henderson_guy,
Jan 18, 2:21am
I doubt it would be a fault with the truck (unless a possible blowout), but there are many possible scenarios for this to have happened, not all with the driver being at fault.
kandjaja,
Jan 18, 2:32am
He doesn't need a lotto ticket, he needs some new undies.
crankypants69,
Jan 18, 3:57am
Looks more like a foden alpha to me, was a bloody lucky fella Just had a proper look, is a Volvo
upnorth,
Jan 18, 4:39am
Here's what happened to a similar truckload last September.
Reinstating the SH1 guardrail was the least of of our worries.
pericles1,
Jan 18, 5:05am
You won't catch me slipping up on Trucks lol
lookoutas,
Jan 18, 5:32am
Bloody lucky he didn't take someone out below!
mrfxit,
Jan 18, 5:44am
Aussie./ Charleville Toowoomba
joanie04,
Jan 18, 9:44am
My brother drives for them and his truck is a Volvo, new 18 months ago. It's not him, we think he is in the South Island at the moment. I now know his trailer is 2 axle not 3. He's been with them for a few years but been truck driving for just over 30 years.
This is a 5 axle trailer, a near new unit, driver had stopped 3 times previous to this incedent, so maybe a medical event.
mrfxit,
Jan 18, 10:44pm
Anybody want to take a guess at what the truck & trailers cost. Never mind the cost of the clean up, Basic maths on the cleanup shouldn't be to hard but the outreaching repercussions of time lost/ diversions etc on everybody effected would be HUGE
bowla3,
Jan 19, 1:24am
My neighbour is a mechanic for a small outfit here in Dargaville. They recently put a new truck and trailer (Stock cartage) on the road and he thought it would have cost about 100 grand.
Same stupid newspaper reporting a accident on a "motorway" in Northland. A caravan fell over at Topuni on Highway 1. It's only a couple of weeks since I was there and sure wasn't a MOTORWAY then. Reporters seem to have absolutely no idea what they are on about or where it's happening.
kiwitbird,
Jan 19, 2:11am
bowla3 wrote: My neighbour is a mechanic for a small outfit here in Dargaville. They recently put a new truck and trailer (Stock cartage) on the road and he thought it would have cost about 100 grand.
try close to 500k for Volvo & trailer
horsygirl,
Jan 19, 3:31am
Volvo. Swedish Bedford
mrfxit,
Jan 19, 4:58am
Fixed that for ya ;-)
Mate brought a s/h swinglift a few years ago & that around 200k ( I think)
mrfxit,
Jan 19, 5:07am
100k for the extra bits & still s/h rates
henderson_guy,
Jan 19, 5:45am
Eggzakery.
joanie04,
Jan 19, 6:06am
I was just repeating what the other brother told my parents, and he was obviously referring to the rear configuration.
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