How not to recover a car

speedster356 · 19 Nov 2004, 2:44 pm

good work!!!

MickH · 19 Nov 2004, 2:46 pm

You mean they didn't see that coming??:thumb:blush

BLUE_62 · 19 Nov 2004, 2:48 pm

Thats not cool :duh
Try explainin that to the boss.....

Deffinatly a Kodak moment thou :thumb

MikeM · 19 Nov 2004, 2:48 pm

Alex Holzl · 19 Nov 2004, 2:53 pm

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHa bloody council workers!!!

ruckus · 19 Nov 2004, 3:28 pm

hehehe. I thought it took the guy with the blue top out too but it didn't. Look at the cringe on the guy in the red top when the truck's in mid-flip. What a cack!

boersch · 19 Nov 2004, 7:16 pm

that made my day
was half expecting the second truck to fall in as well 🙂

BanoraBus · 19 Nov 2004, 8:29 pm

says lot for out riggers
good to see the even the dog got out the way safely

VWFOOL · 19 Nov 2004, 8:48 pm

a good advertisment for the green truck company against their rivals the red truck company

zac_smits · 21 Nov 2004, 11:29 am

man that is classic!!

it almost looks like the white focus was dropped onto the rubber ducky too...

ColumBUS · 21 Nov 2004, 12:59 pm

has anyone got a news article to go with these?

vw54 · 21 Nov 2004, 2:32 pm

No support typical of crane drivers.

buzzbug · 21 Nov 2004, 2:55 pm

i find it funny that even though the first truck fell in, there are people standing around the second truck when it is doing the recovery???

but not only that, they are standing in the trucks path, if by some horrible twist of fait it does go in.

JeepDraw · 13 Dec 2004, 2:53 pm

I got this in an email, you're missing the last pic of the big truck, when it starts to tip over.

[Edited on 13-12-2004 by JeepDraw]

Pete_McC · 13 Dec 2004, 11:48 pm

That was in Roundstone, Galway Ireland, see this thread belonging to the Irish VW club:
http://www.southernvolksfolks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=394

ogtool · 16 Dec 2004, 7:52 am

buzzbug wrote:i find it funny that even though the first truck fell in, there are people standing around the second truck when it is doing the recovery???

but not only that, they are standing in the trucks path, if by some horrible twist of fait it does go in.

1st truck = no support arms out
2nd truck = big support arms out

That being the difference.

1st dude obviously thought he could save 10 minutes setting up as maybe he wouldn't need the support. Possibly calculated on the kerbside weight of the car. Kerbside weight of the car doesn't include a few hundred kilo's of water.
🙂

VWFREAK · 16 Dec 2004, 9:10 am

Now thats funny.

penguin · 16 Dec 2004, 9:12 am

He he he

forwarded it onto some of our driving guys (particularly our Plant operator ones ) for use as why a little planning should take precendence over just getting into the job :bounce

wrecker67 · 17 Dec 2004, 4:35 pm

funny.but yes you could see it going to happen,,,