Dude WTF happened?

[@amp32ak]

Great video! Three minutes start to finish. We (field people) have been trying to make our office people understand that a dumped box on a rock truck is not the same as a "roll over". It isn't exactly common but, from time to time it does happen and when it has occurred the office panics and sets out on a witch hunt in an effort to assign blame. We just haven't been able to get it through their thick heads that these trucks are designed to do this and that, if you run a rock truck for very long, sooner or later, you WILL tip your box. Kind of like walking - sooner or later you will trip on something. Hopefully this helps because drawing pictures didn't work at all. I think wearing a tie must cut off the blood supply to the brain or something.

[@carmelpule6954]

I would like to congratulate the man in the machine doing the rescue. He is very knowledgeable as to the sequence of events. He first pulled the other machine up rotating it to critical position to balance it and then when over she went he quickly moved his bucket to the other side so that he would stop the rescued machine from going over to the other side sue to the pneumatic tyres. He simply killed the momentum with is own machine. A good man indeed. He deserved compensation with a dozen bottles of beers at the local pub.

[@heuhen]

XjordanAIR ! well it happens very often, with these machines. since they are build to do so, you can call it an safety system. (instead for destroying the entire truck...)

[@SlayerofFiction]

XjordanAIR ! Yes, these trucks are designed to "break" like this, so the dump box will tip therefore keeping the cab upright, Replace a few bolts and they are back on the road!

[@dvepps6780]

Ahem, hopefully a strong Union, job security, and benefits will come along with those beers.

[@SlayerofFiction]

David Eppelsheimer +1 Fuck yea bro, the two years later the Company is bankrupt. Stay United my Union Brother!

[@lopz2557]

You just got to love those cats I cant believe that the guy or guys that designed this truck knew that some Genius would do something like this and still it not only didn't kill the operator but survived with little or no damage to it Got to love those cats

[@intheworkseg6]

wow you should get an award for be the first person to ever say they are real young and can do what an adult does...Congrats to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DowDuer]

I drove a 735 for a month. The center of gravity is higher than you would expect and it doesn't take much angle to make it lean when you raise the bed. Loved driving it through mud holes though.

[@flutegaming8036]

The title of the video would better of being named "Truck turns over and is turned back on wheels".

[@trandafirademiralexandru5553]

:))

[@machinesundtrailers4804]

+trandafir ademir alexandru roman de'a meu

[@rayknight9300]

Flute Gaming --- ------ and you want to add, "And then I fell asleep."

[@trucking604]

I used to drive the same exact Cat 740 in a landfill years ago. We had a handful of those articulated Cat 740's, we also had a couple of Moxy articulated off roaders as well. I think they were Swedish. We also had a straight Euclid with a V16 Detroit. It was a lot wider then the Cat or Moxy. I always liked driving the Euc better, much easier backing up then the articulated vehicles. Although the Cat and Moxy were very capable off road, even in sand.

[@roadsweeper1]

They have a rotational pivot behind the steering pivot to allow the back half to rotate freely. Gives them better rough ground handling capability,and also, if the back tips, which, will happen at some point, it doesnt drag the cab over with it keeping the driver safe. Never driven the 740 but drove a Terex 25t for many years. The hydraulic lines have plenty of play in them too so it doenst rip the hoses. Always wise to check one over after youve tipped it, but usually they good to go again!

[@marcusmiller360]

I've always wondered, why articulating trucks? What can you do with them that a straight frame can't? And now I know.

[@kellypenrod3034]

Good job settin the 40ton wigglewagon back on her wheels there big04!! Thats as smooth as I ever saw it done hand!

[@oldgysgt]

I was glad to see the fool in the "Front Loader" at the base of the incline finally decided to get out of the fricking way as his buddy was backing down the grade.

[@thegeforce6625]

60fps in 2012? or has youtube converted old videos recorded in 60 but uploaded in 30 back to 60fps?

[@duhwolf6413]

Not the first 740 I have seen expose it's belly for maintenance. I'm not sure they are good for anything but mild grades. Did he slip a wheel off or was he trying to climb to the top road?

[@2009deerejohn]

Sweet video, used to work for a guy that told the haul truck driver's if they didn't roll over at least once a day then they weren't runing them hard enough, lol first place I ever worked were we were encoureged to beat on our iorn. You had it easy though, I ran a tired 320B and I'd always get sent to right the trucks, man wouldn't that thing struggle putting even an empty A30 back on it's wheels,lol

[@marissadillard38]

it actually is called a tractor and trailer. its an articulated off road dump truck. its a very similar set up to a scrapper. ran one of these for a while. it's very easy to turn over on of these. safety first.

[@NickHey]

Damn that road looks narrow and no bunding makes it even worse :S Am glad all that was done was a popped tyre off the rim though! And it's great to see just how easy it is to get them back on their fee... err wheels lol

[@kookiethebear]

Dude...you scratched the paint with the bucket! Foreman is gonna be pissed.

[@mojostevo]

Is the lower front window glass, or plastic? Where do you stow it, behind the seat?

[@sam1174]

Skip ahead to 3:15 to see the most exciting part.

[@freetobe3]

+sam1174 ahahahah but I think the funniest part is 3:23

[@arnoldmorner1770]

sam1174 oh so there actually was one? Didn't see it. This happens all the time.

[@wordreet]

Was the 740 at an oblique angle to the top of the slope? That could have done it.

[@big04cummins]

Its a travel alarm so it only sounds when the tracks are moving and you get used to it

[@cyberigs]

Looks like he was heading away from camera direction, the road gave way on the right, trailer went down, tipped and dragged the cab back. But I don't know really!

[@wackokicker]

cool, does it has a membrane or is just clay?

[@Tiger313NL]

That road looks rather narrow, and I think once she goes over, there's no way you can hold it on there. If no one got seriously hurt, it's all good if you ask me. :)

[@1MTSRider]

Big machinery helping big machinery, pretty cool. Great job by the tractor operator, got the job done without incident.

[@Sirimico]

i like how in youtube everybody is an expert

[@coolcon1993]

It looks like he was trying to get up that slope. It is an articulated truck, and it steers by the whole cab swiveling around. But the angle of the back to the cab is too straight for it to have slid off the road, there's no damage to the road to sugest it either, so I think he tried to climb the hill. I don't know what caused the rear end to tip though, by all purposes, that truck should've easily made it up that hill... unless it had a load, which would explain it.

[@johnobrien2207]

what bright spark is parked in the loader on the bottom of slope things would not want to go wrong

[@eightosaurusspelunk1598]

+powermanbeard ... dafuq?

[@Disciple1000]

If you've never made a mistake, you've never driven.

[@OldMotorcycleAdventures]

You done scratched the paint! lol good video

[@wackokicker]

hey man, what do you use those pits for?

[@GeneralGiggleMuffin]

Thanks for the reply. Do you enjoy it personally?

[@Scotsmanful]

That are all real Buddy´s!When one is in trouble the other come and help.You have my Respect.What happend there that he Slide down there?

[@lloydlegin]

they are designed for the back to fall over and not take the cab/unit with it to protect the driver, them falling over is quite common as they work on soft ground quite often

[@Ghostrider2999]

I didn't like the 740s, good truck, but if you didn't pay attention it would crawl or run over anything in front of it or off the side of a cliff.. That is why anything distracting went in the lunch pail. Good video and job.

[@workharder590]

This happened to us at work once before. It is kind of a common problem with these type of dump units. We did the same thing.....use a track hoe to get it back on its wheels then back to work.

[@Johnjohn738]

Is that in Northern Nevada?

[@big04cummins]

Oh really sounds like the voice of experience and if you can knock a hole in the side of these trucks standing it up empty you've got no business running it in the first place

[@timmckenzie3811]

I like the guy on the ground running back and fourth...he didn't know whether to shit or go blind lmao

[@SarraPiyopiyo]

Awesome. I've always wanted to learn how to operate heavy machinery, especially after they brought in a front loader to work to help with building a new building (mostly ripping out concrete and pavement to replace it).

[@stephenlesliewright895]

These guys get to play all day with these fabulous toys, and they get paid for it.

[@sionehefa3458]

Great filming. Nice steady and the incident always in frame.

[@jasongilmou]

knew them trucks turned in the center but didnt know they turned like that ? lol, did it fuck any thing up?

[@soperdp]

I was working on a liner expansion on a landfill one time and saw the exact thing happen. The driver was out of the cab no more than 30 seconds before he was out of a job.

[@pizzasubs]

Thats a real twisted truck there, the front totally upright, but the back part on it's side, really wonder if anything actually broke in the Middle of it?????

[@michaeljames7810]

I've seen it happen plenty of times and no damage at all although if the truck is tipping and it copes the Hydraulic rams can me bent

[@wspycher1006]

And I know the volvos if you don't line it up properly you can wren I the flange for the exauhst for the the box heater

[@msotil]

The truck is not twisted. It is articulated, designed for heavy off-road work.

[@jollyroger2012]

as msotil said, these are rock wagons, articulated. they're designed to not have any damage when this happens. and it happens on an almost regular basis.

[@trucking604]

You're right, they are Norwegian. I knew the Moxy was some kind of Scandinavian, just couldn't remember which kind of Scandinavian. Thank you.

[@zeroc0ol2006]

In our stripmine near Helmstedt (Germany) one guy was killed in a truck that was standing still on the ground. He only unloaded his sand but because of the shitty underground his truck had fallen over... he felt out of the truck and the truck fell on him.... A great invention such a belt, if he was wearing one he would be still alive.

[@CrackyOo]

Do you have to tell the boss when that sorta stuff happens?

[@Brewdolf]

This happend to me too in my 740GL with the B230F and the M46. Luckily we had a 345DL to pull me out so i didnt get stuck. When i bought it i saved $500 over a 740GLT 16V with a B234 (155hp) but since it still were a step up from my old 242L i didnt want to put out the extra money. Something i regret now when i constantly get my 740 sideways. Anyone know if this happens too in the 940 with the FB?

[@christiangruhn7365]

Lol at the wheel-loader down the hill. "Don't worry, I'll catch him if he falls!" :)

[@wyominglost]

That in Wyoming?

[@ericmoore4031]

I luv how random and fun exploring youtube is.

[@Gacekspojler]

im lucky guy, I just found another great channel with heavy equipment. :)

[@TheReaper1oo]

Seems fine to me, granted a few more scratches, but better than messing with the tires/suspension or leaving it there. "site specifics" are difficult to ascertain from video alone, but what can be done? Overall a well handled difficulty - I have experience in other areas not this one so I'm just "saying" as I see it.

[@godsbong]

did any damage occur internally when it flipped over like that?

[@Bobbybeb]

You know its a good day when only half of your truck flips over on top of a hill.

[@ej20daZe]

how did he manage to do that? he was trying to get down in reverse or to maneuver?

[@JodianGaming]

How the frig did it flip, ground give way?

[@ThedoubleDbeard69]

overloaded on one side as the road was lower on that side

[@JodianGaming]

Dylan Dunlap ... That would certainly do it, but didn't look like much of a pile where it was flipped.

[@Tomkins10]

Thanks, that was just so wonderfully enlightening and so entertaining that I feel i have actually gained 3.24 seconds of lifespan. Or perhaps not!

[@jonesey65244]

These boys got a bigger sandbox and bigger trucks than I had when I was kid.

[@jdgrahamo]

Teacher -- name any yellow plant Tommy -- caterpillar, miss Teacher -- Now, Tommy, caterpillars aren't plants Tommy -- But Daddy drives one and he says they are

[@Stealthsoldier20]

Looks like the edge of the road broke away. Kinda hard to avoid that. Amazing he didn't roll completely down the side.

[@Kededian]

seems like a fun job to drive/operate these machines. :)

[@big04cummins]

@2009deerejohn thanks! yeah they tell us to run hard but don't tear anything up I'm glad we have this 45 cause I don't think the 330 Deere would've reached

[@roadsweeper1]

Curling the bucket right inside the tipper and then using the weight will drag it sideways dude, not tip it back over, you'd put insane stress on the wheel bearings and tires. You need to partially lift and bring the boom towards you, as he did there, to tip it back over. End of the day much much cheaper to repair a slight dent in the tipping body than replace wheel bearings and suspension becasue you dragged it over...

[@bshorthhic]

Love how that excavator tipped that dump bed like it was a leaf.

[@jri350]

Now just how would you end up with the front on the top and not rolled over if he was climbing the hill? I can see how you could think he was climbing the hill if he was upside down at the bottom, or really any point down the hill. I just can't understand how you think rolling down that hill could cause him to end up where he was when the video started.

[@DriverMb]

Катерпиллер... не убиваемые тачки! наш металлургический комбинат (СеверСталь), листовой прокат для этих машин поставляет.

[@dorflog1]

did you spill roman on your screen?

[@MrCcrunner2011]

They also create less stress on the cab operator because the load is moving independently of the cab. :)

[@BIGHURTification]

This is why I love being a H.E Operator. You can get anything unstuck.

[@Hugofreddie]

This is typical of these trucks . Thats why they are built fully articulated . Big trucks on tiny often unmade roads . Spent many hours with either the cab or the reailer down a hole or on its side waiting for a digger to come and right me again .(usually the trailer)

[@prufessabwoogie]

Just another day at the office. Nice work!!

[@commentworks7012]

three minutes and 24 seconds +30 seconds posting time of my life i cant get back

[@18PaulH]

D'awww!! Did the voices in your head tell you to come here then?

[@tablett5476]

5 months later you can wonder what this notification is for too!

[@nolansykinsley3734]

Add another three seconds you can't get back.

[@351cleavland]

My condolences for your loss.

[@big04cummins]

Right you are... there are are always "experts" out there that know how to do it better even though they know none of the "site specifics" nor do they have all of the information required to make an educated decision on how to recover a machine in this situation. For instance I didn't have enough reach to curl the bucket in and for that matter by curling your bucket in and pulling horizontally you lose all of your vertical lift putting way more stress on the truck tires and suspension.

[@GettingMangled]

You can throw grease on anything, how were you unaware of that?

[@MrAtoZ-un3fk]

I like the way you party, nice job!

[@Klperformance68]

Poor lizard truck! What was he thinking?

[@Hugofreddie]

Have done this often . That's why they are articulated in the middle . These trucks go anywhere and will take incredible punishment .

[@fordfalcon2]

what country is this taken in ?

[@jkr2680]

Unfortunately, with the economy being the way it is, it's really hard to find a job as an equipment operator if you have no experience. My Grandfather and my dad both are also in the field so it runs in my family, that's how I was able to get into it as easily as I did. My grandfather has owned equipment my whole life, so when I was just like 8-10 years old I knew how to drive a bulldozer, now that's not working with one just driving it around. I started operating machinery when I was 19(cont'd)

[@danbrunskill8390]

oil change?

[@sunilsony]

why the hell he drove straight up without load?

[@slimwadey3a]

This happened to me with a MOXY quite a few years ago, i spent a summer haulin dirt, great fun racing these around the site WAAAYYYYY before health and safety took over the world

[@tilligetbig]

holy crap that thing has great articulation!!

[@JimmyKraktov]

That's how that works. I'm wondering how he got there. The road looked wide enough.

[@kingjames8283]

Luckily this CAT-740 did exactly what it was designed to do saving the operator from injury. My question would be why the hell he didn't use the haul road instead of taking short cut. It's clear to see he made the hill but when he turned to the right on the top road, it flipped him. As for the 740 being on it's side, this is a normal upset. Just grab an excavator and pull 'em back on to their wheels and go on. Don't hurt them one bit because this is what they were designed to do.

[@Bobbybeb]

Its amazing how much weight that thing can flip over like its nothing.

[@cj15941]

load shifted?

[@JOEM747]

Im guessing he was driving on the road the front half is on and the back half caught the edge and fell off. it flipped the back end and swung the front and 90 degrees to the left

[@l3wi5spad3]

where is that? I want a job there!

[@big04cummins]

lol. I catch a lot of negative comments however the people that usually leave them have no idea what they are talking about...

[@averyellis]

I bet you would rock at one of those crane arcade games.

[@big04cummins]

Well I guess you can "throw grease on anything" but whats the point of wasting grease. You can't put grease on track rails and expect them to stop squeaking because its not getting to the joint that is making the noise.

[@BarrieMead]

740's: worlds loudest reverse beeper

[@BoeingXtremes]

I think Its kind of interesting, it takes some skill to run an excavator and then to precisely roll the truck back over with damaging anything

[@Kobaneko2005]

Next time, put Super underneath the 740 before righting it. That would make a good video.

[@jkr2680]

Which in a passenger car may not seem like much, but in a 20 ton machine, 55 mph. is dangerously fast. It's not hard to lose control rolling that fast and if you can't regain control then there is a good chance you or somebody else is gonna end up dead.. Of course, I guarantee if a boss saw you driving his equipment that fast you'd be in the unemployment line by the end of the day, lol. If it's a job you're interested in then go for it! And good luck!

[@jkr2680]

I'm not the maker of this video, but I've worked in the excavating field for about 15 years now as a heavy equipment operator.. It can be fun, but it really depends on the guys you work with in my opinion.. If you work with a crew of guys who are generally in good moods most of the time and are easy to get along with and get along with each other then yes it can be a fun job.. But if you get stuck with a bunch of "grumps", then it can really suck, because you're stuck with them day in and out...

[@MrKrautman]

Your job looks like fun. Is it?