Dude WTF happened?

uprighting a sideways 740 with a 345D L he was lucky to be able to keep the tractor on the road theres about a 4 ft verticle drop and then 3:1 the rest of the way down

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@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?

[@mojostevo]

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

[@kellypenrod3034]

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

[@Sirimico]

i like how in youtube everybody is an expert

[@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).

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@big04cummins]

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

[@kookiethebear]

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

[@timmckenzie3811]

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

[@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

[@christiangruhn7365]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@marcusmiller360]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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. :)

[@jonesey65244]

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

[@1MTSRider]

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

[@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.

[@stephenlesliewright895]

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

[@bshorthhic]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Bobbybeb]

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

[@thegeforce6625]

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

[@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

[@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

[@wackokicker]

hey man, what do you use those pits for?

[@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

[@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)

[@OldMotorcycleAdventures]

You done scratched the paint! lol good video

[@BIGHURTification]

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

[@MrCcrunner2011]

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

[@Hugofreddie]

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

[@xXEpochOfWarXx]

Seen this happen a number of times, good thing the front end didn't flop over too.

[@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.

[@ericmoore4031]

I luv how random and fun exploring youtube is.

[@Stealthsoldier20]

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

[@aacsteveo]

That dirt south of town is some of the nastiest, slickest crap there is

[@DriverMb]

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

[@prufessabwoogie]

Just another day at the office. Nice work!!

[@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?

[@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

[@sionehefa3458]

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

[@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.

[@Kededian]

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

[@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

[@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)

[@bcmcustoms1]

the new 740b side dump adt.....like the ejector, only it flips and you have to have an excavator and dozer get u up and ready....in my opionon i think it is 2 times as efficiant :)

[@andriayuknavage6306]

There was no sign that said " No Parking". Looked like a perfect spot.

[@GeneralGiggleMuffin]

Thanks for the reply. Do you enjoy it personally?

[@jkr2680]

I'm now 33 and I'm making @$25/hr. My dad makes close to $30/hr. We're both non-union. If you can get into it, it's good career to have. You just gotta be willing to work long hours in the summer,(Saturdays included) and willing to get laid-off in the winter, depending on where you live and work of course.. One of the best things you can do to impress a boss is be able to work efficiently and most of all SAFELY! The truck in the video above is capable of going around 55 mph. (cont'd)

[@jixxerbill]

If you put a swivel in the middle of a truck somebody's going to use it !! My guys used to roll the back on level ground of all places...

[@MurderCrowAwdio]

Now that's a sticky situation! allways nice to have an excavator around!

[@tilligetbig]

holy crap that thing has great articulation!!

[@onebadapple76]

Always heard these types of trucks called "wiggle wagons".

[@lesatseaside]

dayummm that thing has a lot of articulation between the bed and the cab. =^0

[@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...

[@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...

[@big04cummins]

Grease my tracks? I wasn't aware that they could be greased. Why don't you enlighten me on just how exactly that process takes place.

[@Bobbybeb]

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

[@draconpost]

the funny thing is that most people don't actually know how to paint a wall or even prepare it for painting, they don't even know that it needs preparation XD

[@wackokicker]

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

[@jasongilmou]

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

[@captainmorgan757]

We met up with the driver of the mammoth machine to which he only had to say, "It seemed like a good idea at the time!".

[@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.

[@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

[@MrAtoZ-un3fk]

I like the way you party, nice job!

[@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.

[@ej20daZe]

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

[@Fuelman8003]

Another articulated end dump specialist. Gotta baby sit em all the time. lol

[@zeuqsav8271]

A common occurance with ADT's, but very easy to plant its feet back on ground.

[@averyellis]

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

[@REXXSEVEN]

I didn't know that a "Dig Em" could flip a truck back over.

[@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.

[@Xenthera]

lol "we're not gonna let the boss know about this one right guys?"

[@CrackyOo]

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

[@Redslayer86]

Nope, quite clearly after 1:19, you can see that the road had partially collapsed. Which caused the trailer to slide down and drag him sideways. Pretty easy to tell what happened honestly.

[@Kobaneko2005]

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

[@rrrohan2288]

thats like speeding on the road "but officer i didnt kill anyone or crash, no harm no foul"

[@godsbong]

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

[@MrHuskerOne]

That was a nice soft "flip back"!!!

[@enoughofyourkoicarp]

See, even trucks need a nap sometimes. ;)

[@randyhagler2772]

thank god those beds are made to do that I took a trip down the hill backwards with an a25c volvo You would think when you loose air psi the brakes would lock down like a big truck but once you lose air you cant even try to drive out of a roll away because you lose transmisssion to those trucks are very un safe designed.

[@SlayerofFiction]

I saw one run out of fuel and have to force a turn over (box) to keep from going over one hell of an edge, the breaks should automatically apply PERIOD. The rest of the design of those trucks is brilliant so I am a bit confused how they fucked this one.

[@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.

[@inspectyerbooty]

simple , edge of the road gave way and rear dumper went right turn with the cab mostly on top of the road still, could of been alot worse if road gave way under the cab at the same time as dumper bed

[@torx82]

the day my recommend bar on the right starts coming up with bieber is the day I will quit the internets.