An Oh Crap moment

[Richard Cranium]

That sucks. Seeing cars I've bought getting unloaded from the upper deck is always a little hair raising.

Truck Driver Has Hell Of A Day After Dropping $300,000 Lamborghini Diablo

When this delivery truck driver was asked to drop off a Lamborghini Diablo VT with its new owner, I'm not quite sure this is what they meant

jalopnik.com

 

[Hey-O]

I saw that the other day and posted one picture of it. That makes for a very bad day!!

 

[chargervert]

His last day on the job!

 

[Hey-O]

His last day on the job!

I wonder what his last check looks like.........

 

[Outlawd]

Could have been worse....could have been a mopar!

 

[chargervert]

He probably got a bill instead of a check!

 

[1967coronet]

If you expand the pic you can see a big grin on the old gal with the bike.
She looks real concerned lol.

 

[j-c-c-62]

"He probably got a bill instead of a check!"

Why?
Looks to me more like an equipment failure, and why it failed is not obvious in the pic.

The passenger side lifting slide is way down or broken off compared to the driver's side.

 

[Dennis H]

Has the attention of the unhoused individual with the bike.

 

[WileE]

FRom the article: "The root cause of the accident appears to have been a failure of the trailer’s hydraulic elevator while the Diablo was being unloaded, as evidenced by the ominous puddle of hydraulic fluid staining the tarmac below."

 

[azblackhemi]

Could've been worse!

Transporter carrying luxury cars worth millions topples over in dramatic scene

Nine supercars were in a transporter that toppled over on the A20 near Farningham, leaving luxury motors flung across the dual carriageway - the incident unfolded near Brands Hatch

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

[70 sublime]

Is that a Cuda still on the truck on the bottom floor ?

 

[Ron_M]

Pretty sure it's a 69 mustang. Center gas cap and you can just make out the taillights on the driver's side.

 

[Coelacanth]

Yeah, I see a Stang there. Too bad the Stang wasn't unloaded first...and if it was, it probably would've veered right into the cyclist.

 

[Fran Blacker]

His last day on the job!

Said a hydraulic failure.

 

[Hey-O]

Either way, I bet the customers not happy. I wouldn't be!

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I can't see blaming the driver unless it's an owner operator situation..

Luckily it's a late model Lambo... Not a Classic...

This one I would blame the driver & the cars were

Car-Carrier Loaded With Vintage Porsches Hit by Train

 

[Nxcoupe]

Could have been worse....could have been a mopar!

The mopar is a charger that was underneath it inside. Very fortunate it waited til the car was outside to break.

 

[j-c-c-62]

I am not convinced it was caused by a hydraulic failure yet. There are often safety check valves in critical hydraulic systems that would prevent what we see in the pic if a plumbing hydraulic failure. A structural failure could cause a hydraulic cylinder failure resulting in the situation in the pic AND causing loss of fluid noted that a safety check valve is incapable of preventing.
The loading of a rear engine car, and not a light one, puts a majority of the vehicles weight cantilevered at the farthest point, is a worst-case load scenario.

 

[Photon440]

Yep, looks like a Mustang on the bottom.