This was our home, waiting on a new one. Can't wait to be able to head north out of this cold weather and meet up with GN's . Will be heading to Queensland asap . Happened near Derby W.A.
The car looks salvageable. Did you get it back?I hope the chassis wasn,t bent.Good to hear everybody is fine.Bill
peterblack said
06:47 AM May 11, 2014
HI you were very lucky good luck with it all.
pete
GaryKelly said
09:23 AM May 11, 2014
What a nightmare! Glad you survived okay and are getting back on the road again. Better luck next time!
wanderers said
01:18 PM May 11, 2014
The chassis was bent and so was the cab roof. We now have a new one. Thank goodness we were only doing 75 km
freehazzas said
05:01 PM May 11, 2014
Ouch. Not nice.
Legendts said
06:50 PM May 11, 2014
Happy to hear you are both OK.
Can you enlighten us on how it happened? We all might learn something so as not to repeat your experience.
pondsmob said
06:59 PM May 12, 2014
Pleased to hear you are both OK.
Safe travels from here on.
Denise & Alan
grahos said
01:03 PM May 13, 2014
I agree with you,Not a good way to park your rig.
glendadon said
02:27 PM May 13, 2014
It makes a shudder run down my back when I see something like this happen and we are both glad you are ok.
Regards
glendadon
milo said
12:29 AM May 15, 2014
not good, at least you walked away from it, things can be replaced, not people..
Dougwe said
08:29 PM May 18, 2014
You certainly don't do things in half. Glad you are OK though.
Legendts said
08:33 PM May 18, 2014
Would still like to hear HOW it happened, could be good learnings for all of us as we get/are on the roads this migration year.
wanderers said
05:26 AM May 19, 2014
Sorry taken a while to get back...trying to get a new van...hope to have one in a couple of weeks....we do not really know what happened..the steering wheel was pulled out of my hands t sent the caravan swaying and over we went..it happened so quick, just lucky we were traveling slow.
Legendts said
01:50 PM May 19, 2014
Thanks for the feedback Wanderers. Sounds a bit like a mechanical or tyre failure?? I know I'm speculating and sorry about that.
Happy to hear alls going well and sounds like you may be on the road again soon. Good luck with the purchase.
justcruisin01 said
01:26 PM May 28, 2014
Glad you are both ok.
From the pics there is a common question, why does a van of this size have a large water tank behind the axles which will make it tail heavy.
There looks to be plenty of room in front of axles or in between.
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Wednesday 28th of May 2014 01:27:23 PM
Legendts said
07:03 PM May 28, 2014
Must admit Jm we have three tanks, two sit just behind the suspension and one forward but our Simplicity suspension is set back from centre and do have a high ball load. I think the main reason some manufacturers do this is to take weight off the ball or it could have a front kitchen and part of the "balance". All conjecture of course.
Vic41 said
04:13 PM May 29, 2014
Glad you were both ok and now have replacements, hope the Weiro was ok too.
wanderers said
07:22 PM May 29, 2014
yes thank you the three of us are good... get the new van next week
Vic41 said
01:20 AM May 30, 2014
wanderers wrote:
yes thank you the three of us are good... get the new van next week
That's good news, happy travels with the new van when you start travelling again
mr glassies said
09:04 PM Jun 28, 2014
im up there with you jc every time i talk about my suspension problem people always say mine dont do that . well im sorry if you dont have some sort of weight over the rear of the tug you could end up like this . sorry to be so blunt but you see it all the time o and then theres mr front wheels of the ground some people just shouldnt poses a car with tow bar .
Ps jim fixed mine 3 stage rear new front struts and new shocks on the rear sits 50 ml higher and 2nd stage picks up at 250 kgs gunna drop the van on it sunday will let ya know .
This was our home, waiting on a new one. Can't wait to be able to head north out of this cold weather and meet up with GN's . Will be heading to Queensland asap . Happened near Derby W.A.
Hope you both are ok.
Cheers
Sol
Yes we are both fun thanks . We were very lucky.
pete
The chassis was bent and so was the cab roof. We now have a new one. Thank goodness we were only doing 75 km
Can you enlighten us on how it happened? We all might learn something so as not to repeat your experience.
Safe travels from here on.
Denise & Alan
Regards
glendadon
Sorry taken a while to get back...trying to get a new van...hope to have one in a couple of weeks....we do not really know what happened..the steering wheel was pulled out of my hands t sent the caravan swaying and over we went..it happened so quick, just lucky we were traveling slow.
Happy to hear alls going well and sounds like you may be on the road again soon. Good luck with the purchase.
Glad you are both ok.
From the pics there is a common question, why does a van of this size have a large water tank behind the axles which will make it tail heavy.
There looks to be plenty of room in front of axles or in between.
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Wednesday 28th of May 2014 01:27:23 PM
Glad you were both ok and now have replacements, hope the Weiro was ok too.
yes thank you the three of us are good... get the new van next week
That's good news, happy travels with the new van when you start travelling again
Ps jim fixed mine 3 stage rear new front struts and new shocks on the rear sits 50 ml higher and 2nd stage picks up at 250 kgs gunna drop the van on it sunday will let ya know .
dibs