At the end of a 60kph zone going into 100kph zone there was on the right a pair of upright tyres & wheels connected to an axle.
About 70 meters along on the left (off the road ) was a caravan and car. The caravan sitting on its frame.
People were outside the car & moving about obviously unharmed.
I stopped to offer help. They were OK & had called the RACQ so I left.
What got me was how could an axle, wheels, brakes and all come adrift ? And how lucky were they that they came to such a sedate stop without dramatic problems ?
I have my own theories as to what failed but what are the odds?
Lucky people.
( I was not going to take photos as it would likely rubbed salt into very fresh wounds.)
Bruce and Bev said
09:34 PM Jan 11, 2016
They were very lucky !!
Sounds like a 'van that was well beyond its use by date and.or hadn't been properly serviced. You would expect to pick up that your axles were likely to part company with the rest of the unit if it was checked regularly. But then, look how many boats and boat trailers you see floating around off a boat ramp that wont start or seized wheel bearings on trailers because it gets used - parked up for months - then used again, with no maintenance....
D and D said
09:45 PM Jan 12, 2016
Bruce and Bev wrote:
They were very lucky !!
Sounds like a 'van that was well beyond its use by date and.or hadn't been properly serviced. You would expect to pick up that your axles were likely to part company with the rest of the unit if it was checked regularly. But then, look how many boats and boat trailers you see floating around off a boat ramp that wont start or seized wheel bearings on trailers because it gets used - parked up for months - then used again, with no maintenance....
Lot of assumptions, very few facts. Met someone who had cruise master suspension under his 3 month old van and by the time he managed to get it to a servo more than half of the welds holding the suspension onto the frame had broken. Must have poor maintenance do you reckon?
Saw an accident that was a new one for me.
At the end of a 60kph zone going into 100kph zone there was on the right a pair of upright tyres & wheels connected to an axle.
About 70 meters along on the left (off the road ) was a caravan and car. The caravan sitting on its frame.
People were outside the car & moving about obviously unharmed.
I stopped to offer help. They were OK & had called the RACQ so I left.
What got me was how could an axle, wheels, brakes and all come adrift ? And how lucky were they that they came to such a sedate stop without dramatic problems ?
I have my own theories as to what failed but what are the odds?
Lucky people.
( I was not going to take photos as it would likely rubbed salt into very fresh wounds.)
Sounds like a 'van that was well beyond its use by date and.or hadn't been properly serviced. You would expect to pick up that your axles were likely to part company with the rest of the unit if it was checked regularly. But then, look how many boats and boat trailers you see floating around off a boat ramp that wont start or seized wheel bearings on trailers because it gets used - parked up for months - then used again, with no maintenance....
Lot of assumptions, very few facts. Met someone who had cruise master suspension under his 3 month old van and by the time he managed to get it to a servo more than half of the welds holding the suspension onto the frame had broken. Must have poor maintenance do you reckon?
Dave