What a ride! both very lucky to have walked away. A shame that the vehicle was you touring wagon with all the extras, but they can be replaced whereas life cant.

Good luck fighting the insurance & hope it all ends well for you.

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Good luck;

JC

Unreal!....you are both very very lucky. Frightening really.
Hope it all sorts itself out in the end.
Good Luck.

Oh Dear G'D'N I feel for you, its a serious shock when it happens, then you've been badly disappointed by your insurance company.

I'm so glad you are here to tell us about it!!! Very best wishes to you, hope you can get some rest and recover. Will be looking forward to updates

Will take you quite a while to get over that. You are now stepping on the merry-go-round of the Insurance companies.  Hold tight and don't let them push you off.  Good luck!!!

 

OMG, how terrifying. This has always been my biggest fear in my years of towing horse floats. Not only do I stress about how we would fare buy also the safety of my beautiful horses. Scary stuff so glad you're OK. I was an insurance sales consultant, so I know they'll use every trick in the book. Keep the screws tight on them, but also keep in mind that you catchmore fflies with honey than with vinegar. If you start getting cranky, keep inmmind, your claim depends on that claims consultant, not just the company themselves. Don't, yell, swear or threaten and keep the nimber of the insurance ombudsman close at hand. You're insurer should have their details. Ask them for the number, so they know you're not going to accept the run around. Good luck, glad you're OK.

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Last Monday I survived a roll over on the Lincoln Highway towing a tandem trailer. I had returned to my Port Lincoln property to collect some Furniture and belongings and the hire tandem furniture trailer had a tyre blow out or flat on the sweeping bend 4 kms from Cowell. Combined with high winds the 12' x 6' trailer flipped taking my Land Rover Discovery with it, and we rolled with my brother and myself landing upside down inside the crushed cabin. We were suspended by our seat belts upside down with the motor still running and much diesel and oil. My brother managed to locate small folding knife in my pocket as my right hand was trapped outside and had gone through the front window. He cut both belts and we dropped on our heads to the upturned roof...

The SES, Ambos and Police were given incorrect information by one of the first on the scene on Lincoln Highway and they went to adjacent Cleve instead of Cowell, so we waited for over 25 minutes in this precarious position as no doors could be opened with the roof crushed..apart from glass splinters as all windows were shattered we incredibly got out with SES and Police shaking their heads after they eventually arrived....we were across the Lincoln Highway and some very decent folk were directing the B Doubles, cars etc round us in the interim....

My Land Rover was set up for round Australia trip with heavy duty shockers springs etc and I think that the 6th wheel, 18" and wide, I had mounted on my roof rack above our heads saved the cabin from crushing completely taking our heads with it...the car was leaning upside down on bonnet to tail with the wheel above us.....

I was travelling at my customary 80/85Km whilst towing anything. I managed to keep the whole rig despite the two flat tyres on trailer relatively straight for about 100 metres by accelerating slightly, not touching my brakes, but the trailer was hopelessly swerving from side to side and I knew I was losing it and told my brother to brace himself...it was almost like slow motion going over....

I relate this in some detail as I have never had an accident and this can happen so easily despite near new vehicle,tyres and heavy duty suspension set up....

I have only just made it to Bendigo and have had to leave my beloved vehicle in a farmers paddock as the Insurance Company cannot send an assessor for a week!..it is obviously a write off......been comprehensively insured with them without claim for many years and I have to say they have been less than helpful and I will only name them,very large Company, if they continue their present attitude....I have had to pay the local crane in cash to remove my vehicle and trailer and also pay local cartage contractor to take the damaged hire trailer back to Adelaide.My furniture was reduced to rubble and the farmer buried the debris on his property with bucket hoe...furniture in transit appearantly is not the same as contents 'situate anywhere in Australia'....I hope to sort this out....

Likewise I have been RAA Silver member with Plus membership for many years without a claim and when I phoned them while standing in the farmers paddock they stated that an accident is not a broken down vehicle and they don't want to know and to take it up with my Insurers....I would have thought they may help with the $590 I paid to remove my car and trailer off the road...they will however pay $55 for one night in the Cowell Hotel as a gesture...if only I had broken down appearantly it would all have been different for them...what if I wasn't insured and relied on their 'Plus'  benefits for a tow off the road at least...

After many adventures I have been able to make it to Bendigo with some salvaged gear from my car....no thanks to Insurance or RAA.....although my Insurance has told me to keep any receipts and they will look at them....private individuals have helped me to get back....

At least we are both alive.....and it could easily have been much much worse.....

I don't know how to post photos on here but one of the first on the scene took some photos of our plight and just emailed them to me. I am happy to post some if anyone is interested in helping post them.....Hoo Roo.

 

 

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Thank you for such a descriptive post .The main thing is that both you and your passenger are safe and well and that no other vehicles or people were involved.cheers Ibbo.

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Just received several photos from farmer who is minding my wrecked vehicle near Cowell S.A.......can you believe the 'Grey Nomad' sticker on the rear window survived on a tiny piece of glass left intact....look closely and you will see on rear right of photo.....proves us 'Grey Nomad' folk are a resilient lot and not to be taken lightly!..or trifled with!..even our identity stickers are survivors!..Lol.........Hoo Roo

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So sad to think we all do the right thing and pay our insurance to have that piece of mind if this unfortunate thing happens to us.And when you need that help it is another stress they (the insurance companies put on you )I understand what your saying regarding the accessor bloke taking a week to access the damage,Just is not good enough all this is never set out in the policies they send you,if it was I for one would not touch that type of policy,Ihad a coming together with a bull/cow twenty odd ks north side of Kunnunurra WA and after 20 odd phn calls the insurance company told me to ring back Monday as this was sunday and they did not take accident reports any more during the weekend ,they were a call centre over the weekend to canvas new cliental. On the Monday after many phn calls I was told the accessor would not be up in that area for another two two weeks or so..Long story short  !! I ended up paying to have the damage repaired myself and changed my insurer by the end of the week.

Keep your chin up and head down and preserver from someone who was to damn mad to do that.

-- Edited by herbie on Monday 8th of July 2013 11:34:29 AM

Good of you to write such an excellent post, Goldy. It's something we can all benefit from. Like everyone else here, I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune but also glad you managed to survive without physical injury. I hope getting back in the saddle won't be difficult. You ain't finished the trip yet.

hi mate glad your ok
are you still in bendigo , we left bendigo 6 mths ago sold our house to our son you would be welcome to stay there if you need a bed and somewhere to stay contact me i can give you our sons address

The problem with insurance companies is they ALWAYS have an excuse as to why they will not pay a claim in the first instance and most people walk away and do not continue with the claim, changing your insurance is not the answer, the next one will do the same, they want their money on the due date but when it comes time to make a payout you have to wait until they are ready or not get anything at all.

Good to hear you are both ok.

Clare you must have been in the right place at the right time, so glad you weren't hurt!.

The NRMA were a lot slower than that when I rolled the Kia Sorrento. It was out in the mountains, had to wait till the tow-truck could go and bring it into Canberra before assessment. Then there was argument that it was insured for greater than its value... they'd happily accepted the premiums for that amount though! Then they wanted the seats (which had been taken out to make room for camping gear) to be returned... ok, fair enough.

Took nearly 3 weeks, but they paid the full amount. The GPS wasn't covered (it was stolen from the wreck), but we salvaged most of the other gear.

You gotta have a luggage barrier/cage!.