PC overturns on highway ..

[brownmonster]

"RnR rear door - ok for service"

I bet it was a Harrowing experience.

 

[clean hairy]

If that picture isn't a testament to why our trucks should be made of more than a recycled soda can I don't know what is. Alluminum is fine for the side panels but they need to put a steel skeleton. Yes it will be heavier but safer.

P.S. In the second picture it looks like a female ups driver with her face in her hands sitting down on the ground.

You notice how the nosepiece of the truck is not far from the one sitting with the hands in her face?

 

[rod]

Damn---those things break apart like a stepped on saltine cracker. No protection what so ever. Be safe out there people. It actually looks like if the truck was empty there would be nothing left but a frame with wheels sticking up.

 

[oldngray]

There is a steel cage to protect the cab (a crappy one) but the cargo area is just an aluminum and fiberglass sardine can.

 

[Rainman]

Driver suffered non life threatening injuries. Cab molded around him in crash. Took 20 minutes to cut him out. 30+ year employee. Got cut off by merging traffic, ran through guard rail, several small trees, flipped when front wheels hit the ditch.

 

[clean hairy]

Hope a full recovery is in the future for this Driver!

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

The chassis is but is the frame of the box in the back?

The frame is the only steel of any significance I'm aware of apart from the bumpers these days. Nice that it's at least galvanized now on the Freightliners. When you get dissimilar metals together you get corrosion issues.

 

[Notretiredyet]

These trucks are tanks as long as the rubber side is down, when it's isn't all hell breaks loose. We really need to address the cab integrity issue, for a company that preaches safety a steel roll cage would seem logical. Phase the roll cage trucks in as the crippler hi step manual trans and steering trucks are retired. Put this on the lists of things to do in next contract.

 

[Rainman]

Hope a full recovery is in the future for this Driver!

Fractured jaw, fractured vertebrae in neck, abrasion on eye. Expected to recover fully to be able to return to work. Or he may decide to go ahead and retire. He has enough time in.

 

[ManInBrown]

WOW

 

[ManInBrown]

Parts on order

OK to run