Ford Expedition, destroyed by dumb workers
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A minor fender-bender. The price you pay for living in NYC. I hope that plow was broken, and not stuck.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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A minor fender-bender. The price you pay for living in NYC. I hope that plow was broken, and not stuck.
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I'm not sure the endloader was broke. It may be that he lost the right side drive on it, but you wouldn't lose both the front and rear drive on the right side. You can independently brake them, but for the most part it looked like the driver just didn't have a lot of experience with that kind of unit. It's amazing what you can use the bucket to do to move one of those when stuck, believe me I've had to push myself out of a few sinkholes using the bucket.DKG999
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Actually it'a loader, not a plow. All they had to do is disconnect the drive shaft and tow the machine. Pretty simple to do in less than 10-15 minutes. The way these machines are designed it would allow free pivot of the axles. That counter-weight probably destroyed the rear end of that vehicle, repairs will cost.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
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SolidSqual wrote: »You're a moron . . . and I'm too tired to explain why.
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That is a very entertaining video.
I wouldn't expect the damages to the SUV to be that bad though. Rear gate and window, bumper and rebar, new quarter and possibly quarter glass, front bumper cover. 1 tail light assembly, body work on the right side doors and paint. Obviously it's tough to estimate based on a birds-eye view, but I'd be surprised if the damage was much worse than that. -
Wow. Agreed, what incredible idiots.That is a very entertaining video.
I wouldn't expect the damages to the SUV to be that bad though. Rear gate and window, bumper and rebar, new quarter and possibly quarter glass, front bumper cover. 1 tail light assembly, body work on the right side doors and paint. Obviously it's tough to estimate based on a birds-eye view, but I'd be surprised if the damage was much worse than that.
Umm, and that wouldn't be that bad because it would be...uhh...cheap to repair??
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That's a lot of snow, and they allow packing on both sides?
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LOL. "Hold my beer, I want to try something":eek:I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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That is completely outrageous!! You would have to be a complete idiot to allow that to happen!!!
Call me crazy, but I think a better solution would have been to track down the owner of the SUV, and kindly ask them to move it...rather than say "ahh screw it" and just tearing the hell out of the SUV.That is a very entertaining video.
I wouldn't expect the damages to the SUV to be that bad though. Rear gate and window, bumper and rebar, new quarter and possibly quarter glass, front bumper cover. 1 tail light assembly, body work on the right side doors and paint. Obviously it's tough to estimate based on a birds-eye view, but I'd be surprised if the damage was much worse than that.
Explain to me how exactly you're considering the damage to that SUV to be "not that bad". That whole situation could have been handled completely differently, and without any damage to that SUV. I hope the people responsible for that got a very hefty fine, because that was completely inexcusable.The nirvana inducer-
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With more than a foot of snow, I don't think any of those car owners would be able to 'kindly move' their vehicles to allow the end loader to get out easier. I also don't think there was any problem with the loader. You could see front and rear wheels spinning on the right side. I think the driver was just inexperienced and got into a spot they couldn't get out of. The city will end up compensating the SUV driver. No big deal. This kinda stuff happens all the time when there is a blizzard. That's why most communities in the snow belt have ordinances that require cars to be off the streets after a certain time at night. I don't know if NYC has something like this. If so, the city might not even be responsible.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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Oh yeah, no big deal when someone causes probably 10 grand of damage to your car just because they don't know what they're doing. No big deal. Wow.
Anyone who's ever had body work done knows a car is never the same afterwards. Certainly not something I'd shrug off.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
It was a frickin' snow emergency! I say no big deal because it is just a car and regardless of whether the car is the same after repair or not, it can be compensated for. Governments have huge insurance policies to cover this kinda stuff. Its not like there was any loss of life in this ordeal.
EDIT: Reading on the various news sights, the SUV was actually a City owned vehicle, so in the end, it really is NO BIG DEAL!For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore... -
No big deal, except for the fact that the operator of the endloader obviously isn't trained or competent to a level that protects public safety.DKG999
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The driver of the tow truck is at fault as well. I showed the video to friend of mine who has been in and around all aspects of the towing business for over 50 years. He had two words for the tow guy...LAZY IDIOT. He could have easily used the boom to pull the endloader sideways and avoid the car altogether. It might have taken another ten minutes of work.
Even if it is a city owned vehicle and insurance covers the damage...somebody has to pay for that...and it could have been avoided with a little more effort."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
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So...where did the video go?????
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Bottom line- long hours, most likely a few players off the bench, and
you get stuff like this. They most likely WEREN'T experienced at what
they were doing. Or dead tired and didn't care. This is where
all city budgets are going. Minor crap in the big picture.
I'm sure they did a lot worse stuff when nobody was looking."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
It was a frickin' snow emergency! I say no big deal because it is just a car and regardless of whether the car is the same after repair or not, it can be compensated for. Governments have huge insurance policies to cover this kinda stuff. Its not like there was any loss of life in this ordeal.
EDIT: Reading on the various news sights, the SUV was actually a City owned vehicle, so in the end, it really is NO BIG DEAL!
How is it any different? Either it's a personal vehicle and the city is paying for it, which means THE TAXPAYERS are paying for it, or it's a gov't vehicle, and the same thing.
It could have easily been avoided if the people involved had been paying attention to what they were doing. And this snow emergency nonsense is just that - nonsense. Not every street is "no parking" during a snow emergency, especially someplace like New York where that would be absolutely impossible unless you dumped all the cars into the East River.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
My point about the snow emergency was that it was a difficult situation with deep snow and the workers putting in long hours. The City was also getting a lot of flack for not clearing the streets fast enough. Under those circumstances, the incident above is really not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. For a city of 8 million, I'm sure the average resident is probably more concerned with getting the snow cleared than with one city vehicle getting damaged due to careless snow removal crews.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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I understand what you're saying Bill, and you're right that in the "grand scheme" of things it's not a huge deal. But crushing a car wasn't their only option; with just a little more attention and thought they could have accomplished what they were doing without a problem.
And they chose their job, and get paid for the hours they put in; long hours isn't an excuse for being careless and costing people thousands of dollars. Though I admit that I care much less knowing it's a city vehicle; at least someone didn't go out to their car and find it destroyed, I guess.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
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comfortablycurt wrote: »Explain to me how exactly you're considering the damage to that SUV to be "not that bad". That whole situation could have been handled completely differently, and without any damage to that SUV. I hope the people responsible for that got a very hefty fine, because that was completely inexcusable.
The extent of damage has nothing to do with how easily avoidable the incident was. That loader could have easily written the vehicle off with it's size/weight. But it clearly didn't. Not even close. Therefore, the damage, as far as vehicular accidents go, isn't that bad.audiobliss wrote: »Umm, and that wouldn't be that bad because it would be...uhh...cheap to repair??
Relative to most repairable wrecks I see, yes, it would be fairly cheap to repair. Especially, if it was done at a smaller privately owned shop. Even cheaper if they used parts off of total-loss vehicles (rear gate with glass, bumper, re-bar, and taillight off of an Excursion that suffered a front impact). Bam: a fixed ****-end for under a grand. Bonus if it's the same colour.
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Weird, video was taken out.
Anyway here it is again
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That link in post #25 explains a lot. They all had bad attitudes. Maybe the city should fire the whole lot of them. I doubt the unions would let that happen though.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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With more than a foot of snow, I don't think any of those car owners would be able to 'kindly move' their vehicles to allow the end loader to get out easier.
You can't seriously tell me that a big **** Ford Expedition that was almost definitely 4 wheel drive, wouldn't have been able to pull out of a foot of snow with a little bit of finesse.The nirvana inducer-
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comfortablycurt wrote: »You can't seriously tell me that a big **** Ford Expedition that was almost definitely 4 wheel drive, wouldn't have been able to pull out of a foot of snow with a little bit of finesse.
If it had tires in as bad of shape as the ones on my car.... not a chance!
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That link in post #25 explains a lot. They all had bad attitudes. Maybe the city should fire the whole lot of them. I doubt the unions would let that happen though.
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comfortablycurt wrote: »You can't seriously tell me that a big **** Ford Expedition that was almost definitely 4 wheel drive, wouldn't have been able to pull out of a foot of snow with a little bit of finesse.
It was actually more like 2 feet. So no, I don't think so. At least not without serious meaty tires, which I rarely, if ever see on Expeditions.
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