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1962 Corvette falls off transporter.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...472#post189297
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...371#post192609
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...604#post139555
You know, they make chalk blocks to prevent that
Yup --- my first thought was where are the chock blocks...
As we often say - that's not going to buff out...
It rolled right over the wheel chock at the five second mark.
That hurt me to just read the title!!
That car has a special place in my heart. I put an aftermarket wiring harness in one of these years ago. Basically identical to the one in the video. Shame. That's probably the end of that car.
How long have you been doing this :sweating: :smash: what a shame.
I think that was the internal rail transition to the ramp on the back, not a chockQuote:
Originally Posted by bob_3000
I think the guy said “it ran over the chock”. If it was a chock, it sure was a little one.
I used the "Reply with Quote" feature, and the fellow said "It rolled right over the wheel chock at the five second mark."Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
The guy unloading had the car moving too fast, and it also picked up speed as it came out of the truck (that ramp at the 5s mark shows that), and it accelerated from there which means the ramp was tilted low at the back end (not just the last ramp). Either the road was not level or the lift section was not level or the load shift onto the lift section caused the tail of the trailer to fall a small bit or lift the front of the trailer by removing tongue weight as the shift occurred.
Oh the humanity!!!
Could have easily been avoided with a second operator in the driver seat. Slightly different class of auto transport but when I used to haul cars cross country loading and unloading always required a spotter and driver.
Just - PAINFUL to watch
The chock was a small one . . . and only one!
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Notice how the tire is elevated here (on top of the chock) and the right side is flat on the deck.
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His problems started when he let that 3000 plus pound puppy get rolling that quickly while on the outside of the car....it's all down hill from there...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Saltfever
Listen to what the operator says at the twenty second mark "it rolled right over the fu2k!ng chock block!".Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn
I understand that the non-block was identified as a chock block, but just because he says it is a chock block, that does not make it a chock block - just saying...Quote:
Originally Posted by bob_3000
I am sure many of you already know all of this, but it has to be said.
There are lots of ways to use equipment improperly. Sometimes, there is more than one way to use equipment correctly.
It is clear, whatever equipment on hand on that day, it was being used incorrectly. Perhaps they had gotten away with being stupid on previous deliveries. On this day, the odds caught up with them.
A rig like SHOULD have a winch in front to pull the car into position. That which SHOULD have been used in reverse to allow the car to back out under total control while still connected to the winch. When the car was in place on the elevator, the chock should have been set it place. Then brake in the car set and the transmission put into park or a low gear. ONLY THEN should the winch cable be disconnected.
Chocks are not meant to stop a rolling vehicle, they are meant to keep one already stopped from rolling away.
Well, it's his chock block because that's what he called it.
That guy is fired AND broke for a long time paying for that mistake. Not to mention the damage to one of the finest cars ever produced! Even if the lift had a built in "chock" I would carry my own just for that reason. It's never a bad idea to have a secondary failsafe.
