What was he thinking.........

[Bushmiller]

Actually he couldn't even get out of the parking bay, and had to unload the timber. I'm going to ask the guy who took the photo what the end result was, I'll see him on Thursday, stay tuned.

A while ago I bought some corrugated iron from Metroll. They had diagrams on the wall explaining loading restrictions, what you could not do and that if you didn't conform to these rules they wouldn't load your vehicle or allow you to drive away if they believed you did not conform to the rules.

In particular, loads carried on the roof were pretty much disallowed although I can't recall the exact detail. There were also resrtictions on utes with "H" racks on them too.

I think it came back to a duty of care type issue and the potential for culpability in the event of an accident. The carrying of awkward loads (more often then not this means long) is an issue for the majority of people. I expect that Bunnings will have to consider this in the near future.

Regards
Paul

[Handyjack]

I heard of a similar story at another Bunnings. Guy on gate told driver who went out gate and did sharp right and parked to adjust the load!

[burraboy]

It's not clear from the photo, but I'm assuming he had a tin of auto paint in there somewhere too.
Paul

Good point. He should have had a couple of feed bags under that end to protect the duco.

[rwbuild]

Cant put brains in statues

[Scott]

Cant put brains in statues

So true!

[Nanigai]

Lost for words

[Chesand]

The heading "What was he thinking?" says it all. He wasn't thinking.

[DJ’s Timber]

Reminds me of this one I snapped from the truck a few years ago.

[sjm]

A similar thing happened at Sunbury Mitre 10 a few years ago, although there was no trailer attached - a family sedan with 6m lengths tied to the roof, and the trailing ends just dragged along the ground. He refused to pay a delivery fee. Cops pulled him over, and the delivery truck ended up going out and picking up the timber, then delivering it, for a fee of course! Photo and story made the local paper.

[The Bleeder]

I don't know what's the problem is here...it's about the first box trailer i've seen where the brake lights worked...

[cava]

I'm presuming you've seen the pic of the WV Jetta with a ton or so of plywood on the roof rack and so many cement bags in the back that the tow bar is scraping the ground????

No. For the uninformed, spill the beans.

[Bushmiller]

Reminds me of this one I snapped from the truck a few years ago.

Certainly paints a poor picture, but you might have to resort to claiming the 5th ammendment on that one .

Regards
Paul

[Bushmiller]

No. For the uninformed, spill the beans.

Here is the Jetta Master Splinter mentioned. I remember checking this out on snopes and I think it was listed as genuine. My memory is that there were also a number of bags of concrete on the back seat too.

Jetta overload.jpg

Also some other instances of over or strange loading .

well loaded 4.jpgwell loaded 2.jpgwell loaded 3.jpg

Regards
Paul

[artme]

Saw a similar thing at a timber yard one time. Bloke got it all loaded and tied down.

Bloke at the yard refused to let him out the gate due to the danger factor.

I wonder if the supplier could be held responsible for anything that happened as a result of this stupidity?

[Bushmiller]

I wonder if the supplier could be held responsible for anything that happened as a result of this stupidity?

Arthur

I think that is exactly the issue in our litigious society .

Regards
Paul