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Having wheel alignment done today turned into a bad day....
Well I have had different day today, took the disco into pro tyre today in Exeter to have the wheel alignment.
I was in the waiting room and we all heard a big bang, and the ramp had collapsed on a corner! Just missing the guy about to go under it! Disco stayed on it just.
As it was so dangerous they had to call the fire service. And then all this!
Then after cutting the ramp and two forklifts and 6hours later, it was down.
Disco is still there and going to landrover for full check over and new rear bumper as they scratched on forklift getting it down and alignment.
Of course all this is free of charge!
The bad thing about all this, is the ramp was serviced and signed off a week ago!
Thank god the guy is ok!
Now I have this to drive.
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16th Sep 2014 8:00 pm
therealboss
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Lucky for the guy working on it, good to hear he is fine.
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Crazy! At least nobody was hurt - lucky Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
16th Sep 2014 8:04 pm
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Shocking! Glad its all ended well. Could have been a very bad day.
16th Sep 2014 8:05 pm
Robbie
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Eeek, glad nobody was hurt as you don't want to keep a D3 when it has taken a life!
Good news that it is getting a full check by a dealer. The scratches are trivia but damage underneath can change the geometry to the point that a write-off is required.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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16th Sep 2014 8:18 pm
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Glad the guy was OK But I'm sure you could have just reversed off there Cheers Ian
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16th Sep 2014 8:24 pm
dsd1036
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Sod that
Good job no one was underneath
Mines going to need alignment soon once steering arms and track rods are replaced,think i'll wait a bit until the thoughts of this happening to mine have disappeared from my mind
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16th Sep 2014 8:29 pm
DK.44
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Robbie wrote:
Eeek, glad nobody was hurt as you don't want to keep a D3 when it has taken a life!
Good news that it is getting a full check by a dealer. The scratches are trivia but damage underneath can change the geometry to the point that a write-off is required.
This is why I said I wanted the dealer to check it and no one else! Hopefully all is fine, but you never know with it being dropped down like this!
Like I said, just glad the guy is fine!
16th Sep 2014 8:36 pm
yogi972
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Four post looks kinda flimsy to be cArrying that kinda vehicle IMO
16th Sep 2014 9:07 pm
Robbie
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Hindsight set to stun.
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thought it should have a safety lock so this doesn't happen -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
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16th Sep 2014 9:23 pm
Scarab
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Glad nobody was hurt and that it seems to be being dealt with in the proper way.
"These things do 'appen"
16th Sep 2014 9:26 pm
MarkOne
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Doesn't say much for the garages ramp service, the collars must have sheared off as this just shouldn't have happened.
Can't see how anything underneath your D3 will be damaged as it wasn't that extreme.
16th Sep 2014 9:32 pm
astonbuilder
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Scarab wrote:
"These things do 'appen"
That's not exactly a 'zero tolerance' attitude to accident prevention.
I'd pity the fool that used those words at shift handover in JLR.......
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Shocking! Glad its all ended well. Could have been a very bad day.
