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Registered: November 2004
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halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Tue, 31 May 2005 16:45
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late last year i went to vic to pick up 2 half-cuts for myself and another dude... we embarked on our journey with a full car trailer, with 4 wheels. we arrived safe about 12 hours later.
anyway we picked up the two cuts and headed for sydney then it started raining hard for a bit so we stopped until it did and got some food. about exactly half way back i was gettin tired so we stopped- i`d been driving for ages and one of my mates was asleep in the back so we woke him up got him some food and a bit of time to become alert - i got in the back and was asleep in 30 seconds...
the next thing i remember was the car swaying and the trailer fishtailing - i got up looked in front and said !slow down! just as i said that some f@#khead in a semi pulled from a truck stop on the left and got in to the far right lane!!! for about 5 seconds or so the whole road was blocked and my mate mashed the brakes, the trailer braked locked, the trailer went sideways, pulled the car sideways and then jacknifed - we slid about 80-100 metres, (down a mild hill) and did a full 180, luckly we stayed on the road, but the trailer popped a tyre and ripped a whole wheel off, and damged the commo a fair bit... we managed to limp home with 3 wheels but i will never tow on the hume highway again!!!
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Location: Bayside Melbourne.
Registered: May 2003
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Tue, 31 May 2005 19:00
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Wow, scary!
How come it took so long to tell the story?
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Registered: November 2004
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Tue, 31 May 2005 21:22
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wrote it at 3am cause i was bored, had to add suspense
every word is true however
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Location: Perth
Registered: August 2003
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Wed, 01 June 2005 00:34
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what halfcuts were they?
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: March 2005
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Wed, 01 June 2005 00:37
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sounds like a freaky situation, glad i wasnt in the car!
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Registered: November 2004
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Wed, 01 June 2005 09:00
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a chaser and a starlet gt
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Location: Perth
Registered: January 2004
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Wed, 01 June 2005 15:59
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Damn, that's one crazy story O_o
maverick wrote on Wed, 01 June 2005 00:45 | some f@#khead in a semi pulled from a truck stop on the left and got in to the far right lane!!!
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Did the guy in the semi at least stop to see if you guys were alright?
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Location: Central Coast, NSW
Registered: February 2005
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Re: halfcut transportation turns nasty
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Thu, 02 June 2005 02:29
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that's what i was wondering...
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