Flippin 'eck, were there any bolts holding this MH to the chassis?

[Jev88]

Borrowed from Facebok........ frightening.

In the afternoon of 08/17/20, while traveling on US-395 near the Secret Valley Rest Area, the driver of a motorhome, for unknown reasons, allowed his vehicle to drift to the left off the roadway. The vehicle struck the hillside bordering US-395. The impact caused the entire body of the motorhome to separate from the chassis. The body of the motorhome, including the driver who was still seatbelted in the driver's seat, tipped over on its side onto US-395. Both the body and chassis continuted sliding on the roadway before finally coming to a stop in the lanes of US-395.
Amazingly, no injuries were sustained to the driver! The motorhome, however, made need a little attention....

 

[Vipar]

Don’t trust Silkaflex

 

[The Wino]

It looks fairly new too.

 

[Off da Grid]

We’ve got an Izusu 7.5 ton truck at work that we can put a 3tonne digger on, it drives like a jelly at the best of times.
Our mechanic reckons if it is ever involved in an accident with a digger on the back it’s lickly the digger and body are likely to come off the chassis in one lump.

I used to live near Guildford where the old Dennis truck works was.
As the body works was on a different site to the chassis factory it was a common site to see a man driving the chassis with no body from one site to another with Biggles goggles on and a flying cap.

 

[nicholsong]

Don’t trust Silkaflex

Nor velcro.

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[bigwood]

They used to deliver coach chassis with the driver perched on his seat with no bodywork fitted. They even ran on the motorways like that. I can remember seeing them on the M62. It must have been a bit rough in the winter.
I can’t remember the details but it was stopped after an accident.

 

[scally]

We’ve got an Izusu 7.5 ton truck at work that we can put a 3tonne digger on, it drives like a jelly at the best of times.
Our mechanic reckons if it is ever involved in an accident with a digger on the back it’s lickly the digger and body are likely to come off the chassis in one lump.

I used to live near Guildford where the old Dennis truck works was.
As the body works was on a different site to the chassis factory it was a common site to see a man driving the chassis with no body from one site to another with Biggles goggles on and a flying cap.

bus chassis were delivered like that to Lowestoft bus works back in the 60s

 

[cmcardle75]

It looks fairly new too.

I suspect it was brand new. And they really did forget to bolt the coachwork on. Bathtub reliability curve...

Christian.

 

[Off da Grid]

Friday afternoon model

 

[Lenny HB]

Never have been impress with American build quality.

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[bobnick]

Is it an Auto_Trail??????? It would appear every thing else goes wrong with em..........I am a nervous
Auto_Trail Imala 734 owner

 

[pappajohn]

We’ve got an Izusu 7.5 ton truck at work that we can put a 3tonne digger on, it drives like a jelly at the best of times.
Our mechanic reckons if it is ever involved in an accident with a digger on the back it’s lickly the digger and body are likely to come off the chassis in one lump.

I used to live near Guildford where the old Dennis truck works was.
As the body works was on a different site to the chassis factory it was a common site to see a man driving the chassis with no body from one site to another with Biggles goggles on and a flying cap.

PLAXTON the coach builder, a few miles from us, used to have bare chassis delivered by road in the same way in the 70s.
Driver sat on a makeshift plywood seat wearing an old army greatcoat, a leather helmet and goggles finished off with striking leather gauntlets.
The chassis could come from many, many miles away, probably the Midlands, in all weather's.
Certainly not allowed under H&S rules today even if they could find drivers stupid or desperate enough.

 

[Barclaybasher]

PLAXTON the coach builder, a few miles from us, used to have bare chassis delivered by road in the same way in the 70s.
Driver sat on a makeshift plywood seat wearing an old army greatcoat, a leather helmet and goggles finished off with striking leather gauntlets.
The chassis could come from many, many miles away, probably the Midlands, in all weather's.
Certainly not allowed under H&S rules today even if they could find drivers stupid or desperate enough.

Saw them myself.... safer than riding a motorbike......maybe

 

[bobnick]

Saw them myself.... safer than riding a motorbike......maybe

Been riding a motor bike for 60 years, never killed myself once yet.

 

[bobnick]

Should have used Gorilla Glue

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[pappajohn]

Saw them myself.... safer than riding a motorbike......maybe

Well it's doubtful you'd fall off but last thing you need is a head on crash.... Only the steering wheel to stop you. No seatbelt then. .

 

[Barclaybasher]

Well it's doubtful you'd fall off but last thing you need is a head on crash.

Less traffic then, less speed, less sense, of the danger..... but it looked wrong even then

 

[Janine]

I am sure that I remember a Funster taking delivery of a new moho and was driving it home when the high-top flew off. Apparently it looked like a fibreglass boat sitting on the road.

 

[SuperMike]

Well, it’s not a Winnebago

 

[BusyBuilder]

It'll polish out

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[Littlewheels]

Is it a Demountable

 

[Dorwyn]

bus chassis were delivered like that to Lowestoft bus works back in the 60s

And Rolls Royces to the Mulliner works in Turnham Green, Chiswick. Where I went to college! (Chiswick Poly, not Mulliner)

 

[GWAYGWAY]

PLAXTON the coach builder, a few miles from us, used to have bare chassis delivered by road in the same way in the 70s.
Driver sat on a makeshift plywood seat wearing an old army greatcoat, a leather helmet and goggles finished off with striking leather gauntlets.
The chassis could come from many, many miles away, probably the Midlands, in all weather's.
Certainly not allowed under H&S rules today even if they could find drivers stupid or desperate enough.

I used to see coach chassis coming into Dover for a body build somewhere and I wondered how the driver on his box manage to counterbalance the bloody Great engine unit on the back end without doing wheelies every time he accelerated