Our motorhome made a hole and then fell into it! (1 Viewer)

[Mack100]

I drove onto the service area at the campsite to discharge the grey stuff and empty the cassette, suddenly there was a loud crunching sound and the beast lurched to the left.
My wife who had been guiding me over the grating was standing there mouth agape and shocked, even Archie the schnauzer knew something was wrong.
Apparently I'd driven over a weakened patch of concrete which had given way dropping the wheel into the hole.
Fortunately the hole was not so big so the whole wheel didn't drop down completely otherwise there would have been massive damage done.
The highly embarrassed owner and his wife gathered their mates around and after 2 hours of much engineering with timbers and huge trolley jacks we were vertical again, no damage to tyre or moho done.

Turns out they've only been here 3 months. They gave us a few beers, had a few themselves and suggested we stayed another night, no charge.
Not being one to turn down a freebie we agreed
We're going for dinner now at their restaurant, wonder if they'll throw in a bottle of vin?

 

[ChrisL]

What no pictures? And where are you

 

[Lenny HB]

Lucky escape, I imagine you were fearing the worst when you got it out.

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[movan]

That crunching sound is the worst sound in the world

 

[Mack100]

What no pictures? And where are you

My wife whipped out the iPhone sharpish like so it's all documented.
We're in the dordogne but it's been so hot we're heading north, night before last was 30 degrees in the van!

 

[Mack100]

That crunching sound is the worst sound in the world

Sort of like a bone crunching......euchhhhh

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[GWAYGWAY]

At least you didn't drop backwards into the Merde-hole , ten foot down and having to swim for it. It could have been a sinkhole, or even a BOG-hole, be thankful.

 

[Mack100]

At least you didn't drop backwards into the Merde-hole , ten foot down and having to swim for it. It could have been a sinkhole, or even a BOG-hole, be thankful.

There was some very questionable murky liquid in the bottom of the hole.

Lucky escape, I imagine you were fearing the worst when you got it out.

When it started to list to starb'd I really thought we'd had it.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Mmmm, sounds like you have concussion and a bad case of whiplash.
Best make the call...

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[KeithChesterfield]

This is what happened to us when the MH dropped 3 inches into sand - about a dozen French people, a tow car and 40 minutes to get it out -

 

[movan]

Mmmm, sounds like you have concussion and a bad case of whiplash.
Best make the call...

Yeah ... and I'm sure that tooth was much straighter beforehand ... and their sex life isn't what it was before ... and his memory is suffering a little bit.

( I hope they remember who gave them all this advice, once the cheque comes through.)

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Yeah ... and I'm sure that tooth was much straighter beforehand ... and their sex life isn't what it was before ... and his memory is suffering a little bit.

Errr,
That sounds like me you have described and I have not even had a crash...

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[denisejoe]

when i lived in Erith about 16 years ago came home from work and noticed a small hole in the tarmac, for some reason couldn't let it go so went back with a broom, it only just fitted in hole but went all the way to the head. Called the council who said they'd get someone down within the next few days until I told them how deep it was. Funny they turned up in 15 minutes!

They coned the road off and next day turned up with digger and took 2 tipper loads to fill it.

Joe

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Was building a bridge and road in Portsmouth about 25 years ago and this chap with a Land Rover defender turns up to collect a compressor to tow back to his yard, I said to him you won't be able to get out over the other side so best reverse out as he drove of he said don't worry these Landys will go anywhere.

5 minutes later he is walking back down asking for a tow out when we went up the site the Landy had disappeared down a hole we had dug out and only the compressor was visible..
He's boss was not very happy..

 

[Kingham]

That crunching sound is the worst sound in the world

Is that speaking from experience ? Sounds like it might be

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[Mrsambulancekidd]

That crunching sound is the worst sound in the world

Depends what yer crunchin........

 

[TheBig1]

one of our labourers put the back twin wheels of a transit tipper loaded with gravel through a broken manhole cover in a builders merchants. did some serious damage to the truck as i recall. smashed the rear light and panel and damaged the axle. we had to send another truck and transfer the load. it then took a forklift and a bigger wagon to pull it free

these days it would be a h&s disaster costing days of lost business. back then we just sorted the problem quickly and moved on.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

Imagine what fun you could have if you get one of those 'we are phoning about the recent road traffic accident you had'........

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[mike mcglynn]

A tanker driver told me that he was delivering fuel oil to a farm that he had not been to before and parked his wagon on the road to the house, to ask where the tanks were and when he was walking to the front door he heard a loud noise and turned round to see his wagon slowly turning over, he had parked on a large culvert which simply could not take the weight I asked him what did he do he answered I got my pipe out and had a long smoke

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

That crunching sound is the worst sound in the world

Naa, the worst sound in the world is when you drop a £2 coin and you hear it rolling then a splash as it falls down the drain

 

[pappajohn]

one of our labourers put the back twin wheels of a transit tipper loaded with gravel through a broken manhole cover in a builders merchants. did some serious damage to the truck as i recall. smashed the rear light and panel and damaged the axle. we had to send another truck and transfer the load. it then took a forklift and a bigger wagon to pull it free

these days it would be a h&s disaster costing days of lost business. back then we just sorted the problem quickly and moved on.

Similar mishap a few years ago.
Working in a fire damaged property on Scarborough's esplanade when the 10ton builders merchants truck pulled up.
Now this building has an access tunnel, blocked off now at each end but still there, which runs from the property, under the road and emerges in the public gardens on the seaward side.
On the verge outside the property is one of those large rectangular bottle bottom glass manhole covers to allow light into the tunnel.....at least there was.
The driver reversed onto the verge and never saw it.
Both O/S rear wheels in the resulting hole, chassis sat on the verge and axle resting on what was left of the manhole concrete frame.
Took an HGV recovery truck about 1 hour to get him back on the road due to parked cars blocking his way.
That was an expensive materials drop.
Oh how we laughed

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[TheBig1]

Naa, the worst sound in the world is when you drop a £2 coin and you hear it rolling then a splash as it falls down the drain

you bored /@Wee Bold Davy ?? waking up old threads

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

you bored /@Wee Bold Davy ?? waking up old threads

Yip. not been out the door for 3 days because of the snow