10.03.2014

Big truck mount overturns

A 70 metre truck mounted lift overturned a couple of weeks ago in Western Queensland, Australia, while travelling on a secondary road following recent heavy rains.
Please register to see all images

The lift overturned on soft ground

The lift, a recently delivered Bronto S70XDT owned by Summit Tower Hire of Brendale, near Brisbane, was travelling on a road near Dalby, Western Queensland, when the ground subsided under the wheels on one side of the truck, causing it to overturn onto its side.

Thankfully no one was injured in the incident. The unit was one of four new 70 metre Brontos that the fast growing truck mounted lift specialist has added to its fleet.
Please register to see all images

The soft ground followed heavy rains in Western Australia

UPDATE

The following was received from Peter Wellspring of Summit Tower Hire, which explains what the company has done since the incident:

"Summit Tower Hire prides itself on being the safest truck mounted ewp supplier in Australia. We take this situation extremely seriously and are finalising the investigation with our client at present. Once the investigation is completed Summit Tower Hire will provide a “Safety Bulletin” in relation to the key contributing factors and measures to prevent this event happening to anyone else, this will be distributed to the broader industry to try and reduce the chances of this occurring to any other company. We have already discussed this incident with our major clients and our major competitors in Australia."