This is what happened to a guys 4x4 on one of the Landrover forums i use.

He'd parked illegally in Camden, and the dopey lorry driver tried to lift his landy.

EPIC FAIL

 

lol lol

oh dear

 

where do you stand with things like this? could they just say "well we woud have had to lift it if it was parked legally" or do they have to fork out?

 

remember seeing something like this about a merc though

 

Thats a big FAIL if ever i saw one

 

Oops That should be a nice insurance claim

 

Criminal damage iirc

 

lmfao!!!!!

 

i would deffo not be happy at all!

 

How big is your sig, ....que sig police!!!

 

I'll PM the chap, see what the outcome was.

 

errr yeah didnt think it would be that big!! still trying to work stuff out

 

Absolute bell cheds just leave it be your gettin 20-30 odd quid if not more you thieves bloody traffic wardens!!! that is pretty funny tho

 

fook me how big is your sig quick fone the sig police

 

Shocking!!

 

what the car or the guy aboves sig size!

 

happens ALOT belive it or not, one time was a brand new XKR that some rich bird owned,,, the tosser CRUSHED the roof on the lorry by pulling the wrong lever an panicing, she had the MD of the parking groups APCOA BMW 5 series whilst her car was being reshelled

also a merc had a blowout and slipped off the rings,, car was held up by 3 on a angle and was swung literally on the back of the truck before it went over

there was also a porsche dropped back on the floor and the shock went though the top mounts too

this was the stuff i was told about when training the new recruits, there must be even more too

 

hope that bloke got a good payout,that must be one heavy land rover for a hi-ab not able to lift it

 

Your doing it wrong. Lol.

 

LMAO that pic reminds me of this video http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPJ4XnL9H4

a Maserati is parked outside a building site restricting access, so one smart soul decides to lift it out the way on the cherry picker.....well watch the vid for the outcome

 

they aint ment to lift anything over a 5 series due ti the combined weight,,,, unless its a HGV hiab,,,, which they aint got many of

 

wtf is a 90 defender doin in the middle of london anyway!! should be in the yorkshire dales bogged up to the axles in mud!!

 

maybe cause someone wants to have one but lives in london, why does someone own a car that does 150mph when the limit is 70 on motorways,,,,, shouldnt the car be left on a race track ?

 

it was suposed to be a joke m8.. i forgot the laughin smillie..

 

sorry mate, i get fucked of with comments about " why do you need to own this" by the scum sucking council who uses the car as a excuse to DOUBLE my garage rent AND charge me THREE times the renewal rate for my fucking res permit JUST TO BE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE ROAD,,, and the reason they gave was " in london we feel that you only need a small engine car for the enviroment"

shame the cunts aint using the revenue for the enviroment,,,,, but instead FUNDING THE FUCKING COUNCIL,,,,,, dinosaurs didnt own fucking cars,,,,,, and they FROZE to death,,, IM STOPING THE BIG FREEZE THAT KILLED ON DINO AND HES MATES BACK IN THE DAY !!!!!

 

lol it's a fookin joke m8..

i've got it lucky being tucked up away in the shetland's..

 

i KNOW its a joke now,,,, as i mentioned im just feeling a little sore due to my 25 quid a week garage rent i now have to pay,,,, i was trying to appologise with my explanation

 

i know m8. that's fookin rediculous! you stay in london then?

 

by the looks of it he still managed to get the car in the parking space!

 

i live in central london,,,, where the council is fucking over thre residents but 9-% of em are minted so dont give a fuck,,,,, just me and a few poor others who do !

 

I dont think it was the weight.

MY 110 weighs 2.3 ton and that has a hiab and a big winch bumper on.

So im guessing the 90 can only weigh 1.5-1.75 ton.

The issue is landrovers do not have a "normal" handbrake yhere a cable goes to the rear brakes, as these would get ripped off when off road.

As the landys are permant 4x4, the handbrake is actually built into a drum at the center of the chassis where the front and rear propshafts join the transfer box.

So although all 4 wheels are braked with the hand brake, rather than be locked solid, the "play" in the propshaft uj's and differentials. means the with the handbrake on the wheels can rotate back and forth about 1/5 of a turn.

hence why when the landy was lifted the wheels turned and it tipped.

If you watch a landrover park up, you will see normally when the driver gets out and removes their foot from the brake you will see the car roll fowards a few inches. ive scared a few people before, as they think you havnt put the hand brake on when u jump out.

 

I will find out, tho looking at the picture the only thing touching the ground is the tow bar, so possibly no structural damage.

just obviously the oil and diesel, which could have damaged the interior.

 

Does that mean that if you don't put the handbrake on they can't lift the car? I don't use mine... just leave it in gear.

 

Doesn't the tow bar and it's components attacto structural parts of the vehicles sub frame?

 

I dont think (as the picture suggestes) they are educated enought to know then some 4x4's ie landrovers have this sort of handbrake system.

You could leave yours in gear with out the hand brake, but id hate to think what would havven if it got shunted or lifted = bent valve.

its a landrover, it dont have a sub frame!
Underneath all that painted rivetetd alluminumn body is this


the adjustable hitch attaches to the back plate on the chassis rear crossmember



You could lift a landrover buy its towbar with out any damage to the chassis. Have seen it done buy the army at displays.

Mine has has some right abuse over the years, and also its car bumper height....keeps the tail gaters at bay!!

 

mate you DO understand hpw the hiab lifts a car dont you ?

the wheels cant turn due to the car being LIFTED by them, cant rotate a wheel when they tryes are locked with friction, front wheels also are able to free wheel,,,, its OBVIOUS that its been lifted and the balance aint been set right,,, the arm moves alot to centre the weight due to cars not all having 50/50 weight, its gone too and and lost it to physics, its nothing to do with a hand brake being applied and wheels turning

watch one of em in action and see just how much adjustment there is with em

 

bottom line is, camdens lorrys are all hgv, its a clear case of he pulled the wrong leaver.
i fear this ever day of my working life......