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eddiewhiteley
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Registered: 10th Mar 05
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   23rd Apr 05 at 10:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i was working last night and the two rear near side wheels decided to part company with the 7.5 tonne armoured van i was in!doing about 60 on m6 near wigan when they fell off,nearly pooed myself and the police werent happy our recovery took 2 and half hours to turn up!didnt get home til midnight either
Colin
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Graham
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MatthewR
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23rd Apr 05 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Coulod have been much worse mate!!!!
eddiewhiteley
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23rd Apr 05 at 10:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

one wheel ended up in the central res and one in the slow lane,lucky no one was injured!thought the van was gonna roll,credit to the driver who remained quite calm though
langey
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trevor jones recover you? if they did your in for a huge bill
AndyW
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23rd Apr 05 at 16:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

armoured van? was u carrying money?
maybe u was gonna get robbed n sum1 untightened ur wheel nuts on purpose

..........maybe not
eddiewhiteley
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23rd Apr 05 at 16:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats what the police thought, did have a lot of money on it,but after sittin in the police car with the copper goin on an on about how long the recovery was takin i would have let anyone come and tow it away
VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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23rd Apr 05 at 17:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Those Transit/Sprinter Vans? Do they weigh 7.5 T?


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23rd Apr 05 at 18:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Those Transit/Sprinter Vans? Do they weigh 7.5 T?


they do when their "armoured"
VegasPhil
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23rd Apr 05 at 19:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I didn't think they'd weight that much I wonder if they upgrade the brakes an stuff


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