jayson Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Time to get a Bigger Wrecker! Ok, we got the car...let's get the other wrecker now! O...o...oohhh No!! Who's gonna explain this one to the insurance guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I think the owner of the first car really wished he/she hadn´t gotten out of bed that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 A pity the last ones a fake - but I like them anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeagle Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 thank you that made me realize my day is not so bad after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayson Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 A pity the last ones a fake - but I like them anyway how do you know it is a fake? We you the driver of the car, Andy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 It was in the UK - but no, not me. To many clues .... Look where the red car is in the first series of pictures ... moved in the second, only to return ... What about the white RIB next to the red fishing boat? There in the first series, gone .... only to reappear in the last pic. Compare where all the people are standing in the last of the first series, and the last of the second series .... exactly the same place - amazing What about the splash from the first recovery vehicle falling back in - oddly there is none .... any more clues wanted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayson Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Ok, fine, but you got to admit, it still looks like a bad day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I agree - as I said - I like it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Tim Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) Definitely a fake. The physics given the comparitive sizes of the trucks, the distance the green truck is from the edge, the length of the crane on the green truck, the length of the support leg on the green truck, and the depth of the water just don't work out. To get the truck up on it's side would suggest a pivot action, but there's no good pivot point. If the red truck was really too heavy I would expect the crane or the support leg on the green truck to break, but the distance from the green truck to the water along with the depth of the water (the red truck can only fall so far, and can therefore only pull the green truck so far) would prevent the green truck from falling in. And if you've ever seen one of those heavy duty trucks in action you know they can lift semis out of swamps, so a flatbed with a little crane on it shouldn't be a problem. The red truck, by comparison, did not have a support leg, was right on the edge, and the car it was lifting had a long way to fall. So the guy in the red truck had a bad day. The guy in the green truck had a very profitable day, assuming that he did not also own the red truck. Edited March 24, 2006 by timhodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Still funny, faked or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellybellydotnet Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 If anyone still questions the validity of the last photo, well... Snopes.com called it out as a fake: ht*p://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/crane.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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