Two Bogged Excavators

Sent in by a reader the week before last. According to the email, these two excavators got bogged on the same section of road about 500m apart. The wooden logs they put down in front of the tracks just went straight underneath the mud.

Broken Rear Axle

Interesting photo sent in this week by a reader. We've had a few axles failures on the site before, but never one this complete.

Lightning Strike on 777

Another great set of photos sent in by a reader of a lightning strike on a 777. From the incident report:

"On July 15, 2012 at approximately 2300 hours driver of 777F haul truck was parked at the 1135 waste dump waiting out an electrical storm.  Truck was struck by lightning causing significant damage to the rear of the truck.  One left side outside duel was propelled away from the truck approximate 250 meters.  The rim of this tire was another 50 meters further.  All 4 rear tires were blown out and cab windows shattered.  Driver exited the truck as quickly as he could and ran away to a safe distance from the truck."

"Driver exited the truck as quickly as he could." Gee, ya think?

EX1800 Into Overpass

Another one sent in by a reader. At the Oak Hill mine in Texas, USA. April, 2010.

Fire on Cross-Pit Spreader

Lots of great photos came in this week, it was tough to pick the first one to put up. These pictures are of a fire on a cross-pit spreader, and occurred at the Big Brown Mine, in Fairfield Texas, on November 2008.

Bogged 1850

Sent in this week by a reader. According to the email, they thought it could be pulled out by a D10!

793 vs Drill Rig

Received these photos a couple of weeks ago, but with no description or location. Judging by the marks behind the truck, it looked like it might have just come around a corner.

Landslip Onto Ute and Excavator

Today's photos come from the sunny land of NZ. From the description: A hillside failed after heavy rain and pushed a ute against an excavator. The mechanic welding a hand rail in place narrowly avoided getting crushed. The ute was written off, but the excavator and welder survived.

Excavator on Side

Dragline Bench Failure

Another dragline bench failure from the past. Does anyone know what site it's from?