Got this news from Mitch... glad this wasn't you!
... new KW truck that rolled.

Logging truck rolls in Wairarapa | Stuff.co.nz

 

Sounds like the driver will make it. Wish the picture would show the incline. Can't tell just what kind of pitch it has from that photo.

 

They don't build those any to wide overe there do they? I saw a few logs but not many, wonder where they all ended up? Just think your out for a nice drive with your honey in 4 wheeler or on a bike comeing up the hill and you meet that comeing down!!

 

Repete, I was looking at several reports.
This one has this couple, right in the middle of this accident coming downhill. 'Lucky' couple have close call when logging truck... | Stuff.co.nz

this report tells more about the driver. Sounds like this driver's pretty tough. You gotta read this story>> Raymond Ratima Survivor In Logging Truck Accident | Stuff.co.nz

 

WOW He is a tough old bird fur sure! 40 years of driveing exp. and he had this happen, just goes to show it could happen any time anyplace to anyone! Hope he's back in the seat soon.

 

road not to bad ,his load was blue gum pretty heavy stuff 30foot lenghts on trailer so 4foot high at most ,truck have 20foot lenghts so bout same hieght 45ton all up.stock trucks common on that back country road carry same wieght but 14foot high,be pedal to the metal i think

 

I agree, I think he lost control of the back trailer, and that's all she wrote.

 

boss sitting on back trailer wheel oh not very happy

 

I was thinking that the story said steep grade, but the pictures do not show what I normally see in a "steep" downgrade.

Back when "Corn Flake" was still in business, I saw several with the rear trailer on it's side, but the tractor and first trailer were upright. (No, I did not inspect the driver's undergarments for dark matter) Of those I got to talk to someone, the driver was on the brakes. Wheels tend to stop "tracking" when they stop turning. So, if he was going too fast on a damp road, the trailer would lose it's grip on the road surface. And, that's not a corner I would want to take at any speed.

Age and experience is no exemption from misjudging the road.

 

My guess is he had more of a top heavy issue.
I bet that trailer got going over, and there was nothing he could do to correct, just hang onto something.

Here's a picture of those Burling Transport trucks.
We would use double trailers... but these trucks are built different.

Truck Photos - 8 Burling Transport Kenworth K104Gs