Rolloff truck in sand

No pictures because:
1. Didn't have the camera with me (and)
2. Some things are better left without pictorial evidence.

Had a clean-out today where I take just the metal for the contractor. He gets first pick and I get what I want of what's left. I get there about 9:30. A 40 yard roll-off dumpster was supposed to be there by 8:00. It wasn't and nobody was in a good mood.

Now this is a "camp" (as in rich people's summer house) development on a lake in Maine. The road is partly paved but by this house, it's dirt. The whole road is one "lane" and just wide enough for my 3/4 ton pickup. The side of the road to this house drops off at about 25 degrees and overgrown grass. The road approach to the house is uphill. The rolloff company has been called and "reminded" that delivery was supposedly guaranteed for 8:00 which they deny. It shows up about 10:00. (Significant - the truck is a triple-axle on the rear.)

The driver looks over the situation. He says he's delivered and picked up in this area several times before. He pulls up the hill and backs at a 45 degree angle into the yard (remember the dropoff?). Decides that's not a good place to drop it. Pulls forward to get back on the road and come in at another spot. Oops - The back axle is digging into the sand/dirt. The right wheel of the middle axle is trying to dig a hole - the left wheel is barely touching. The front (first) axle is waving in the air. Backs into the yard to get a run. Same results. Two more tries before it digs deep enough to get a good bite and come out (protesting). I kept wondering how big a wrecker it'd take and how he'd get around to the front of the truck. The best way I could figure would be to back in, run the rotator boom out and hook to the rear of the rolloff. Then lift the rear of the truck onto the road. Luckily, we didn't need to go that route. Now he comes into a different spot backing at 90 degrees to the road. Looks like it's going to work pretty good till I notice the overhead power lines. He backs in and starts raising the boom to get the roll-off to slide off. It won't slide enough so he pulls forward to get it to sliding. Raise boom-pull forward; raise boom-pull forward. The boom is now higher than the power lines which are at an angle running in front of the boom. He's supposed to know what he's doing so I just stand there watching for potential fireworks when he hooked those lines. Fortunately, he got the roll-off loose with about a foot to spare. Still had to back up into the roll-off to get the boom lowered



I have no idea how they're going to get it loaded back onto the truck.

Originally Posted by Kochy

HA! We ordered a small dumpster at the beginning of summer in the beginning of may, we loaded it up with shingles, next day we called the guy to come get it. Its still here. These trash guys are something else lol.

You might want to make a call to make sure that the right person got the message.