Trash truck springs a major leak!

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

08/27/2009 02:11:28 PM · #1

A trash truck blew out a hydraulic line and made a BIG mess!!!

Took some shots for my co-worker as her car got fairly screwed up. :-/

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

08/27/2009 02:16:17 PM · #2

thats gonna leave a mark!!

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

08/27/2009 02:20:42 PM · #3

Originally posted by JulietNN:

thats gonna leave a mark!!

Yep. Supervisors from the trash company showed up with a cleaning crew. Heard someone mention that the fluid can damage the paint (sent her off to get the car washed). The top will most likely need to handled with an insurance claim to replace (I guess...never seen this kind of mess before).

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

08/27/2009 03:13:03 PM · #4

Nice insurance claim photos!

Cars are such a pain in the neck. :-/

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

08/27/2009 03:32:41 PM · #5

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Nice insurance claim photos!

Thanks! I gave her the fullsize rez files which show more detail.

She just came back from getting the car cleaned and the paint appears to be pitted. Might come out with a professional job with buffing, etc... Kinda don't think so however. The car top is trashed for sure.

vtruan

Nikon D5100

08/27/2009 03:55:09 PM · #6

We had this happen when I was on a local volunteer fire dept. The truck had a fire in the trash compartment, then blew the hydraulic line while we were putting out the fire. I was covered with that fluid. Not easy to clean.

Dan_Cottle

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/27/2009 05:16:57 PM · #7

Originally posted by vtruan:

lol what??? dont you guys know not to throw burning objects in the trash

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

08/27/2009 05:38:27 PM · #8

I'm not sure which would be worse- that or being near the septic tanker that flipped yesterday on the overpass exit a couple miles from our place, spilling his load allllll over. Sure glad we're upwind!

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/27/2009 08:26:28 PM · #9

Originally posted by BeeCee:

I'm thinking worse still would be becoming the victim of a series of carjackings on Tuesday that began right outside my house, and resulted in a fatal crash for the bad guy.

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

08/27/2009 09:12:44 PM · #10

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
I'm not sure which would be worse- that or being near the septic tanker that flipped yesterday on the overpass exit a couple miles from our place, spilling his load allllll over. Sure glad we're upwind!

I'm thinking worse still would be becoming the victim of a series of carjackings on Tuesday that began right outside my house, and resulted in a fatal crash for the bad guy.

ouch

spiritualspatula

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

08/27/2009 09:26:26 PM · #11

Originally posted by JulietNN:

thats gonna leave a mark!!

Yeah, paint's probably pretty screwed.
Same thing happens if you get brake fluid on your paint. Total destruction.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

08/28/2009 12:12:27 AM · #12

Originally posted by JulietNN:

thats gonna leave a mark!!

I would say that the car got trashed.

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

09/01/2009 08:21:09 AM · #13

The verdict is in. Insurance company is paying for a new paint job and replacing the convertible cloth top.

CEJ

Canon EOS-40D

09/01/2009 08:35:20 AM · #14

Oohhh...going for the same color or going to jazz it up a bit?