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Pete, do you remember a few years back a truck removing a leased vehicle crusher was transporting it out of Cosmo’s on Double Trouble Rd, went down the GSP and took out the bridge?
https://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/t...pass-collision
https://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/t...pass-collision
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Yeah that thing 'polded. Good thing no one was going across the bridge at the time and no vehicles were around him on on the roadway. Wonder what happened to the truck end of things after the bed hit?
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The last big one I recall the driver was killed leaving a construction site. He clipped a bridge that was
being built with the prestressed cement members and knocked then down on top of the cab.
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Lead Driver
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. Hopefully this sheds light and carrys over to ST "trailer tires" that are being produced mostly in China. Countless folks have suffered damage when one let's go usually costing hundreds to thousands (5-6k) of dollars. Any trailer I get the first thing I do is switch to LT's. Never had a blow out with those.
Lead Driver
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Pete, do you remember a few years back a truck removing a leased vehicle crusher was transporting it out of Cosmo’s on Double Trouble Rd, went down the GSP and took out the bridge?
https://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/t...pass-collision
https://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/t...pass-collision
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We’ve been lucky here of late. No reported structure hits, just plenty of roll overs
You should see what the mast arm on an excavator does to a reinforced concrete overpass at 60 mph.
You should see what the mast arm on an excavator does to a reinforced concrete overpass at 60 mph.
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A: Know your trucks height before getting into the cab.
B: Watch for approaching clearance heights more then your looking at traffic.
A good commercial driver will remember his last overpass value before he gets to the next, IMO.
If I remember the GSP accident there were still two cars in the crusher, so the height was not at the traveling position. It’s why I believe the salvage facility was hit as part of the resolution.
B: Watch for approaching clearance heights more then your looking at traffic.
A good commercial driver will remember his last overpass value before he gets to the next, IMO.
If I remember the GSP accident there were still two cars in the crusher, so the height was not at the traveling position. It’s why I believe the salvage facility was hit as part of the resolution.
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1: Amazing how well built rail bridges are built.
2: Amazing how many drivers even with all the warnings still continued on. Big orange warnings. Some Oh Crap too late.
3: Amazing the road departments haven’t dropped the road surface under 6” to aliviate many of the scalpings.
2: Amazing how many drivers even with all the warnings still continued on. Big orange warnings. Some Oh Crap too late.
3: Amazing the road departments haven’t dropped the road surface under 6” to aliviate many of the scalpings.
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Happened in Apex,NC the other day:
Truck damages Apex railroad bridge, closing tracks and street below :: WRAL.com
Truck damages Apex railroad bridge, closing tracks and street below :: WRAL.com