Truck Shop
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Only a fool would try this crossing, who ok'ed it or if anyone did who knows.
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Only a Fool would
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BigWrench55
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Well he at least did a good job securing his load. Didn't look like it hardly moved.
crane operator
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Ha HA HAAA HHHHAAAAAAA!!!!!
I'm really glad that wasn't me.
I'm really glad that wasn't me.
Truck Shop
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I'm sure the drivers lumbar is happy.
repowerguy
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This looks like one of those times when you line the truck up straight, loop the seatbelt through the steering wheel, put it in low gear and get out and let it go on it's own. Get in on the other side if it makes it!
mitch504
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I bet that driver's seat ain't reusable!
I put a truck through a wooden bridge on a farm near Chadbourn NC about 15 years ago. The farmer swore they had had loaded tractor trailers across it a few months before. I started across it with a half load, about 4-5 tons. It was a truck identical to this one, except for the color of the cab.
It was only about 15' long, across a canal about 12' deep. My front axle made it across, but when my rear axle got to the middle, CRASH! I got out and saw that the fuel tanks were on the ground, the front tires were in the air, and the back of the truck was down in the canal on a pile of telephone poles and oak 4x12s.
I was not even upset, I walked down the dry canal a ways, and climbed down in and across. When I got back to the truck, I saw that the only thing keeping it from dropping another 8' and rolling over backwards was that the pintle hitch had stabbed into the stub of a rotten telephone pole.
As soon as I saw that, I immediately had to p!ss! I guess if there had been a bus full of old ladies in the field, I would have wet my pants!
I put a truck through a wooden bridge on a farm near Chadbourn NC about 15 years ago. The farmer swore they had had loaded tractor trailers across it a few months before. I started across it with a half load, about 4-5 tons. It was a truck identical to this one, except for the color of the cab.
It was only about 15' long, across a canal about 12' deep. My front axle made it across, but when my rear axle got to the middle, CRASH! I got out and saw that the fuel tanks were on the ground, the front tires were in the air, and the back of the truck was down in the canal on a pile of telephone poles and oak 4x12s.
I was not even upset, I walked down the dry canal a ways, and climbed down in and across. When I got back to the truck, I saw that the only thing keeping it from dropping another 8' and rolling over backwards was that the pintle hitch had stabbed into the stub of a rotten telephone pole.
As soon as I saw that, I immediately had to p!ss! I guess if there had been a bus full of old ladies in the field, I would have wet my pants!
I never thought to much about falling while in the seat until i was loading my tractor on a trailer and the ramp slid out .It fail about 2 feet. It bent the seat some and jammed my back.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Pile drivers cutting a corner ,guess they should have broke the crane down properly and taken the long way around.I ve been there myself it sucks to completly break a machine down and maybe haul it 20 mile further to get somewhere you can throw a rock to.
kshansen
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Guess someone felt it was sketchy as they were making a video. Have to wonder about the guy walking across in front of the truck if he was a step or two closer he would of went down with the bridge!
seville009
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I’m no engineer, but it seems to me that all that steel bracing on the bridge isn’t doing much other than adding weight stress. I think the bridge weight load is supposed to transfer to the two angled beams going to the ground on each end, but they don’t look like are really capable of doing that.
Truck Shop
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I think that happened near Shag Harbor Nova Scotia, that bridge was only meant to hold up a UFO with elvis
at the controls
at the controls
kshansen
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Or a one horse wagon! Wonder what the bill is for that repair.
crane operator
Senior Member
This one the bridge won.
Truck Shop
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Good one, Skipper looks around {No one saw that full speed ahead}.
crane operator
Senior Member
I actually think that's a old truck crane, it looks like a outrigger up in the air towards the front of the barge when its against the bridge.
John C.
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Since you mentioned it I looked at it again and saw some reflectors on the side and the video popped into sharp focus for my computer when the crane was tipped fully forward. Nice catch.
crane operator
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mitch504
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How?
crane operator
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Like you've never left wrench lay on the back bumper of a truck, or get in a hurry and forget something.