I had just started with a brick company, as manager of mining operations and lost the cabs on two machines, (at overpasses), during my first year there. The first machine was a used 988 loader we were demoing. Hauling it back after a demo, our driver hit a highway overpass. He had loaded the machine backwards, so when it hit, the whole cab ripped loose and folded over the front hydraulic cylinders. He was on a route approved by the state oversize permit office, but it was still considered his fault. A good thing came out of this though, maybe two. We only had an old oilfield float to haul equipment on, and it had a reverse set up on the hitch, where the 5th wheel plate was on the trailer. so, we only had one truck to pull it. Well, the height of the trailer is really what caused the cab to hit. I had been turned down a month before when asking for a new lowboy trailer. The week after the accident, I got approved for a new haul trailer. We also missed out on that loader, but instead we got a brand new Volvo loader for our pit loading.
About 2 months after this accident, I had just bought a nice low hour D8L. While being hauled to us, the driver took the cab off at an underpass on the interstate. My boss asked me what that was going to cost us. I told him, "nothing", as the deal was made for us to pay for it when it was delivered. The trucking company had to pay, so we got a whole new cab and new A/C system in the deal. Not a very good way to start my career there, but it all worked out.