Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

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[kenmbz]

He lost that race!

 

[Thomas]

He won't be hauling for while.

 

[Jstpssng]

That was one expensive race for him. Those windmill blades aren’t cheap.
You have to wonder about his escort driver though.

 

[BigBlue1]

The issue appears to be due to whoever planned that route, mostly. The driver too in part. The intersection wasn't wide enough for that length of load to make the turn. The timing of the train was just the bad luck piling on.

 

[Jstpssng]

The issue appears to be due to whoever planned that route, mostly. The driver too in part. The intersection wasn't wide enough for that length of load to make the turn. The timing of the train was just the bad luck piling on.

Trains run on schedules, which could be confirmed and taken into account. Any way that I look at it though, the driver was depending on his support team and they dropped the ball.

 

[Grumpycat]

A long blade takes longer than usual to clear an intersection. Very likely here was no indication of coming train when the driver crossed the track. No sight of train as far as one could see.

 

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Freight train in Texas smashes through semi-truck hauling wind turbine blade, video shows

Another video in there and some eyewitness reports

 

[BigBlue1]

The truck wasn't just slow going through the intersection, it was too long to actually make the turn. That's why it was initially stopped and why it ended up taking out the far side RR crossing arm/light when he finally decided to just GTF out of the way and. It should never have been on that route.

 

[groundcover]

Sure had it tied down though !

 

[Diggin It]

Those blades aren't used in singles. Where was it coming from? Where was it going? How did the others get from A to B?

 

[Jstpssng]

Those blades aren't used in singles. Where was it coming from? Where was it going? How did the others get from A to B?

That’s how they transport them, and I doubt that the driver chose the route to take. I also still can’t believe they couldn’t check the train schedule and plan for it. At least it wasn’t ammonia or some other toxic chemical.

 

[Grumpycat]

That’s how they transport them, and I doubt that the driver chose the route to take. I also still can’t believe they couldn’t check the train schedule and plan for it. At least it wasn’t ammonia or some other toxic chemical.

Text says the truck had escorts. So someone other than the driver was leading. Also says most semis use a different route straight over the railroad tracks avoiding the sharp turn.

 

[sixdogs]

Those blades aren't used in singles. Where was it coming from? Where was it going? How did the others get from A to B?

Out here it's a common sight to see one blade on a flatbed heading from and to parts unknown. In fact, I've never seen more than one. They are shockingly long.

 

[CobyRupert]

Truck driver is lucky they didn’t get carried down the tracks for 3/4 of a mile by the train engine bouncing off every building as you go.

 

[Yogi05]

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Wind power vs. diesel power???

 

[4570Man]

I hope no emissions were created in the making and transportation of that blade. Otherwise how could the electric vehicle be “zero emissions”?

 

[aczlan]

That’s how they transport them, and I doubt that the driver chose the route to take. I also still can’t believe they couldn’t check the train schedule and plan for it. At least it wasn’t ammonia or some other toxic chemical.

As chemicals go, ammonia is one of the easiest to clean up from afterwards, just wash everything down with water.
And it stinks enough to let you know that it's there long before it gets to a concentration where it will do anything more than clean out your sinuses.

Aaron Z

 

[goeduck]

that will buff right out

 

[ptsg]

Had they used a trailer like this and the train would've probably just sneaked right under it.