Road sign collides with dump trailer

[M59]

I think the operator left something behind. How do you explain this to the boss?


All credit to
https://www.yahoo.com/news/truck-bed-slams-highway-sign-184734353.html

 

[oldnslo]

Didn’t read article but looking at that sign he was not traveling slow like dumping and spreading a load.

 

[BravoXray]

Couldn't have been checking his mirrors very often, or he would have seen that happening.
That's why we put PTO activated beeper alarms in the cabs of our semi-dumps.

 

[masscity]

I operated a lattice boom P&H Crane on a CCC 10 wheel truck. The boom was 50' and the jib was 30'. While driving on

the road the jib was chained underneath the boom. The boom stuck out in front of the Crane about 33'. The Crane length

while driving was 67'. The boom would be in the cradle next to the cab, but not set down, but kept in the air a few inches to

keep from bending the boom when bouncing. When driving on the road the front end of the boom was about 12 1/2' feet

high. You had to be careful, because when hitting bumps the front end of boom could bounce 1 1/2'. Overpasses are at least

13 1/2' or more. If I were to hit an overpass at 45 mph the only thing that would be left in the cab would be my boots.

I have never understood how they do this with dump trucks, don't they every look in their mirror. I read where most modern

dump trucks have an alarm for this.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Many years ago, RT512 in Bath, PA, a tri-axle driver's box went up. He took out a single span steel railroad bridge which came down on the cab and killed him.

 

[masscity]

In the mid 90's two overpasses got hit in the Detroit area within a short time. One down on I-94 and another close by me

on the upper east side, 22 mile overpass on M-53. That one there, took them 3 years to repair it. Found out when they went

to set the overpass down, they were 4 inches short. I would hope they would measure more than once.

 

[QRTRHRS]

There was another incident at the Fogelsville exit just west of Allentown, Pa area that I recall. Only this time someone had a backhoe sticking up to high. No injuries but the bridge got tore up and it broke the "stick" off of the backhoe.