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[Renze]

Driving a 42 ton truck over a bridge with signs warning of it's 14 ton limit is beyond stupid. An $11,000 fine for a bridge that will cost $1,000,000 to replace.

The fun thing is, in our town there is a single lane bridge which has an 8 ton weight limit: when upgrading the entrance to this bridge by dumping more dirt to widen the corner, and adding a two foot wide pedestrian walkway on each side (so the guardrails could be extended away from the narrow roadway so the tailswing of silage trailers wouldnt swipe the guardrail off, every 3 weeks after it was repaired: it hasnt been damaged for 4 years so it works )
They did not increase the weight rating.

The unofficial statement of the responsible city councilor said that the technical capacity was 20 ton axle loads and 50 ton total (trucks here, weigh up to 50 ton, and the big floatation slurry tankers with four individual 650/65R38 tractor tires in line, do have 20 ton axle loads when loaded, and with a big disk injector on the back)
But that if they officially put up signs that represented the technical capacity of the bridge, their liability insurance would bill them an additional 50.000 euro per year..
He said, we know what happens in real life and we know it is no problem. But we want to spend that insurance fee differently, not on a bridge for only local traffic....

 

[Diggin It]

Just a little sag in the bed of the trailor. Tires running at a angle. Side rails a little bent.

Not even going to try to count the blocks, but I see a double layer. Standard blocks are generally 30 pounds each, cap block a little less. I don't put more than 24, maybe 30 at the most on my little utility trailer though.

 

[George2615]

Just a little sag in the bed of the trailor. Tires running at a angle. Side rails a little bent.

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Plus one taillight out on the truck and no working lights on the trailer.

 

[Oaktree]

This may not qualify as towing but it was a bad one.

Driver pleads not guilty in motorcycle crash that killed 7

They are making noise about his prior convictions but nobody has said what happened yet.

Sounds like he was DUI, with at least 1 prior and crossed over the center line.

As of a couple days ago, there have been no conclusions reported, it's still under investigation by the NTSB.
While the truck driver may have had prior DWIs, it does not appear to have been the case here...blood tests came back clean.

I'm familiar with that stretch of Rt. 2, and it's an accident waiting to happen...a couple of blind corners just after a knoll in the road. You can't see very far ahead of you in either direction. The unofficial consensus was that he was a little too close to the yellow line, saw the bikers coming the other way and over-corrected causing the trailer to fishtail. The unfortunate tendency of bikers riding in a group to ride 2 abreast with some very close to the yellow line likely contributed as well.

^^^^^ actually he should just be hung for murder, with his previous actions being sufficient to mandate a death sentence to be carried out promptly.

Negligent homicide, (which is what he's being charged with), yes. Murder??? Hardly. There was no evidence that this was intentional, merely a not-very-experienced driver who made a tragic mistake. Clearly, the Mass. DMV dropped the ball by not suspending his license for his earlier DWI, they bear some responsibility here too, though it's doubtful anyone will be charged. In any event, Mr. Zhukovskyy will probably be a guest of the state for many years to come.

Sometimes an accident is just an accident.

 

[RandyT]

Not even going to try to count the blocks, but I see a double layer. Standard blocks are generally 30 pounds each, cap block a little less. I don't put more than 24, maybe 30 at the most on my little utility trailer though.

My count put it at 50 per layer and a few others toward the back. should be within the cargo limits of a two axle 7000 pound trailer.

 

[lilranch2001]

That was my count and calculation as well.
I have a feeling that trailer was stressed by something else previously

 

[Howling]

Pfft, those automatic transmissions used by many now handle those flip flops just fine

Are flip flops legal to drive in ? Yes I realize its not likely to be enforced

I got rear ended in stopped line of traffic. Woman claimed her flip flop slipped off the brake pedal. She was off center hitting my hitch ball with bumper mount/end of frame rail. rotating hitch and twisting my frame rails. If she had been centered that hitch ball would have had clean shot through grill in to her radiator.

 

[LD48750]

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[natedog75]

I wonder what the weight rating is?

 

[Code54]

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I wonder what the weight rating is?

Well now, that is interesting...... LOL