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[aczlan]

Since he made it all the way through, might those beams have been added at some point rather than true structural members? They don't look very significant compared to the dump bed.

It looks like it is a big water tank rather than a dump box to me.
As has been said, the bridge beams are tall and thus strong in one direction (vertical), but not so much in the narrower direction (horizontal).

Aaron Z

 

[paulfun9]

I would think the drivers needs classified as a CDL driver with a bus endorsement.
Could put the insurance company and the driver in a legal bind. No CDL, inadequate equipment for the task at hand.
Please stand by for the lawsuit when the truckers insurance is drained and there are still unpaid bills!

 

[5030]

Didn't use trucker specific gps?
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SWEET.......

 

[5030]

Didn't use trucker specific gps?
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That is a permit load and routed so, so long as the trucking company submitted the correct dimensions on the loaded item to the state, the driver is relieved of any responsibility. Hauled many over width, over height and overweight loads when I was a company driver and all were permitted by the state I was hauling in. Some were escort loads, some daylight running only and some needed no escort, depending on the state regs.

Biggest load I ever hauled was a 175,000 pound transformer from Wheeling, West Virginia to Cleveland, Ohio, double State police escort, dawn to dusk only and took me almost 3 days to make the trip. Had it on a Talbert 5 axle detachable goose neck with a 3 axle flip and a twin screw tractor with a pony steerable axle. Coming out of the Ohio River valley up I 70 was a slow trip. That much weight going uphill really puts a strain on the engine. I did about 7mph if I remember correctly. Never lost a load, never hit a viaduct and never had an accident. To this day, I have a clean Class 4 CDL.

One nice thing about a police escort is, people tend to 'mind their wire' when a police car is there with it's lights on.

I've hauled big storage tanks, large machines, even a big boat. Boats aren't heavy but they are wide, real wide.

 

[i7win7]

 

[duramaxsky]

Didn't use trucker specific gps?
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That's a lot of damage. I wonder if the bridge will need to be torn down.

 

[Jstpssng]

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Is that one of those double decker car washes?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Must be like me. Incapable of (effectively) using mirrors for backing. Just turn around and look out back window. So much easier. lol

 

[BravoXray]

Didn't use trucker specific gps?

Shouldn't need one. Oversize loads are almost always routed by the issuing state agency just to prevent accidents like this. Either the permit issuing agency screwed up or the trucker didn't report the load height properly. Either way, it will be an expensive screw up.

 

[TMGT]

That's a lot of damage. I wonder if the bridge will need to be torn down.

Hard to tell from the picture, but almost looks like it only caught that last beam.

Wonder if it was a victim of changes to the road surface without updated clearance height.

Also wonder if it rolled to the side enough while going around what appears to be a banked turn, that the corner of the tank became high enough to hit. Those wide loads on lowboys really like to twist the trailer pretty good on off camber roads.