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[BrokenTrack]

dont understand why some of lowboy drivers load excavators with the boom to the front of the trailer. if you load them boom to the rear, even if it does hit a bridge, it will smash the boom down into the trailer, instead of levering it up into the bridge. i always load them boom to the rear. that also looks to be a long reach boom on that particular one, so if loaded the other way, the extra legth of the boom could just hang off the back of the trailer

My grandfather (age 84) always loads his excavator front too. The reason, he chains down the boom, then drives the excavator ahead by reaching through the open glass and tugging on the levers. I watch the chain stretch and tell him if that chain ever breaks he will be run over. It is hard to teach a dog new tricks, but it is a horrendously dangerous practice.

We need to take away his license anyway.

He blew through a major intersection where we had the stop sign with a tri-axle log truck pulling a tandem axle trailer (so it was a long consist) and said, "A stop sign just tells a person who is liable if an accident happens", which is technically true, but we should have at least slowed down.

They were not going to give him his license last time, but when the supervisor came out and asked him if he "was the 83 year old looking for a class a license", he asked them, "How many other 83 years do you see wanting to haul wood today"? So they gave him it! (Crazy).

 

[Jstpssng]

Today's repeat of a classic.
Truck slams full speed into overpass in Repentigny | CTV Montreal News

How could he not know that his body was up? It must have been rocking the trailer, and pretty obvious when (if) he looked in his mirrors.

 

[Quebecguy]

pretty obvious when (if) he looked in his mirrors.

Come on, he is a Quebec driver. We don't look in any mirrors to drive!

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

How could he not know that his body was up? It must have been rocking the trailer, and pretty obvious when (if) he looked in his mirrors.

A grading company I worked for in the early 90's had a driver do something similar in a 10 wheel. Was driving southbound I-17 in Phoenix, went to get something out of his lunch box, set it down between the seats on the floor, and tripped the dump bed. Bed raised up and he hit the next overpass. **** near killed him, destroyed the truck completely, and they had to close that overpass bridge and rebuild it. Took over a year iirc.

Never underestimate the power of human error.

 

[cqaigy2]

Come on, he is a Quebec driver. We don't look in any mirrors to drive!

Only makes sense, especially if your driving forward.

 

[zing]

I am not sure if this is wrong or not. Picture is from traffic the other day. Truck is a big flat deck towing rig with new cars on it, probably moving between dealerships. There are two vehicles on the flat deck and one in tow behind. The one in tow had no lights lit. I thought it was mandatory to have those magnetic lights on the roof of the vehicle in tow. Anyone know if lights on the car in tow are generally mandatory or just "nice to have"?

 

[Midniteoyl]

How could he not know that his body was up? It must have been rocking the trailer, and pretty obvious when (if) he looked in his mirrors.

All I know is that some people in Florida could use this as an example for properly building a bridge.. :irked:

 

[Peter 315]

Mandatory in NH lights and safety chains connecting the car or truck to the tow truck

 

[davrow]

Anyone know if lights on the car in tow are generally mandatory or just "nice to have"?

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Only needed if moving, and it doesn't look like anyone in that picture is going anywhere any time soon! :laughing: :steeringwheel:

 

[California]

How could he not know that his body was up? ... pretty obvious when (if) he looked in his mirrors.

His other car is a BMW. Nuff said.