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[Jstpssng]

You have to feel bad for that driver. Between being given a bad route, having to back up a full mile, and then his trailer axle drives going out twice, he was having a supremely bad day.

Meanwhile he's the one that everybody is POed at. I bet they don't use THAT third party service again.

 

[WinterDeere]

Meanwhile he's the one that everybody is POed at. I bet they don't use THAT third party service again.

You mean PennDOT? Sort of a monopoly, there. It sounded like PennDOT provided the routing to the trucking company, with instructions they cannot deviate, which I would suspect is standard for over-sized loads.

PennDOT may use a third-party engineering service to provide the routing service for them, though.

 

[Runner]

It was kind of a big deal in KCMO when they moved the "Pencoyd" railroad bridge from its original home in the West Bottoms, several miles to the Freighthouse District near Union Station to be used as a pedestrian bridge.

https://flic.kr/p/8P3y6C

The rig had a semi truck in the lead and powered, steerable, multi-axle bogies under each end of the bridge. Drove it right down city streets and had crews raising/lowering power lines, etc. as they went. If you click on the picture, it opens up other photos in the series.

 

[Jstpssng]

You mean PennDOT? Sort of a monopoly, there. It sounded like PennDOT provided the routing to the trucking company, with instructions they cannot deviate, which I would suspect is standard for over-sized loads.

PennDOT may use a third-party engineering service to provide the routing service for them, though.

The article I read included this statement;

. The hauling company used a third-party permitting service to apply for the permit, which is a common practice

Nearly 160-foot-long wind turbine blade gets stuck between 2 homes in Pittsburgh area

An oversized trailer hauling the blade of a wind turbine got stuck in Bradenville, Westmoreland County.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[ning]

The article I read included this statement;

Nearly 160-foot-long wind turbine blade gets stuck between 2 homes in Pittsburgh area

An oversized trailer hauling the blade of a wind turbine got stuck in Bradenville, Westmoreland County.

www.cbsnews.com

From that I'm getting that PennDoT may've been asked for a route for oversized without specifics on there being a three-and-a-half-mile-long-turbine-blade (ok that's an exaggeration) being the oversize...

 

[Jstpssng]

From that I'm getting that PennDoT may've been asked for a route for oversized without specifics on there being a three-and-a-half-mile-long-turbine-blade (ok that's an exaggeration) being the oversize...

You made me think for a minute.
But then I read this...

If the permit service had opted to have APRAS generate the route it would not have included Route 982.

Also;

it appears that the size of the actual load was larger than the reported 159'4" in length

Whoever was at fault, it's safe to say that human error was involved.

 

[Quaffer]

Should have stayed on straighter roads to the lake ...

It was far from smooth sailing for this boatie. While towing their boat, it detached and was sent smashing through a garden, before flipping and landing over a driveway. #boat #driveway #boatie #7NEWS - NewsBreak

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[California]

Should have stayed on straighter roads to the lake ...

It was far from smooth sailing for this boatie. While towing their boat, it detached and was sent smashing through a garden, before flipping and landing over a driveway. #boat #driveway #boatie #7NEWS - NewsBreak

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I like the next video on that site too.

This truck driver got some skills #short - NewsBreak

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[Jstpssng]

Should have stayed on straighter roads to the lake ...

It was far from smooth sailing for this boatie. While towing their boat, it detached and was sent smashing through a garden, before flipping and landing over a driveway. #boat #driveway #boatie #7NEWS - NewsBreak

The best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more.

www.newsbreak.com

Hopefully they were on the way from the lake so that their day wasn't a complete disaster. Are my eyes bad or did they have the tongue jack down?