Amateurs and trucks: a bad combination!
Amateurs and trucks: a bad combination!
Last edited by NQ6U; 10-30-2010 at 04:32 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Used to have one of those close to where I live. Is a railroad bridge. The state finally replaced it last year after 50 years of crunches. The county traffic coordinator told me the tracks were 8 inches north of where they were originally. I hope those folks opted for the extra rental insurance.
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Call that bridge the shaver, of course it's all the railroad's fault which was probably there since 1870.
We have one here that is 10 ft. 10in. warning signs out the wazoo, NOT on a truck route.. BUT, it gets bruised quite regularly. People just have their mind on something besides their driving I guess.
Some semis have been jammed so bad they had to be cut apart to remove them...
Last edited by WA4TM; 10-30-2010 at 05:06 PM.
Amateurs, meaning amateur truck drivers. Professionals are known as truckers, truckies in Australia know their height and watch the signs. Yeah, blame it on the railroad! Sure, the bridge is mounted on hydraulic jacks activated by sensors specifically designed to attack trucks and eats AC units atop RVs. There's a lesson to be learned here, sacrifice your AC to the bridge before passing. It needs to be fed, a hungry bridge is an angry bridge.
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I just couldn't resist.
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That's great fun. Noticed a lot of rentals. Local truck renters should warn of that pass. LOL!
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14'0" in most western states, including Tejas, Rudy. You should know that.Originally Posted by KA5PIU
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Had a Wilson 1000 mag mount on my roof that plucked at least 2 long fluorescent tubes from a light fixture in the bank drive through once. This woman comes running out all excited, I said, I'm sorry. She says "It's NO problem." She was happy it was only the tubes and I was OK.
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