VIDEO: Oversized load doesn't quite fit

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by c64basic, Aug 23, 2014.

  1. RAGIN CAJUN

    RAGIN CAJUN Light Load Member

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    1st thing he should of SLOWWWWWwwwed DOWN TO almost a crawl before turning and whike turning, then He should of swung extra extra wide if that didn't work he SHUD of put on his HAZARDS AND SLOWLY BACKED UP,and then contacted someone at that administration building to get them to see if there was another way to enter or get someone to move a few vehicles,but management and who ever needed the EXCAVATOR THERE should of been on the SAME PAGE AND THAT AREA A LITTLE CLEARER..this is what I do for a perfession...N THE DRIVER IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE TO FAST..u can't rush with HEAVY MACHINERY...but its totally the DRIVER FAULT..POOR JUDGMENT
     
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  3. c64basic

    c64basic Medium Load Member

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    I wonder if that's his spotter or somebody from the school running up from behind at :30 just before contact.
     
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  4. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    I like how he back up in the end like "lets try that again"
     
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  5. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    Listen, that was me, let me tell you, if that guard house wasn't there this never would have happen!
     
  6. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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  7. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    LOL! Post of the week. You, sir, win the internet.
     
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  8. Mudguppy

    Mudguppy Degenerate Immoralist

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    Not only that, but the rear WINDOW in his freakin' DAYCAB must have been too foggy to SEE OUT OF as well!!!!! LOL
     
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  9. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Nice goin' yutz. Maybe the guard shack was supposed to come down anyway, and he figured, why unload the machine?
     
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  10. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Must've thought he was in the parking lot at the Pilot...grabbin' gears and takin' names.....geez.....
     
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  11. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    You know, I guess we shouldn't be too harsh, I'm sure this kind of stuff went on all the time years ago, it's just with cameras every 10 feet in the world, it brings this stuff to the kitchen table.
     
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