Sudden Stop Sends Pipes Into Truck Cab

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  2. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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  3. broke down plumber

    broke down plumber Road Train Member

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    That #### steel pipe is heavy , ran some 4'' viktolic steel as the hvac chiller trunkline , took 6 men to carry a 20ft stick to the fitment station .
     
  4. 201

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    Only a maroon would pull a flatbed with no headache rack. They call it a "headache" rack for a reason.
     
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    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Back when I was in the trade, there was this old high school in Baltimore that was undergoing complete renovations. They wound up with 8” for their incoming water main. In order to get this stuff into the basement, they core drilled a hole through the brick wall and the whole crew slid each stick through the hole. That was brutal.
     
  6. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    "As a result of the sudden braking, “three solid pipes shifted"

    Wait, what???
    Reporters...... :rolleyes:

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  7. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    If things are done properly it’s a non issue. In this instance of shorter pipe ( I’m assuming that because you can’t see any of the failed securement in the photos) a headache rack wouldn’t have don’t much because the pipe would’ve already been moving at whatever the truck speed was by the time it hit the headache rack. This person would’ve been better off building a bulkhead from his dunnage right in front of the pipe he was hauling. But I’m sure that would’ve been too much work because it was only a couple pieces.
     
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  8. broke down plumber

    broke down plumber Road Train Member

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    Lol a solid pipe is a bar ? Yep bar of steel
     
  9. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Bulkhead on the trailer is what I meant. Hey, I'm old and confused easily,,:confused: I've seen flatbeds with no bulkhead and the driver wrapped chains around the front of the load, like a bulkhead.
     
  10. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    Whatever that pipe is it put some impressively clean holes in the back wall of that cab. I'm impressed.
     
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