Misjudged Height

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  1. Dec 24, 2024 #1
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  3. Dec 25, 2024 #2
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    Gotta love it when they’re diverting traffic and someone blocks the detour. Lol. At least they had 34 to the north to send people to after this.
     
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    sign says 13' 10" ? o_O
     
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  5. Dec 25, 2024 #4
    mjd4277

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    Container was on a rollback,step deck or flatbed not on a chassis,so it may have been higher. There’s also a possibility that the container was a hi-cube variant.
     
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  7. Dec 25, 2024 #5
    Long FLD

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    If he was off a foot like it says then he was over 14 easily. I’ve been under it a lot and there’s plenty of room with a van.
     
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    Long FLD

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    The pic of the truck on its side looks like a regular flatbed. So I’m guessing it was a high cube that should’ve been loaded on a step deck. Guess he was fine out west at 14ft. lol.
     
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  9. Dec 25, 2024 #7
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    How high do flatbed trailers sit when they’re empty?
     
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  10. Dec 25, 2024 #8
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    Probably 5-ish on average. How tall is a high cube container versus a regular one?
     
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  11. Dec 25, 2024 #9
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    I think 9 feet. (for the high cube container)
    So he was probably just over the 13’ 10” limit.
    It was late at night and he had to get on an emergency detour so I think he wasn’t expecting to run into this situation.
    Not an excuse, but I can see how it happened.
     
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