Backhoe vs overpass

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  1. Oct 10, 2008 #1
    bowlwinkle

    bowlwinkle Heavy Load Member

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    I saw somepictures of a truck hauing a backhoe that almost tore a overpass in half, but can't find them again.
    I thought they were here, but can't seem to find them.
    Has anyone else seen these photos?:biggrin_2554:
    Thanks
     
    bowlwinkle, Oct 10, 2008
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  3. Oct 10, 2008 #2
    Working Class Patriot

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    Sure it wasn't an excavator and not a backhoe?
     
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  4. Oct 10, 2008 #3
    bowlwinkle

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    I'm sure it probably was by the size of it
     
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  5. Oct 10, 2008 #4
    bowlwinkle

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    Did you see the photos?
     
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  7. Oct 10, 2008 #5
    Scarecrow03

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    Do you mean this pic?

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  8. Oct 10, 2008 #6
    Working Class Patriot

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    No I did not not.
    Although I have seen backhoes versus bridges before and the backhoes usually lose the fight... :biggrin_2552:
     
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  9. Oct 10, 2008 #7
    Working Class Patriot

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    That's an excavator, although some people use the misnomer "Track-hoe" from time to time.
    At least no one here has called it a "Bulldozer".....yet...:biggrin_2554:
     
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  10. Oct 10, 2008 #8
    Lilbit

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    That's a definite OOPS! Guess they need to check those clearances a little better next time. We had that happen a couple of years ago here in Madison on Hwy 12 aka the Beltline. Screwed up a bridge over Seminole Rd.
     
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  11. Oct 10, 2008 #9
    Joetro

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    The one I hit in Rochester back in '92 did, that's fersure.:biggrin_2554:
     
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  12. Oct 10, 2008 #10
    Calumet1tsp

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    About 10 years ago one on 695 around Baltimore, MD took out the overhead bridge. It was a concrete walking bridge, not a road. Killed some ppl too.:biggrin_25512:
     
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