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Tanker flips and spills corn syrup all over farm road

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Brucely, Apr 2, 2018.

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  1. Apr 2, 2018 #1
    Brucely

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    LOL

    Tanker truck flips, spills load on Appleton Road

    How do you flip a tanker on a road like that... i don't get it. It looks like a straight road, no inclines. Speed limit is probably 50 or 45. It must be really that hard to drive a truck...

    BUT i was relieved to know it was just corn syrup that spilled everywhere XD. If only pancakes were around
     
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  3. Apr 2, 2018 #2
    HotH2o

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    My guess would be the driver was texting or distracted in another way. Drifted to the right and rolled when trying to correct.
     
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  4. Apr 2, 2018 #3
    Getsinyourblood

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    Wow, that will cost some big bucks:

    Tractor Trailer $$$$$
    Spilled Product $$$$$
    Utility Pole $$$$$
    Damage to trees in the Orchard $$$$$$
     
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    lovesthedrive

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    I would say the driver got into that soft ground and then physics took over. 80,000# on soft earth will pull anytruck over.
     
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  7. Apr 2, 2018 #5
    Dave_in_AZ

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    Corn syrup is bad for you anyway.

    I never ask "How could this happen?"

    Cause there are forces in this world that hear you, and might show you.
     
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  8. Apr 2, 2018 #6
    STexan

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    I'm guessing he wasn't "topped off" good and the product got to rolling side to side and end to end and every other which way and this effect was just enough to "roll it over" as the surge wave reached a crescendo
     
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  9. Apr 2, 2018 #7
    ethos

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    He simply hit the soft shoulder. Easy to do and could have happened to any one of us. Especially on a narrow FM road.
     
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  10. Apr 2, 2018 #8
    Brucely

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    Lol, why are the trees more expensive than the product and tractor trailer
     
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    Brucely

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    Wow this is a really good visual for how it happened
     
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  12. Apr 2, 2018 #10
    shogun

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    Have they found his paper log book yet? It’s kind of like the black box in an aircraft crash. Probably had a manual transmission too.
     
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