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Don't be this guy.
If your going to haul open deck, buy a tape measure and use it.
When I pulled a flat if I couldn't reach the top of the load standing on the deck it was time to measure.
Another excavator hits bridge
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Old Man, Jul 23, 2016.
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Look at the way he had them loaded. He probably never hauled them before. Plus used straps, please.
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Couldn't even fold the booms. Idiot...
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I Went by going north.
One inspector under the trailer and another under the hood
Rebars hanging from over pass 3 feet over road.
Many of our overpasses have visible damage and i heard log truckers on the cb who knew who destroyed the one in Enumclaw in the middle of the night but they don't broadcast names -
Part of me hates it for the guy and the other wants to knock some sense into him. I can bet it was a broker load.
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Chains and straps both look loose (may be a result of hitting it, but I've seen 5-ton dump trucks pulling small skidsteers on a trailer with chains flapping in the wind).Dominick253, Ryan423 and Ruthless Thank this. -
I'd bet 50 to 1 odds it was a broker loadDominick253, Lepton1 and passingthru69 Thank this.
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We see it all the time"I'm going to buy a truck and trailer, get my own authority and hit the load boards, I don't need any training"
There is a reason for working for a company with some oversight that tries to help drivers learn, but everyone wants to start at the top.
He just maxed out his liability insurance and will be out of business.Dominick253 and Lepton1 Thank this. -
I saw that yesterday on the way home. He was over 14'8" by a bit to hit that one that hard.
Modern Machinery is right up the road, didn't make it too far if that's where they came from. -
The White by the flume? Wasn't me!
But seen as that's my old stomping grounds I may......nevermindDominick253 Thanks this.
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