I Flopped my truck over with a load of rocks.

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  1. JolliRoger

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    Won't work, Tibbets was on the other side.
     
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    Trailers flop from either side.
     
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    Probably a plus, now that it has turned out OK. If no report of condition, might have problems with insurance settlement.
    Rumors, leaked opinions, can cause problems. Good clean accident report on file, refer them to it.
     
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    Nice to see a company stand behind a driver…….

    I’ll keep that in mind , if I end up out there.
     
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    Bro, im just now seeing this.....that sucks man. I'm glad you're ok though. How big were the rocks? Or was it one of those quarries where its just loaded up in those wire baskets about the height of shingles?
     
    bryan21384, Aug 28, 2021
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    Tibbs it seems no matter what you do, your going to get inspected shesh
     
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    Glad you’re ok buddy.
    The way it looks the edge crumbled and tugged on the trailer which tugged you off the road
     
    Mototom, Aug 28, 2021
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    County roads aren’t stabilized earth (not really) it’s graded rolled and compacted
    Once a bank breaks looks it doesn’t look like it but a ton of dirt moves.
    (They warn you about moving water but never about moving dirt even though they behave similar)

    You’d have to see it to know 100% but it either started with the steers or with the trailer.
    Either the steer sucked it off (imo less likely)
    Or your trailer tire caused the-edge to crumble and it took the rest of it with it
     
    Mototom, Aug 28, 2021
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    The rocks were bigger then i usually get . 8 pallets. 50k pounds
     
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    Ugh. What a mess. Glad you got out of it relatively unscathed. Had one rollover myself, but that was due to being a moron.

    These narrow farmroads that lead out to the dairies are just as bad with the loaded tankers. Barely enough room for two trucks trying to pass each other and a 3-4' drop for water run-off. Try driving down the middle during a rain storm and then come across another truck going the other way. Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who gets to go and slide first.
     
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