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It is good to be flatbed when the wind blows.

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by jerezxp7, Nov 16, 2015.

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  1. Nov 16, 2015 #11
    freightwipper

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    Fedrex strikes again!
     
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  3. Nov 16, 2015 #12
    mountaingote

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    I've seen it blow 80+ up there. It was all I could do to keep a 117,000 pound pneumatic A-train on the road
     
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  4. Nov 16, 2015 #13
    jerezxp7

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    I had my 3 light bar attached to my load with a tie strap and 4 bungee cords the wind ripped it right off my load and I think it's somewhere in Saskatchewan now. I have driven in strong wind before but nothing like last Friday between Calgary and south of Nanton ,Alberta. it was brutal.
     
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  5. Nov 16, 2015 #14
    mountaingote

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    I'll have my daughter watch for it. She lives in Sterling Heights, MI....
     
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  7. Nov 16, 2015 #15
    TLeaHeart

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    It was, and since it got UNDER the trailer and Lifted the trailer over the guardrail, he was rolled... The wind was very strong that day, coming around the mountain... 80mph steady with gust to 110 are not unheard of in that area.
     
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  8. Nov 17, 2015 #16
    spyder7723

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    I used to think my flat was immune to strong winds when empty. Then I got to see the ### lift completely off the ground and start to swing around. now when it's windy I'm parked behind a tall building.
     
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  9. Nov 17, 2015 #17
    AModelCat

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    At least the weather's nice down there. I came up Hwy 5 from Kamloops this morning and the roads were pretty nasty. One poor driver lost it on the corner in Avola and ended up on his side in the swamp with the only tree in the vicinity smashed into the cab. I hope they got out ok.
     
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  10. Nov 17, 2015 #18
    rank

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    Does wheat moving make the wind blow?
     
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  11. Nov 17, 2015 #19
    mountaingote

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    Yup its kinda like outcome-based education
     
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  12. Nov 18, 2015 #20
    nate980

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    I have a feeling that guy wasn't doing 70 or under coming across that bridge in avola. Did you see the btrain a bit further back that landed almost in the river? Lol
     
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