Overload of the Day

[Jumbo]

Funny story( for us), friend was involved in the fish business on and off for years. He had a truck that hauled fish offal to the rendering plant across the border. Customs had a new person who just had to look inside the lid of the tank even though she was told not to. There was a little wave still moving inside the tank and you can guess what happened when she opened the lid….

Years ago in Seattle Southbound on the lower deck on the old Alaskan Way Viaduct another fish guts event; trailer broke I believe it actually split and spread fish guts half a mile or so before they realized the trailer had issues. Luckily it was during the rainy season.

 

[Truck Shop]

Years ago in Seattle Southbound on the lower deck on the old Alaskan Way Viaduct

Do you remember the Brinks armored the rear door opened dumping bags of cash
on Alaskan Way, the mission just emptied and skid row was grabbing cash running
to the liquor store.

 

[Jumbo]

Not really, I do remember about 40 years ago an armored car northbound 4th Ave about 10 PM doing the same thing. Similar results
I also remember the Union 76 tanker SB that caught fire. That fire gave me a bunch of OT repairing electrical circuits under the NB lanes and under the SB lanes.

 

[Truck Shop]

The brinks was a Paul Harvey Rest of the story.

 

[RocketScott]

Think it was about 10 years ago, on the hottest day of the year, that a truck going to the rendering plant dumped it's load on I-5 right in front of the Tacoma Dome. I drove through about a hour later and it was like driving on ice, except it smelled way, way worse

 

[Jumbo]

Think it was about 10 years ago, on the hottest day of the year, that a truck going to the rendering plant dumped it's load on I-5 right in front of the Tacoma Dome. I drove through about a hour later and it was like driving on ice, except it smelled way, way worse

About '05, they had a fire at the rendering works. I got asked to run the rebuild, it was a 2 week job and the first thing I did was dig out all my old clothes and get a bucket of quarters. You went to work in the morning and at end of day you went home stripped off in the garage ran for the shower, cleaned up and then went to the laundromat to wash the clothes you wore. You wore them every day until the end of the job and then disposed of them.
As can be expected, it was an August job. I took several old blankets and covered the seat of my 1988 Escort beater work car so they would not stink so bad. At the end of the job, my carhartt overalls were hard as a rock and black from all the tallow and other "byproducts." Nobody lost their lunch there except one time a "sensitive" apprentice tossed their cookies when animal control came in and dumped a truckload of pets they had put down.
I think everybody South of I 90 down to Olympia has a rendering works story. You could smell the plant for a 5 mile radius and their trucks were always breaking down at the worst time of traffic.

 

[cw4Bray]

Seems like they don't "pick up" road kill anymore like they used to. I think that job got canceled. Government services just leave it to rot on the side of the road, like some mad max movie. You'd think it would be a health hazard for west Nile virus or who knows what. Back in the old days you'd never see an overloaded rendering truck.

 

[colson04]

Seems like they don't "pick up" road kill anymore like they used to. I think that job got canceled. Government services just leave it to rot on the side of the road, like some mad max movie. You'd think it would be a health hazard for west Nile virus or who knows what. Back in the old days you'd never see an overloaded rendering truck.

They still pick them up around here on the state highways. There is a number to call and report them. Then a guy drives around and drags the carcasses onto a trailer and hauls them off. Different story on the county roads. They get left for the vultures and other carrion. It only takes a week or so and the carcass doesn't smell that bad anymore. Some local coyote hunters will collect some deer carcasses if they're fresh to bait coyotes with. They can place a carcass in a field, but they can't put traps within a certain distance of the carcass in case an eagle flies in.

 

[terex herder]

If the fish and game boys had to pick up the carcasses there would be a lot more permits issued.

 

[colson04]

If the fish and game boys had to pick up the carcasses there would be a lot more permits issued.

If they really wanted the deer population brought down, they'd roll back the price of a deer tag. It was $20 a tag for years, then they jacked the price to $40/tag a few years back and people quit hunting. Make deer meat a viable alternative to store bought meat again.

 

[terex herder]

My state is addicted to the sales tax revenue from new car sales and repair bills from car/deer collisions. The people who get killed are just collateral damage.

 

[cw4Bray]

The opposite of an overload;
Looks like a three yard cement drum on a 1950's truck... I'm not exaggerating !!

Cadman Gravel Co. cement truck at construction site, Redmond, July 27, 1956

Handwritten on sleeve: Cadman Gravel. Handwritten on scan envelope: Cadman Cement Truck 1956.

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[Jumbo]

If they really wanted the deer population brought down, they'd roll back the price of a deer tag. It was $20 a tag for years, then they jacked the price to $40/tag a few years back and people quit hunting. Make deer meat a viable alternative to store bought meat again.

I quit Bambi blasting close to 40 years ago. Just too many nutcases in the woods with firearms wanting to shot at anything that moved. At this point in my life (72) I doubt I will ever go hunting again. Packing a hindquarter of elk out of the brush up the hill just doesn't sound like fun anymore.
And I found that in those days venison elk and such cost close to $20/ pound not all that cheap when you could buy a good steak for $1.00/ pound. It was a good time hunting before the overpopulation of "hunters."

 

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[skyking1]

I have watched this little vignette develop for the last several days. If you "repair" it, no permit required.
It is sitting on concrete blocks stacked on the bed. I wonder how long they will wait to *not* crack the slab?

 

[Truck Shop]

The dog is acting a little guilty.
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[stinky64]

I have watched this little vignette develop for the last several days. If you "repair" it, no permit required.
It is sitting on concrete blocks stacked on the bed. I wonder how long they will wait to *not* crack the slab?

Lumber has been expensive but not that expensive. Not worth time spent on that thing. Musta just put new roof on. I'm all about repurposing and saving stuff but that's like putting a paint job under a turd. How much does a permit cost? How about permit for slab?

 

[cfherrman]

We don't do permits in the county, just the property tax raises

 

[digger doug]

The opposite of an overload;
Looks like a three yard cement drum on a 1950's truck... I'm not exaggerating !!

Cadman Gravel Co. cement truck at construction site, Redmond, July 27, 1956

Handwritten on sleeve: Cadman Gravel. Handwritten on scan envelope: Cadman Cement Truck 1956.

digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu

I think it's a bit bigger than 3 yards.

 

[cw4Bray]

We've increased the weights throughout the years more than doubled the gross. Come a long way in 70 years.