Overload of the Day

[Shimmy1]

Interesting. Brilliant idea. No sir, that’s a 315, I swear to all things holy.

That's exactly what came to my mind. I probably need to pick up a couple of erasers.....

 

[Thirty5D]

The driver said "When we get to the covered bridge - DUCK!"

 

[Joe H]

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[crane operator]

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The bridge is 16'9" the ex was on a RGN, how in the he double hockey sticks, were they still over height? It looks like they hit it at over 17'.

 

[Truck Shop]

Last year in Utah.
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[DMiller]

Appeared was either a 955 or 977, sad day for all parties and typical of shortcutting. That Ex had to have been Boom Forward, could it be cradled low enough to clear Boom Forward? Larger units here are always Boom or Mast to REAR to lay Flat.

 

[Welder Dave]

Had a logging excavator hit an overpass near me just a few days ago. In addition to thousands in fines the driver/company is on the hook for the cost of repairs. It's not real extensive damage but the overpass is closed until repairs are made. Last year another excavator hit a overpass also nearby on a major freeway but the damage was more extensive. The excavator wasn't moved for about a week and a half or 2 weeks. They had to shore up the overpass before removing the excavator. The current overpass hit, the truck and excavator made it through. The pivot for the stick hit. It looks like it was less than foot too high. Because it was a forestry machine the stick was longer and they had it vertical on the trailer. If it would have been tucked in just a little wouldn't have hit the overpass.

I wonder if it would be a good idea to have something before overpasses that would signal something was too high. Kind of like parking garages have chains or pipes (that swing out of the way) that would warn you before you enter. Maybe something that would trigger a big warning sign to come on like the scales do when you're required to pull in. Would be much cheaper and a lot safer than having to repair overpasses.

 

[JaredV]

Those guys probably all claimed the boom bounced up, which I'm sure is why we have to chain it down.

 

[Truck Shop]

I wonder if it would be a good idea to have something before overpasses that would signal something was too high.

Over height motion detector--but it would be costly. Detection systems for hot hubs/tires/low
air pressure are at scales. Years ago it was a crossbar with chains hanging down at scales,
mainly in areas of logging, it was easy to see over height.

 

[skyking1]

warning someone and having them actually heed it are two different things.
Perhaps if it was rigged to an array of claymores?

 

[Camshawn]

We have an over height detector eastbound on HWY 1 here in the Fraser Valley. Overpass still got hit a few times after it was installed. Can’t fix not being able to read.
They just built a new taller overpass at that location.

 

[DMiller]

Two older RR viaducts over I70 between here and Wentzville MO get hit regularly(14’), even with lead cars with the magic stick to touch low objects get hit. Nothing beats, hands down, measuring the machine height and reading/heeding bridge height warnings. Will not stop until trucks stop hauling.

 

[Truck Shop]

warning someone and having them actually heed it are two different things.

No reason to these days, most won't follow/heed signs or the laws, because the one above
them doesn't follow the rules either.

 

[Welder Dave]

Sometimes it's inexperienced drivers with little to no training. Take truck 3 and machine X to so and so job sight. Not even a thought about checking the height.

 

[cfherrman]

Was already loaded for you sometimes

 

[Truck Shop]

Not a overload but just how some things work when dealing with DOT. Boss asked me
last week about running to St. Regis to tow back one of the tractors involved in a
fatality accident. Driver isn't at fault by the way, but this morning I asked about any news
on it. {Dispatch--Well they did say it could take up to a year before it's released}. I knew
and brought it up last week this could playout for 6 months or better. So as I've said
before fatality accidents throws everything into a total different spin when it comes to
commercial vehicles. It's already been setting for 7 weeks.

 

[Acoals]

That happened to a local guy; bee farmer. He had a semi, some lady pulled in front of him, nothing he could do. They kept the truck for months, went over him and his books like he was a crook. They really worked him over, even though he had 0% fault in the accident.

 

[Truck Shop]

That happened to a local guy; bee farmer. He had a semi, some lady pulled in front of him, nothing he could do. They kept the truck for months, went over him and his books like he was a crook. They really worked him over, even though he had 0% fault in the accident.

Oh I've been down this road before with fleet. Audits are always on the table, this time too.
Never want to get pushy with DOT, it gets even slower and raises red flags later on.

 

[colson04]

That happened to a local guy; bee farmer. He had a semi, some lady pulled in front of him, nothing he could do. They kept the truck for months, went over him and his books like he was a crook. They really worked him over, even though he had 0% fault in the accident.

I consider myself fairly fortunate, as I was real close to being involved in this type of scenario.

In August 2009, I was hauling corn to the ethanol plant for my grandpa. I was traveling at 35mph and loaded to 54,000 pounds or so. A gal blew a stop sign in the middle of a small town and I hit her broadside on the passenger side of her 4 door sedan.She was unconscious, but I thought I had killed her. Only the local police responded, along with fire department and first responders. The firemen peeled her car apart like a tin can and she started speaking while the paramedics were loading her into the ambulance. Our truck was driveable, so after the officer was done with questions, the load went to the ethanol plant. The officer called me the next day to tell me the gal was going to be fine and I never heard another word about that incident. They never questioned anything about our truck, the load, records, nothing. The town sent their maintenance crew out to clean up the scene off the road and that was it.

Funny side story, I had just gotten my CPL that year. In Michigan, you have to inform the officer immediately if you are carrying, which I was not. When he ran my drivers license, it shows that I have my CPL. He came back and asked me "are you carrying anything today? "
I said, "Yeah, corn". He chuckled, I got confused, then figured out what he was referring too.

 

[Willie B]

Eighty year old sawmill owner has three generations of family running the operation, along with a number of experienced employees. He delivers lumber much of the time. Biggest North South highway in Western VT is Route 7, it passes through many small towns. Speed limit is 50 except a few short stretches where speed limit is reduced. 6:00 AM, East Dorset, a bottled milk delivery straight truck was backing across the highway, totally in dark. Joe hit him broadside. Milk jugs were on rooftops 150 feet away, others in the road 300 feet away. Cut the milk truck in half, totaled the semi loaded with lumber.
VT DMV presumed the elderly driver was at fault, put him through endless medical tests. He passed them all. A 40 year old driver would have had the same wreck.
I haven't heard the outcome, I'll ask.