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Offline Chris

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Trucks vs. bridge
« on: March 09, 2009, 06:44:17 PM »
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Just a little off the top, sir.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2009, 06:53:42 PM »
Ouch
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 07:16:06 PM »
I'm glad I don't have to drive over that bridge...integrity of it has got to be shot!
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2009, 07:25:26 PM »
Wonder if the sign has the wrong height posted.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2009, 07:38:30 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on March 09, 2009, 07:25:26 PM
Wonder if the sign has the wrong height posted.
Many times the sign has the correct info...

...BUT...

...everytime the road gets repaved the height is diminished by several inches but the signs are never adjusted. Get a road that's old enough and you have a recipe for disaster.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2009, 07:40:21 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 09, 2009, 07:38:30 PM
Many times the sign has the correct info...

...BUT...

...everytime the road gets repaved the height is diminished by several inches but the signs are never adjusted. Get a road that's old enough and you have a recipe for disaster.

So in reality, the sign is wrong, right?  I know most truck drivers know the exact height of their trucks.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 07:42:54 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 09, 2009, 07:38:30 PM
Many times the sign has the correct info...

...BUT...

...everytime the road gets repaved the height is diminished by several inches but the signs are never adjusted. Get a road that's old enough and you have a recipe for disaster.

Very true.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 07:45:20 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 09, 2009, 07:40:21 PM
So in reality, the sign is wrong, right?  I know most truck drivers know the exact height of their trucks.
True. It would have been more accurate if I had initially written: Many times the sign BEGINS with the correct info...

And true: And truckers are pretty good at knowing the height of their vehicles.
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 07:57:03 PM »
Quote from: Flame on March 09, 2009, 07:16:06 PM
I'm glad I don't have to drive over that bridge...integrity of it has got to be shot!

I am pretty sure that it is a railroad trestle. I am sure that the trains traveling over it do not weigh that much.  ::)
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 08:29:52 PM »
looks like a Uhaul... quite possible that the driver didn't know the height
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2009, 10:05:27 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 09, 2009, 06:44:17 PM
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Just a little off the top, sir.

idiots. there is no excuse for that
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 10:06:30 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 09, 2009, 07:38:30 PM
Many times the sign has the correct info...

...BUT...

...everytime the road gets repaved the height is diminished by several inches but the signs are never adjusted. Get a road that's old enough and you have a recipe for disaster.

I never thought of that
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Re: Trucks vs. bridge
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 10:11:06 PM »
Every truck I've ever driven has the ride height on a plaque on the dashboard or printed in reverse on the trailer.  It's impossible to miss. 
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