Ford F250 VS Caltrans Grader

Industrial Toys · Nov 28, 2018

Who knew that a scarifier could shred a truck? Makes me wonder if the F stands for Flimsy? Unbelievable.

CALTRANS GRADER HIT BY TRUCK ON 73 TOLL ROAD- RAW VIDEO - YouTube

ovrszd · Nov 28, 2018

Lot more to that story than the video shows.

How did the shredded pieces get ahead of the truck?

rhunt · Nov 28, 2018

Must have been travelling at a very high rate of speed, maybe texting? Bob

Industrial Toys · Nov 28, 2018

I Googled it some more. Man, news sites are the worst for clutter and advertising! Just seems the driver swerved for unknown reasons, striking the grader.

Jstpssng · Nov 28, 2018

All that they say is that he was travelling at a "high speed' and swerved into the grader. It could have been a suicide, I couldn't find any updates.

Industrial Toys · Nov 28, 2018

That would not be my first target for suicide. Who would imagine that level of carnage? Maybe his wife ran off with a grader operator? One can speculate all day long.

When Googling it, I did find a report of three killed in a vehicle hitting a grader!

dieselcrawler · Nov 29, 2018

ovrszd said:
Lot more to that story than the video shows.

How did the shredded pieces get ahead of the truck?

Quite the mess, isn't it? My guess is the truck spun multiple times after impact, slinging parts every which way, including 'slingshotting' them ahead of the chassis.

What a shame... yet once again, proves that loved ones can be lost in a blink of an eye. Be safe out there.

ovrszd · Nov 29, 2018

dieselcrawler said:
Quite the mess, isn't it? My guess is the truck spun multiple times after impact, slinging parts every which way, including 'slingshotting' them ahead of the chassis.

What a shame... yet once again, proves that loved ones can be lost in a blink of an eye. Be safe out there.

Good explanation Greg, I hadn't thought of that.

Lost a Son in an auto accident several years ago. There's no warning.