Just make sure you know your road can accept delivery of your new tractor

[John Fitzgerald]

I wonder if whomever the tractors were destined for will have to eat the cost of the tractors? Hopefully, they won't need to sue. Some companies/insurance won't pay unless a judgment makes them.

 

[prichard]

The Definitive 11Foot8 Bridge Crash Compilation - YouTube

We know how well truck drivers obey low bridge signs.

There was a RR bridge like that when I lived in Madison, WI. At least once a week it seemed there was a truck wedged under it. The result amazing thing was how often it was locals that did it. They even put a flap with a switch the trucks would hit first that flashed lights and alarm and told them to turn right before the bridge but they barreled through. SMH

 

[bcp]

We know how well truck drivers obey low bridge signs.

The same way they obey low clearance signs at the RR crossing.

Bruce

 

[Navvet]

The Definitive 11Foot8 Bridge Crash Compilation - YouTube

We know how well truck drivers obey low bridge signs.

The scary thing is I go under that bridge 2 or 3 times a week .....

 

[Farmer495]

Or the driver could have called a tow truck and had the tractor/trailer removed from the crossing before the train got there.

Yes, but knowing in a rural area that it could be hours for a heavy wrecker to come.....

Funny all the could've would've, should've comments. I haven't seen anything that indicates the truck was stuck for very long before the train showed up.

Very true, for all anyone knows the truck got stuck a minute before the train came, not enough time to do anything but get the driver clear.

 

[ovrszd]

No doubt in my mind this all happened in a brief time period. Fun to read all the presumptions though.

 

[CADplans]

Railroad tracks are not necessary,, it can happen right on a paved road.

This truck got stuck just a few miles from my home,,
it was pouring buckets of rain just after I got past the truck,,

My daughter came by 20 minutes later,, the truck was still there,,, in the rain, :confused2:

Since this occurred, VADOT has put up a sign that stops ANY tractor-trailers from using the road this truck is coming out of,,,

 

[woodlandfarms]

I mean it does happen to the best of us. Remember Obama’s limo the tank got stuck coming out if a meeting? You know the secret service had checked everything and there was the president standing around while they got help. President Obama's Limo Gets Stuck. - YouTube

 

[prichard]

I don't remember hearing about that. How embarrassing for the secret service.

 

[coldsteelva]

Why don't they make the undercarriage of lowboys with a set of low profile/low clearance rollers similar to the anti-scalp wheels of our mowers? If the truck goes over a humped road, the rollers simply keep the trailer up that last 1-inch allowing it to roll free. There has to be some void space under those decks.