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[LD48750]

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[zing]

The article says unsecured, but I think I might see one or two straps in there somewhere. Plus some chain to hold the rear tractor forward, so it doesn't squeeze out from under the pile and off the back. :thumbsup:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/load-alberta-highway-unsafe-1.5277048







Some nice work there blocking up the middle of the rear tractor so its front end can dangle off the back of the trailer. And then just so the blocking doesn't come loose if the tractor bounces, he stuck that baler (I think that's what it is) on top to hold it all down!

*** Having said all of that - it must have actually taken a buttload of work to get all of that stuff stacked and strapped onto that trailer well enough to get it onto the road, even if it was swaying around precariously. Kind of like one of those pictures from the third world of a truck stacked so high the front wheels are basically off the ground.

 

[BigBlue1]

Some nice work there blocking up the middle of the rear tractor so its front end can dangle off the back of the trailer. And then just so the blocking doesn't come loose if the tractor bounces, he stuck that baler (I think that's what it is) on top to hold it all down!

Those are combines (harvesters). That's the back end hanging off the trailer. Not that it matters.

 

[zing]

Those are combines (harvesters). That's the back end hanging off the trailer. Not that it matters.

Ahhh, I didn't recognize them, but now that you have said it I can see them for what they are. Thanks.

 

[fidowanttobe]

The article says unsecured, but I think I might see one or two straps in there somewhere. Plus some chain to hold the rear tractor forward, so it doesn't squeeze out from under the pile and off the back. :thumbsup:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/load-alberta-highway-unsafe-1.5277048

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Some nice work there blocking up the middle of the rear tractor so its front end can dangle off the back of the trailer. And then just so the blocking doesn't come loose if the tractor bounces, he stuck that baler (I think that's what it is) on top to hold it all down!

*** Having said all of that - it must have actually taken a buttload of work to get all of that stuff stacked and strapped onto that trailer well enough to get it onto the road, even if it was swaying around precariously. Kind of like one of those pictures from the third world of a truck stacked so high the front wheels are basically off the ground.

Weeeellll, . . . . one wouldn't have been much of a load, and the third holds the second one on, . . so it was a no brainer! 3 it is!

 

[zing]

Police suspect distracted driving. I don't see any attempt to correct at all, just drove straight into the ditch.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10162211997175052

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/penske-truck-flips-alban-1.5277415

 

[hawkeye08]

I fell asleep and drifted into left ditch in a pickup going about 70mph 40 years ago. I hit a driveway coming onto the highway and it woke me up quickly. The 5 gallon water jug was suspended in mid air on the passenger side, almost went into irrigation canal before getting back on road.. dented the back of the cab where the bed banged into it, broke the canopy a bit and scattered all the tools inside the canopy.. I was wide awake, steady traffic, no one else involved. A motorist stopped to see if I was ok, had been following me for a few miles and was unable to get my attention. I had been working 16 hr days 7 days a week for 15 weeks, was exhausted. It was also just after daybreak and I had driven 60 miles of 65 mile commute.

I'm glad we didn't have cell phones and GPS back then to distract us, we had enough going on.

We hauled a 1942 IHC TD9 crawler on a '63 Dodge single axle farm truck, had about 1/2" clearance from bed to tires, puff of smoke now and again when we hit a bump. I didn't know what I didn't know, but we took it slow and left plenty of space in front of us.

 

[civilian]

I fell asleep and drifted into left ditch in a pickup going about 70mph 40 years ago. I hit a driveway coming onto the highway and it woke me up quickly. The 5 gallon water jug was suspended in mid air on the passenger side, almost went into irrigation canal before getting back on road.. dented the back of the cab where the bed banged into it, broke the canopy a bit and scattered all the tools inside the canopy.. I was wide awake, steady traffic, no one else involved. A motorist stopped to see if I was ok, had been following me for a few miles and was unable to get my attention. I had been working 16 hr days 7 days a week for 15 weeks, was exhausted. It was also just after daybreak and I had driven 60 miles of 65 mile commute.

I'm glad we didn't have cell phones and GPS back then to distract us, we had enough going on.

We hauled a 1942 IHC TD9 crawler on a '63 Dodge single axle farm truck, had about 1/2" clearance from bed to tires, puff of smoke now and again when we hit a bump. I didn't know what I didn't know, but we took it slow and left plenty of space in front of us.

assuming these two comments were about the same trip. Jon

 

[nikerret]

Saw this one, on Facebook.

 

[countrybumpkin]

He had a flat and needed to remove the rear tire.