Semi overturned on i29 southbound
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assasain;180319 wrote:
sometimes i dont understand how people get into interstate accidents in the middle of summer with no rain/snow/ice/high winds....fox's explination makes sense. Very possible the load shifted on him coming around the on-ramp and it just took the truck over with it.
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indeed it does, try to go over a double decker bridge with an empty cattle pot with a 50mph gust...
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The owner of our company came into work tonight and said he was carrying steel plate. Imagine one of the fuckers coming down the road at you.
Why does it seem that all the major semi accidents happen in that general region on that fuckin lane?
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assasain;180319 wrote:
sometimes i dont understand how people get into interstate accidents in the middle of summer with no rain/snow/ice/high winds....It was raining when it happened...
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StangerBanger96;180375 wrote:
It was raining when it happened...I saw it on the news and the equipment did not look up to par, air bags were weather cracked. If one blows while going around a turn, load shifts and tips pretty easy. Also could have been going too fast around the clover leaf.
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Bookem;180378 wrote:
I saw it on the news and the equipment did not look up to par, air bags were weather cracked. If one blows while going around a turn, load shifts and tips pretty easy. Also could have been going too fast around the clover leaf.I didn't mean that the rain was the cause but it wasn't perfect road conditions by any means. I figured he took the turn too sharp and the rear just came out from behind him, never saw the news or what the actual reason was.
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Parker;180359 wrote:
its called shit happens... when we haul 100,000lb loads with our semi's.. even just a slight wind can catch you off gaurd, and push you over in to another lane....isnt 80,000lbs the limit?..or is that just sd
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beachbum_jon;180400 wrote:
isnt 80,000lbs the limit?..or is that just sdTell the city of fergus falls that...my dad said if he woulda had to weigh some loads they've had him haul it woulda been well over 100,000lbs....and they had no special permits either
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well you dont need just a special driving permit, but the company or currior service also needs a special permit for hauling certain types of loads.
btw its all legal until you get caught, iv had a semi full of grain weighing in at 116,000 lbs..
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[QUOTE=beachbum_jon;180429]well you dont need just a special driving permit, but the company or currior service also needs a special permit for hauling certain types of loads.
btw its all legal until you get caughtQUOTE]
Right and right. Just more people get caught in SD due to the Highway patrol and DOT officials not getting laid. It maybe just out of state trucks but we get a lot of BS tickets in SD. I guess somebody has to make up for their tax system. Just this week we got a ticket for an imaginary nail in a tire that was still holding 100% of it's air, and a ticket for no brake lights on a trailer but when the driver blocked the brake pedal down and went back to check, they magically started working again. Still got a ticket though:icon_scratch: End mini rant.
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yeah our carrier inforcement is pretty gay, they will pull you over for just about anything
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