Semi overturned on i29 southbound

[beachbum_jon]

indeed it does, try to go over a double decker bridge with an empty cattle pot with a 50mph gust...

[Colin]

even the fucking buses i drive go nuts in the wind.

[Parker]

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....

[assasain]

KA-T_240;180324 wrote:
driving a semi is way differant then a car

my dad being a truck driver this i understand. thats why i was wondering if it was windy that day

[thurmanmerman]

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?

[StangerBanger96]

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...

[Bookem]

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.

[StangerBanger96]

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.

[Bookem]

Rain probably played a part in it too. I've been around truckers way too damn long though......... some know what they are doing, some don't. Every time I get in a truck to do a road test I have to call my mom first............lol.

[beachbum_jon]

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

[Bookem]

beachbum_jon;180400 wrote:
isnt 80,000lbs the limit?..or is that just sd

You can haul anything with the right permit. You're right most over the road trucking is 80,000 though.

[bubba]

beachbum_jon;180400 wrote:
isnt 80,000lbs the limit?..or is that just sd

Tell 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

[beachbum_jon]

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..

[Bookem]

[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.

[beachbum_jon]

yeah our carrier inforcement is pretty gay, they will pull you over for just about anything