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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: easter bunny on January 08, 2016, 02:14:38 AM

Title: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: easter bunny on January 08, 2016, 02:14:38 AM
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: RW on January 08, 2016, 03:31:00 AM
We watched this the other day.   Sucks to be them, eh?
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Annie on January 08, 2016, 04:12:15 AM
It's kind of funny though :laugh3:
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 08, 2016, 09:08:50 AM
Quote from: "easter bunny"

How does this happen?



Truck drivers know their height, and upcoming bridge clearances are marked well in advance.

 ac_unsure
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Renee on January 08, 2016, 10:34:52 AM
That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 08, 2016, 12:32:30 PM
Quote from: "Renee"That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.

Any truck company I hire knows their gross and tare weight, height, length, oversized or not and the dangerous goods route. But, a body job truck does not require the same licensing, or the same training. Local p and d companies hire immigrants give them no training and pay them crap wages.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Renee on January 08, 2016, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.

Any truck company I hire knows their gross and tare weight, height, length, oversized or not and the dangerous goods route. But, a body job truck does not require the same licensing, or the same training. Local p and d companies hire immigrants give them no training and pay them crap wages.

 

Well if you watch the video, it's mostly straight body trucks hitting the bridge, so what you are saying makes sense.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 08, 2016, 12:45:40 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.

Any truck company I hire knows their gross and tare weight, height, length, oversized or not and the dangerous goods route. But, a body job truck does not require the same licensing, or the same training. Local p and d companies hire immigrants give them no training and pay them crap wages.

 

Well if you watch the video, it's mostly straight body trucks hitting the bridge, so what you are saying makes sense.

No surprise there Renee. I would think the first language of the drivers is not English either.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Renee on January 08, 2016, 12:51:43 PM
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.

Any truck company I hire knows their gross and tare weight, height, length, oversized or not and the dangerous goods route. But, a body job truck does not require the same licensing, or the same training. Local p and d companies hire immigrants give them no training and pay them crap wages.

 

Well if you watch the video, it's mostly straight body trucks hitting the bridge, so what you are saying makes sense.

No surprise there Renee. I would think the first language of the drivers is not English either.


Actually a lot of the trucks look like rentals...Ryder, Enterprise, etc. I would think a lot of them are just people moving furniture and have never driven a truck of that size before.



Shit happens.  :laugh:
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 08, 2016, 01:03:52 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"That happens more often than you know. Even if the overpass or bridge height is clearly marked it would appear that too many truck drivers don't know the overall height of their vehicles.

Any truck company I hire knows their gross and tare weight, height, length, oversized or not and the dangerous goods route. But, a body job truck does not require the same licensing, or the same training. Local p and d companies hire immigrants give them no training and pay them crap wages.

 

Well if you watch the video, it's mostly straight body trucks hitting the bridge, so what you are saying makes sense.

No surprise there Renee. I would think the first language of the drivers is not English either.


Actually a lot of the trucks look like rentals...Ryder, Enterprise, etc. I would think a lot of them are just people moving furniture and have never drove a truck of that size before.



Shit happens.  :laugh:

I didn't really look at the video for too long, but that makes sense.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: easter bunny on January 08, 2016, 08:42:36 PM
Quote from: "GrAnnie"It's kind of funny though :laugh3:

I felt really sorry for those poor drivers but man that was funny!
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 08, 2016, 09:28:30 PM
Quote from: "easter bunny"
Quote from: "GrAnnie"It's kind of funny though :laugh3:

I felt really sorry for those poor drivers but man that was funny!

That's how I feel about it too easter bunny.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 11, 2016, 10:48:52 PM
Quote from: "easter bunny"
Quote from: "GrAnnie"It's kind of funny though :laugh3:

I felt really sorry for those poor drivers but man that was funny!

It sure was. I remember watching a guy with a camper on the back of his pick up getting stuck under in the lower level of a parking lot. He had to let air out of his tires and back out. :laugh3:
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Annie on January 11, 2016, 10:56:16 PM
Well at least he was smart enough to figure that out! lol
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 11, 2016, 11:03:49 PM
Quote from: "GrAnnie"Well at least he was smart enough to figure that out! lol

Only after he loudly scraped the top of his camper on the cement roof of the first level parking. It was loud and there were sparks. He got out, but only after trying a few other things and a few minutes of stunned disbelief. It was funny, but he blocked off an entire lane from leaving or entering. :laugh3:
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Annie on January 12, 2016, 12:35:29 AM
Was there a lot of damage to the top or just some scrapes and being stuck?
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: cc on January 12, 2016, 11:46:57 AM
Here's current situation in Nipigon N Ontario as the only bridge connecting East and West Canada screws up royally



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But all is not lost - our whacky ON & Fed govt's have a great solution



To fix a deep freeze problem call in Spain (//http) :laugh3:



"The engineering company that was hired to do this is based out of Spain, so do they have the experience and knowledge to design a bridge in the cold weather we have in Canada that they don't have in southern Europe?"



 This is what you get when you elect  children to do an adult job :oeudC:
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Twenty Dollars on January 12, 2016, 12:09:10 PM
Thank you. That vidieo was really enjoyable.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 12, 2016, 01:44:25 PM
Quote from: "cc la femme"Here's current situation in Nipigon N Ontario as the only bridge connecting East and West Canada screws up royally



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But all is not lost - our whacky ON & Fed govt's have a great solution



To fix a deep freeze problem call in Spain (//http) :laugh3:



"The engineering company that was hired to do this is based out of Spain, so do they have the experience and knowledge to design a bridge in the cold weather we have in Canada that they don't have in southern Europe?"



 This is what you get when you elect  children to do an adult job :oeudC:

There is no lack of civil engineering firms and contractors IN Canada who could do the job and do it better.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: easter bunny on January 13, 2016, 08:28:01 PM
So what's going on then? Is the steel in those cables shrinking that much? Because I'd be worried about metal fatigue and those cables snapping long before their expected life span has been reached.
Title: Re: The 'can opener' bridge
Post by: Anonymous on January 13, 2016, 11:42:33 PM
Quote from: "easter bunny"So what's going on then? Is the steel in those cables shrinking that much? Because I'd be worried about metal fatigue and those cables snapping long before their expected life span has been reached.

It's hard to pinpoint what it was with any degree of certainty without viewing the wreckage. I have my suspicions though.
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