Patio Heater Falls Off A Truck
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Flintstone61
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What a fucking dumbass. Reminds me of the day on the San Diego freeway when I watched a stakebed pickup truck with 2 appliances (unstrapped) slowly working their way to the back of the truck
You should see how a high a refridgerator door can be flung, when ripped off its hinges from a spinning fridge at 65mph. what a mess!
You should see how a high a refridgerator door can be flung, when ripped off its hinges from a spinning fridge at 65mph. what a mess!
Everyday something like this happens around the world because people are just too lazy to secure their load. The Interwebs are riddled with examples where items like this was bouncing around the highway. Sadly, in some cases the end result is death for people driving along minding their own business.
Just because of some lazy asshole . . .
Just because of some lazy asshole . . .
Flintstone61
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Yeah a landscaper here in town, bounced a boulder out of his truck at a RR crossing ( speed) and it killed a lady and injured her daughter. I think there mighta been a camera or two that recorded snipets of the incident. He didn't go back and render assistance. He turned the corner, stopped and then left.
oh here is the link. i guess they both died.
oh here is the link. i guess they both died.
I'd take that kite string over nothing at all . . .Tier 1 straps are needed. Not that cheap kite string Home Depot gives you
Just Brutal . . .Yeah a landscaper here in town, bounced a boulder out of his truck at a RR crossing ( speed) and it killed a lady and injured her daughter. I think there mighta been a camera or two that recorded snipets of the incident. He didn't go back and render assistance. He turned the corner, stopped and then left.
oh here is the link. i guess they both died.
Wow, so sad.Yeah a landscaper here in town, bounced a boulder out of his truck at a RR crossing ( speed) and it killed a lady and injured her daughter. I think there mighta been a camera or two that recorded snipets of the incident. He didn't go back and render assistance. He turned the corner, stopped and then left.
oh here is the link. i guess they both died.
For non-subscribers to WashPost ==>> Arrest made after 800-pound boulder rolls off truck and kills driver and her daughter.
That plus the base and the vertical shroud (I think)...pretty much trashed. Oh, well...$$$ come, $$$ goes.
I can hear Red Forman with a resounding" DUMBASS!"
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Back a few years ago, I was doing some field service work near Phoenix AZ. A dump truck was pulling a utility trailer with a Bobcat skid loader on it and it wasn't chained down, rolling down the Superstition Highway. The Bobcat decided it wanted off the trailer ride and fell off about 1/2 mile ahead of me. Lots of dust, smoke, swerving cars and a pile of mangled steel when the Bobcat finally quit tumbling in the midle of the Highway. That could have killed a bunch of people if it had been during rush hour or during snowbird season.
sebastiantombs
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Just proves you can't cure stupid.
How the heck did he get that car into that bed....a Dukes of Hazzard-style jump?
Kind of a "...hey, y'all....watch this!" moment?
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Body looks bent as well. Pole no longer runs up the centre. I'm guessing it's new heater time.
Why wouldn't you use a strap though? Even without the danger of it going overboard, which may look unlikely as most of the weight is inboard, it has the potential to roll side to side and get damaged.
Why wouldn't you use a strap though? Even without the danger of it going overboard, which may look unlikely as most of the weight is inboard, it has the potential to roll side to side and get damaged.
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fergenheimer
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So if you tie off your load well and even flag it, should you be pulled over?
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Two men caught with stolen power pole on SUV in Jacksonville
<p>Two men were arrested in Jacksonville for trying to steal a light pole after Hurricane Irma.</p>
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That's what I saw as well....it's a goner, IMO.
And that big round top is grabbing air as the truck moves forward, acting like a sail to pull it...slick shaft and tailgate + wind + no straps = oh, crap !
The City of Palo Alto in Northern CA had aluminum street light poles everywhere and aluminum railings on bridges and overpasses where pedestrians were allowed...it was a constant struggle to keep thieves from unbolting and running off with the aluminum and heading to a recycling center. That was in the 70's through the 90's, not sure how much AL that city still has in place as before.So if you tie off your load well and even flag it, should you be pulled over?
Two men caught with stolen power pole on SUV in Jacksonville
<p>Two men were arrested in Jacksonville for trying to steal a light pole after Hurricane Irma.</p>
After much lobbying by PG & E and AT & T, who was having spools of conductors stolen out of service yards or cut down off of in-service poles, the state moved to tighten up laws regarding how the recycling centers received metal: photo ID and vehicle license plate submission was required and it helped tremendously. Pawn shops had similar requirements already but they were sloppy so they got tightened up as well.
The town that I worked for in No. CA had a 10 acre public park had pathway lighting consisting of about 25 decorative lighting poles of 12 feet in height; all the #8 copper conductors were in PVC conduit underground with in-ground concrete pull boxes about every 100 feet and one at the base of the pole. There were 3 conductors, two for 240 VAC and a grounding conductor. The thieves came at night when the conductors were "hot" from a central service pedestal with a photo-electric cell that provided dusk-to-dawn control. They cut the hot conductors and stole about half of what was in-service at the time.
IMO, there's still a few metal re-cyclers and pawn shop operators across the U.S. that should spend a few nights at the Graybar Hotel. You close the market, the suppliers dry up...in theory, at least.
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fergenheimer
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That kind of theft can be a death penalty if they make a mistake. Not all underground wiring is 240vac. It is not uncommon to read about electrocutions from stealing copper. Even the ground wire getting cut could lead to problems down the line.