Dont fall out of your semi.....
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Dont fall out of your semi.....
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Been over this bridge (Louisville Ohio River) many times ...
https://www.whas11.com/article/traffic/ ... 6c68a6140a
They rescued the driver, but I have to wonder if they got the both the trailer AND the truck back up on the bridge. Hanging just by the pin hitch...?
More on the rescue...
https://youtu.be/2Sqsu7sP6gA?si=YlqsO8V-UcASy_c1
.... I'd have soiled my drawers for sure ....!
Been over this bridge (Louisville Ohio River) many times ...
https://www.whas11.com/article/traffic/ ... 6c68a6140a
They rescued the driver, but I have to wonder if they got the both the trailer AND the truck back up on the bridge. Hanging just by the pin hitch...?
More on the rescue...
https://youtu.be/2Sqsu7sP6gA?si=YlqsO8V-UcASy_c1
.... I'd have soiled my drawers for sure ....!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
That is an unsettling picture, the stuff nightmares are made of.
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
At that point you need Superman flying up to push it back onto the bridge deck!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Just imagine being the swamper that has to try and rig the tractor for the crane to lift!!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
That scares the heck out of me!!!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Kentucky hero who saved semi-truck driver who was dangling from bridge identified
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky-her ... identified
I'm certainly sure the driver has thanked these guys as much as SHE can!
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky-her ... identified
I'm certainly sure the driver has thanked these guys as much as SHE can!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
And ma'am, thank you for your service if we are still allowed to say that.
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Griff,
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
I didn't see how/if they actually rescued the trailer and tractor.
I would guess it would take a rather huge crane or winch.
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
3. they so a time-lapse sequence starting about 1:01 in.
Griff,
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Thanks - I was looking at the wrong video.Griff wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:29 pm Gettin' truck & trailer back
they so a time-lapse sequence starting about 1:01 in.
I'm amazed that the tractor didn't fall away; wouldn't the only thing holding it be the king pin...??? I'd think the twisting and stress put on it with a dangling semitractor would have been too much to handle. Yikes...!
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Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
The hitch pin is a chunk of steel about 3" in diameter, the floor plate of the trailer is actually the weak link. Since that tractor was only a 6 wheel day cab it probably weighs between 12-13,000 lbs, whereas my road tractor weight 19,600 empty, and more like 23,000 with fuel & my stuff... Since the only thing holding the whole rig up was the top of the trailer against the "V" of the bridge supports, the rescuers luck was that there was little to no wind that day.
Griff,
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!