PDA

View Full Version : Semi vs +15 on 4th Ave


rage2
10-13-2011, 02:57 PM
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/rage2amg/3d7d2e53.jpg

Tying up traffic this afternoon. That'll be a big insurance claim!
lilmira
10-13-2011, 03:00 PM
Wonder if anyone on the +15 shit in the pants.
austic
10-13-2011, 03:09 PM
I was wonder why that +15 was closed... makes sense now
JfuckinC
10-13-2011, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by lilmira
Wonder if anyone on the +15 shit in the pants.

haha fuck no doubt eh?! :rofl: i probably would have
Kloubek
10-13-2011, 03:24 PM
Woah. Thats gonna be a hefty bill.
RickDaTuner
10-13-2011, 03:44 PM
Is this an indicator on the lack of driver training in Alberta?

Well at least it was a little early in the day, hopefully rush hour traffic will be normal
Nufy
10-13-2011, 03:47 PM
Originally posted by RickDaTuner
Is this an indicator on the lack of driver training in Alberta?

Well at least it was a little early in the day, hopefully rush hour traffic will be normal

I bet the guy drives a Dodge lifted pickup for a home vehicle...:thumbsup:
Scat E46
10-13-2011, 03:47 PM
LOL.

The crash and boom and tearing of the floor haha
HiSpec
10-13-2011, 03:58 PM
apparently that is a hot spot for semis to scrap their cargo...

http://g.co/maps/882f3
RickDaTuner
10-13-2011, 04:04 PM
Originally posted by HiSpec
apparently that is a hot spot for semis to scrap their cargo...

http://g.co/maps/882f3

haha DEAR GOD!!!!:eek:
bignerd
10-13-2011, 04:05 PM
Originally posted by RickDaTuner
Is this an indicator on the lack of driver training in Alberta?

Well at least it was a little early in the day, hopefully rush hour traffic will be normal

Kind of scary the driver doesn't even know what would be considered basic knowledge about his load (max height)... makes you wonder where else they cut corners when driving and loading trailers.
CMW403
10-13-2011, 04:08 PM
Holy shit!

Who is training these guys?!
kenny
10-13-2011, 04:14 PM
The overpass in question is 4.3m, but its not indicated on the City of Calgary truck routes map. It mentions downtown is mostly 4.5m clearance and also highlights a few exceptions (ex. under center street bridge in chinatown) but this one isn't listed. I'm too lazy to see how many are less than 4.5m.

Truck driver better contact Duey Suem & Howe ASAP. :D
kvg
10-13-2011, 04:29 PM
Some stickers and glue and it will be fine:D
FraserB
10-13-2011, 05:10 PM
It wasn't the load that caused this, it was the boom on the crane. The 0.2m would have been the difference between clearing it and hitting. When I worked for the company in question I loaded and unloaded that truck dozens of times, the operator isn't some idiot who doesn't know his rig.
M.alex
10-13-2011, 05:18 PM
Why bother stopping - just keep going and hope nobody reports you :rofl:
RickDaTuner
10-13-2011, 05:23 PM
Thats what it seems other drivers have done in the past.

:eek:
Maxt
10-13-2011, 05:31 PM
Not all plus 15's are 15 feet anymore, some have been remodeled or recladded, and they simply went over top of the old exterior skin.
We did a really large lift downtown with a 250 ton crane 4 years ago. The crane was less than 4.5 meters, yet at 2 plus 15's, some parts of the crane had to be removed to make it under.
Rat Fink
10-13-2011, 06:03 PM
.
J-hop
10-13-2011, 08:29 PM
Originally posted by FraserB
It wasn't the load that caused this, it was the boom on the crane. The 0.2m would have been the difference between clearing it and hitting. When I worked for the company in question I loaded and unloaded that truck dozens of times, the operator isn't some idiot who doesn't know his rig.

Actually from what I saw it wasn't the boom of the crane that hit, he had another unit (not sure what it was as I saw it right after and it was covered in debris) strapped to the bed that stuck out quite a bit higher than the boom and it was what hit, it was all bent up.

Friend of mine was having coffee just off the +15 and heard it hit.
Xtrema
10-13-2011, 08:44 PM
Stupid city for not enforcing "15" in +15.
bituerbo
10-17-2011, 12:35 PM
Originally posted by kvg
Some stickers and glue and it will be fine:D

It's a pedestrian bridge, not a drift car.
DboyNismo
10-17-2011, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by bituerbo


It's a pedestrian bridge, not a drift car.

Yea it would need zip ties to be classified drift. Right now it just has battle scars.

OP, all I can say is:

1. City needs to pick up the pieces
2. Buff the crap out of them ;)
3. .....
4. Profit???