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PackRatTDI 03-20-2007 09:05 PM

Mythbusters truck crash.
 
I was watching an episode of Mythbusters just now where they crashed two cabover trucks together head on. The resulting carnage was incredible. If there were human drivers present, they'd have become instantly tenderized!

I must give props to the Mack, it seemed to hold together slightly better than the Ford. :lol:

Twilight Flyer 03-20-2007 09:29 PM

Was that the one where they crashed them together with a car in between them to see if they whole mess melded together? The pulled them with tow-trucks hooked up to an elaborate pulley system.

Fozzy 03-20-2007 09:33 PM

yeah, thats the one! it was awesome!!! unless of course you were Buster!!!

PackRatTDI 03-20-2007 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
Was that the one where they crashed them together with a car in between them to see if they whole mess melded together? The pulled them with tow-trucks hooked up to an elaborate pulley system.

Yeah, that's the one.

They got those pulleys smoking!

ben45750 03-20-2007 10:20 PM

I was watching that episode today. good episode! To bad they didn't get the impact they wanted, that would have been a mess!

Fozzy 03-20-2007 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PackRatTDI
Quote:

Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
Was that the one where they crashed them together with a car in between them to see if they whole mess melded together? The pulled them with tow-trucks hooked up to an elaborate pulley system.

Yeah, that's the one.

They got those pulleys smoking!

I'm amazed that Adam didn't run over and pick one of them up!!

Mr. Ford95 03-20-2007 10:24 PM

Even though it wasn't the result they wanted because one truck arrived slightly sooner than the other, it showed that you do not want to be between 2 trucks about to crash into one another. Those 2 trucks were also empty, imagine the carnage of a 2 fully loaded one's.

Hat Rak 03-21-2007 07:53 AM

I love seeing that ole cement truck get obliterated with about a thousand pounds of TNT inside the barrel. Great show. And Kari is adorably cute.

Malaki86 03-21-2007 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
Even though it wasn't the result they wanted because one truck arrived slightly sooner than the other, it showed that you do not want to be between 2 trucks about to crash into one another. Those 2 trucks were also empty, imagine the carnage of a 2 fully loaded one's.

They had plates of steel in the trailers - I think they said 40,000lbs - Not sure of the exact weight though.

But yeah, that was a great episode.

Mr. Ford95 03-22-2007 08:53 PM

They did?? I don't remember seeing or hearing of them put any weight in them. I missed the re-run the other day so I can't remember. :D


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