[marylandkw]

I hit one this past summer and it pulled the return fuel line off my tank. I had just filled up (of course) so I was draining fuel at an alarming rate. Nothing like taking a diesel shower first thing in the morning and then waiting for 6 hours on the side of the road for the part to be delivered.

[homer]

those barrels make cool noise when you run over them..better if you can get a tire on those pesky cones.or slow to a crawl so it cant tear it up. those asphalt drivers will put a steer on the cone and send it to the guard rail.i saw a schneider oop who hit a bunch of those tube style cones up above cabbage.looked like he lost some airlines because the trailer made some good skid marks.

[mikey4069]

If you hit those barrals just right you can shoot them like 25 feet off the road. :twisted: :lol:

[Mr. Ford95]

Originally Posted by mikey4069

If you hit those barrals just right you can shoot them like 25 feet off the road. :twisted: :lol:

I do just that everytime I go into a construction zone for an equipment drop off or pick-up that is on the highway. It's not on purpose, they just don't leave enough room for something big like me to get in between them without hitting'em. I did send 3 in a spread pattern at a co-worker one day by accident. Had a car beside me decide to crowd me all the way into my lane. Caused me to move right to avoid her, right into the barrels. Got cussed for it by my co-worker anyways because they were moving at a high rate of speed towards him.

Twi, that is just cruel but so f-ing funny at the same time. I never hit that stuff intentionally just to do it like some truckers and cars do. I have seen some trucks give a little flick of the wheel to get their trailer wagging back and forth trying to make it clip the barrels as it goes by.

Another thing to avoid are the ballards that State's like to put up on the sides of roads. Some a plastic and just flip down when you hit them only to pop right back up after you pass. Others are actual steel that do not flip down when you hit them as they usually have cement in them. Both can do damage.

[golfhobo]

Originally Posted by PackRatTDI

I lost a rear view mirror on my car thanks to an orange barrel.

Was that a REAR view mirror??? Or a SIDE view mirror?? :lol: :lol:

[Roadhog]

:lol: I read that cone story too. Funny as all get out.
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[cdreid]

I have a buddy (who's slightly crazy) who got pissed at the dot idiots one night and invented a game. Normally I wouldnt approve but these guys obviiously handnt put a Seconds thoght into big trucks driving through their stupidity. They had the cones too narrow and in s-curves a sleeper truck literally couldnt make so he tried to see how many he could take out in each pass with his tandems. His record was about 1000 feet worth though i dont know if it counts since a couple just got flattened not sent spinning into space.


PS its a shame a trooper didnt catch the kid in the mustang.. and the two idiots with the clever idea. If the kid had died they'd have felt great eh? That woulda sure taught him.

[Twilight Flyer]

PS its a shame a trooper didnt catch the kid in the mustang..

I agree with that.

and the two idiots with the clever idea. If the kid had died they'd have felt great eh? That woulda sure taught him.

If the kid hadn't been doing something stupid and dangerous, then he never would have hit an asphalt filled cone. Can't see him dying over taking a shot to the grill, but there isn't a District Attorney in the world that would have filed charges against the two construction workers, had something happened to him. Sorry, but I have a very hard time feeling sorry for Darwin award candidates.

[Mr. Ford95]

Agreed Twi, you do something on purpose that puts highway workers at danger, you deserve whatever happens to you by them or anyone else. You clip a barrel or cone, ok that's cool, it happens now and then and is understandable to the workers. Go thru playing a game of bowling and be prepared to get more than you bargained for if workers are present. I don't mind what cdreid's buddy did if it is a fact that the barrels were simply too close together for a truck to fit thru without taking them out. Swerving to take them out on purpose is not cool.