Well here’s what happens when you drive too fast and don’t have “clearance awareness”
(Remember it’s not always about how high the load is)
This driver and pilot car failed to take into account the former rail road grade at this town in Iowa today, the speed limit here is also 20 mph, if you look at the skid marks behind the tractor you can surmise that the driver was going much faster than that (I’ve seen trucks easily going 40 mph through here) pretty stupid considering there’s a stop light at the bottom of this hill.
When I took these photos the driver had already backed up about 10-15 feet to free the tower from the road, look closely in one of the pics and you can see where the tower scraped the pavement.


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:shock: Wow haha, I couldn't picture myself or anyone actually being able to turn. Swing wide and pray? haha. =P

 

There's one intersection in Cary, NC, where the private drive from a housing development intersects into Cary Parkway, and there's a real awkward hump right there... All these moving companies which had those single drop trailers with the utility boxes underneath (Bekins, Mayflower, etc.) used to get stuck on that thing all the time when their trailers would get grounded right there.
As for this particular incident, I have to say I'm a bit surprised. I always figured such specialized carriers, or, at least, their flag car escorts, would know the routes well enough to be aware of this beforehand.

 

Beats the guy I saw hauling one of those huge (100 foot easy) fan blades for wind power. He kinds forgot about his cargo and tried to take a cloverleaf.....

 

You guys are not going to believe this…they did it again! :shock:
I went through town today and there was another tower stuck in the same spot!
They had moved before I got my camera out so no pics.
Don’t these idiots communicate? :roll:
There’s a road 5 miles to the East that is straight and flat (I did see a tower section parked there, a local oversize driver lives there I’m told)

 

Sounds like he needs to cut down on fatty foods then.

 

These "idiots" are probably following the route given by the state on their permits. I don't care if there is a road 1 mile away and it is as flat as a board. Unless your permit says that road is on your route you STAY OFF of it. Getting caught off of the route your permit says is a BIG PROBLEM. It makes your permit NULL AND VOID. Then you have a BFP. You can't believe the routes they give out. Two trucks going from the same place to the same place may have two different routes. Why? Ask the state, because our permit department can't figure it out. And don't these people communicate. The tower hauling is getting competitive. We had a dedicated haul pulling large stainless steel tanks. Till we were told they were bringing in another "Specialized" carrier that would do it cheaper. Out of the 10 tanks they hauled they dented 3, lost one off the truck and tore a 10' gash in one just trying to getting out of the gate! We got that account back and the rate went up.

 

Gotta go the way the permit says. Some states will not allow oversize loads to convoy so that is one reason for the trucks being on two different roads, second the permits might be prepared by different officers.

 

( Surmise this ) The skid marks are not from driving too fast...

 

But what about the ones in his Fruit of the Loom's?