Overload of the Day

[DDoug]

Looks like every piece on that consist is now scrap.

 

[Truck Shop]

Older model Freightliner Classic.

 

[HarleyHappy]

Good way to do an undercoat job.
Glad he survived.
Was he loaded? I see a little bit of lime.
Wonder if that classified as HAZ MAT.

 

[HATCHEQUIP]

It shouldnt as we dump it allover the fields and then spread it

 

[DDoug]

It shouldnt as we dump it allover the fields and then spread it

But if in a ditch and spring rains wash it all into a creek or river.....

 

[Truck Shop]

Problem is--there is now fluids from tractor mixed in. Depending on state EPA requirement
it will more than likely be cleaned by enviro/hazard/spill contractor.

 

[colson04]

Yea, loaded. Roughly 50 tons of lime on the truck.

A local contractor was called to clean the roadway. The farm that owned it wanted him to recover the lime and keep it clean. He said ***? The lime was in about a 2 inch layer all over the ditch. He recovered it, but said it sure wasn't clean.

Ecological risk? Minimal. It was cleaned up completely within hours of it being dumped.

 

[Truck Shop]

The right people with the right red tape never arrived.

 

[colson04]

The right people with the right red tape never arrived.

Given where the wreck happened, I'm sure the township police, and maybe the county sheriff, were all that responded along with the fire department. I'll have to ask the contractor for details next time I see him.

 

[Truck Shop]

Given where the wreck happened, I'm sure the township police, and maybe the county sheriff, were all that responded along with the fire department. I'll have to ask the contractor for details next time I see him.

I looked up Michigan's EPA requirements involving spills. It's kind of vague or wide open
in some areas but the standard of 55 gallons diesel spill constitutes rules engaged. Being
it was upside down and the fact Freightliner fuel caps leak, pretty sure it ran some out the
vents quickly.

 

[colson04]

I looked up Michigan's EPA requirements involving spills. It's kind of vague or wide open
in some areas but the standard of 55 gallons diesel spill constitutes rules engaged. Being
it was upside down and the fact Freightliner fuel caps leak, pretty sure it ran some out the
vents quickly.

I'm not disagreeing with you about how it should have happened. It probably would have had more publicity and been handled more diligently had it been closer to a metro region. Or if those who responded, had been more properly trained.

 

[HarleyHappy]

Driver and or owner, should buy some lottery tickets.

 

[Truck Shop]

Driver and or owner, should buy some lottery tickets.

Or slow down, hard to understand how people find the need to hurry. But around here
it happens also with emergency grain loads to export, it's critical must get there yesterday.

 

[crane operator]

This is from here in Missouri. Oversized, and the state given route was a u turn in this divided highway. To avoid a bridge.

Of course they got stuck in the median, and shut down 4 lanes going each way.

How many tow trucks? All of them.

 

[crane operator]

 

[ps66x4]

I've seen some dumb things but that takes the cake

 

[AMBMike]

I learned early that the route you're given by the state on your oversize permit may or may not work in reality... If you're on that route and get in trouble it's your problem. Also, if you're not on that route it's your problem...

 

[Tones]

Crazy crap. Obviously the transport company didn't scope the route prior.

 

[Pops52]

Whoever supervised that move is probably in the hot seat….

 

[Truck Shop]

Moves of that velocity normally-like 99.9% of the time are permitted by state weights and
measures for a route that is agreed upon by both state DOT and transporter. Transporter
test runs the route and any changes are made for allowance before hand in a normal manner.
In the case of this---well it's anybody's guess till someone is thrown under the bus and truth
seeps out.