I just saw this posted on one of my diesel forums … So crazy. I honestly hope that the guy is ok …
daydreaming ftl
Wow … that sucks…
OH MY GOD!!!
holy hell, last thing on the video is that roof crushing that truck it looked like
:eek4:
wow wasn’t what i was expecting to see. that sucks big time
thats just crazy. so much for knowing the height on the trailer!
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um… shit’ll buff out
wholy fuck! u would think that it would just tear that camper apart, not bring the whole fucking thing down!
my guess is that he’s dead.
that truck looked pretty flat.
Truck/Travel Trailer Crashes Texas State Bank- July 2, 2008
At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground. Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his 10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured.
According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling against his driver’s side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling.
Time to take a safety course on hauling combinations :nuts:
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That’s what I’m going to do when I put the cargo box on top of our Acadia. Or at least take out something at a drive thru. I’ll be sure to keep a camera with me. 
Been there done that. Drove through a Taco Bell drive-thru with both of my bikes on the roof. :doh: Opened my roof like a sardine can…the mounts ripped right through the sheet metal.
I didn’t think he would have been killed, as the awning got the rear door on the truck. He’s a tool, though. If you’re towing something that big, you should know exactly how tall it is. Hauling Combinations 101.
In new york bridges are marked 1 foot lower than they really are. talk about crossing your fingers. lots of close calls. Just watch for a SWIFT or WERNER truck go under first
they measure from the hub of truck to top of bridge/tunnel :nuts:
i guess to compensate for snow and any additional height made for repairs on the roads.
interesting
Yea, the Motor Carrier’s Atlas from Rand-McNally actually has 12’9" listed for shit that’s at least 13’6" in NYC to try to keep the tractor trailers out of the heavy congestion.
This guy was about as lucky as you can get. Crazy shit. I’d love to the see architect’s plans for that structure. A degree of freedom in that structural-mechanical problem was definitely not constrained/restrained properly judging from the way it collapsed!