Well, it appears to me that the driver won't have to explain that to his insurance company. I hauled a fifth-wheel around to jobs for twenty plus years and I've noticed here lately people seem to be under trucked, if you know what I mean. Over that time period, I had three one-ton dual rear wheel trucks, all with camper packages designed to pull heavy loads on medium duty trucks. Brakes and stopping power was my biggest concern and when I got a larger, heavier fifth wheel, I needed a more capable truck. The 08 Ford F350 I traded for had the new high pressure fuel rail system and kept dropping injectors. When the warranty expired, I got rid of that truck and got a new one. Ford design meant you had to remove the cab to get to the fuel rail and change the injectors, and that was too expensive for me without a warranty. The new Ford 6.7 diesel was a great improvement, right up to contaminated fuel and a destroyed entire fuel system. But that's another story! Eod1sg Ret
People are idiots. I owned a car wash and I don't know how many times someone with an over-height vehicle damaged something because the drivers were stupid. And U-Haul trucks damage shit with moron drivers all the time because they just don't realize that the vehicle is taller than their Corolla...
Fresh out of high-school I worked for Coca-Cola on a delivery truck. The driver and I were paid by the load and handled an average of 400 to 450 cases on a route and if we got back in early enough most times we could catch another half to full route because they were always short handed drivers... Most everyone would hustle to catch that extra money.... One day we hear on the radio a driver was requesting a manager due to an accident, he was on an unfamiliar route and had went under a low railroad crossing, well we were nearby so we went over to assist him.... He had wedged the truck into the crossing, ripped off most of the top of the box and had broken coke products everywhere... From then on anyone that caught that route got a long explanation on why not going under those tracks were allowed.. Good times JD
"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."
Well, it appears to me that the driver won't have to explain that to his insurance company. I hauled a fifth-wheel around to jobs for twenty plus years and I've noticed here lately people seem to be under trucked, if you know what I mean. Over that time period, I had three one-ton dual rear wheel trucks, all with camper packages designed to pull heavy loads on medium duty trucks. Brakes and stopping power was my biggest concern and when I got a larger, heavier fifth wheel, I needed a more capable truck. The 08 Ford F350 I traded for had the new high pressure fuel rail system and kept dropping injectors. When the warranty expired, I got rid of that truck and got a new one. Ford design meant you had to remove the cab to get to the fuel rail and change the injectors, and that was too expensive for me without a warranty. The new Ford 6.7 diesel was a great improvement, right up to contaminated fuel and a destroyed entire fuel system. But that's another story! Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteWhat would that pickup owner's insurance company do in a case like this? What would it cover and what would it deny?
ReplyDeleteOoops! Wonder if Farmer's Insurance covered that one.
ReplyDeleteJust a cover for grabbing the ATM
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People are idiots. I owned a car wash and I don't know how many times someone with an over-height vehicle damaged something because the drivers were stupid. And U-Haul trucks damage shit with moron drivers all the time because they just don't realize that the vehicle is taller than their Corolla...
ReplyDeleteI second that emotion, B. People's situational awareness is about as common as zebra striped unicorns except when it comes to cellphones
DeleteSeems to me that building should have done more damage to the camper and not completely collapse like that.
ReplyDeleteExactly! looks like something you would see in a third world dump.
DeleteExcellent point but judging the weight of the roof/how fast it went over, it was under supported/reinforced.
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Like Anony1 said, I don't think that driver will be explaining anything to anyone.
ReplyDeleteFresh out of high-school I worked for Coca-Cola on a delivery truck. The driver and I were paid by the load and handled an average of 400 to 450 cases on a route and if we got back in early enough most times we could catch another half to full route because they were always short handed drivers... Most everyone would hustle to catch that extra money.... One day we hear on the radio a driver was requesting a manager due to an accident, he was on an unfamiliar route and had went under a low railroad crossing, well we were nearby so we went over to assist him.... He had wedged the truck into the crossing, ripped off most of the top of the box and had broken coke products everywhere... From then on anyone that caught that route got a long explanation on why not going under those tracks were allowed.. Good times
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At least he died quickly.
ReplyDelete"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."
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