#7 - it's surprising how shallow the root system is on some trees. I guess the teacher lied to me in grade school when she said the roots go down just as far as the limbs go up. In that case there, with all the concrete, I'm guessing the roots stayed mainly in that little bitty open area to catch as much rainwater as possible, otherwise the roots under the concrete are basically dry and serve no real purpose.
Your teacher was wrong. Even on open grassy soil some trees have shallow roots and will fall over with too much rain when the soil is too saturated to hold the tree up.
A few years ago after a week of rain, on a calm and windless day an 80 foot oak tree fell and killed my truck. The root ball was 6 feet across and less than waist deep.
#4-I always wonder how these types of accidents happen. Can’t you see that the dump bed is up? Doesn’t the truck feel different? No in cab indications?
I’ve never understood it either. I can tell you with absolute certainty the truck WILL feel different going down the road at-speed like that. The inertia/leverage from the dump bed raised WILL raise the center of gravity of the truck and make it feel tippy. The wind loading is probably also enough that you’d have to notice needing to give it more throttle to maintain speed, too.
But the sad reality is it’s often not the brightest folks who have jobs like that, and they literally DO NOT notice that something “feels” different in the vehicle. They just get in, mash the pedal, and drive as fast as they can to get the day over with and go get drunk. Worked with lots of guys like that over the years.
WTF? Two posts, both of which point out how anyone but an idiot would’ve noticed the bed up, and you jokingly quip about them of being Indian truck drivers? What a loser.
I'm guessing you didn't hear about the illegal Indian that got his CDL in California and killed 3 people making an illegal u-turn in Florida, huh? I'm also guessing you know absolutely nothing about the trucking industry and how many Hindu and Sikh drivers there are on the road these past few years.
# 1 Truth in advertising # 4 At some point we are going to have to seriously look at who's getting driver's licenses # 5 Chromed plastic # 6 I feel for that guy # 10 Good save now get yourself out of that mess JD
8) My mother wasn't this severe, but she'd be cooking dinner and then get a phone call. This was back when they were on the wall with a cord. She'd get engrossed in the call and what'd finally break her out of it was the smoke alarm. But the kicker, she would be within sight of the stove!
When Wirecutter posts these, we should rank them in order of severity. #5 is the least severe. You can get a new one at Home Depot for $5. And #4 is probably the most because it took out a bridge truss.
Seven: We operate a small organic teaching farm near the outskirts of Eugene Oregon. The acreage has massive Cottonwood trees... ... and they constantly fall over. . The entire root system might be the size of my arm. No so-called 'tap' root, no root spread equivalent to the size of the foliage. One minor inconsequential tiny root of probably less mass than my leg, supporting several tons of above-ground trunk and branches. . How many remember that grade-school illustration of the massive Oak with its identical-sized roots? Another break with reality from the people who brought you Civics and Political Science.
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ReplyDelete#7 - it's surprising how shallow the root system is on some trees. I guess the teacher lied to me in grade school when she said the roots go down just as far as the limbs go up. In that case there, with all the concrete, I'm guessing the roots stayed mainly in that little bitty open area to catch as much rainwater as possible, otherwise the roots under the concrete are basically dry and serve no real purpose.
ReplyDeleteYour teacher was wrong. Even on open grassy soil some trees have shallow roots and will fall over with too much rain when the soil is too saturated to hold the tree up.
DeleteA few years ago after a week of rain, on a calm and windless day an 80 foot oak tree fell and killed my truck. The root ball was 6 feet across and less than waist deep.
Delete#4-I always wonder how these types of accidents happen. Can’t you see that the dump bed is up? Doesn’t the truck feel different? No in cab indications?
ReplyDeleteI’ve never understood it either. I can tell you with absolute certainty the truck WILL feel different going down the road at-speed like that. The inertia/leverage from the dump bed raised WILL raise the center of gravity of the truck and make it feel tippy. The wind loading is probably also enough that you’d have to notice needing to give it more throttle to maintain speed, too.
DeleteBut the sad reality is it’s often not the brightest folks who have jobs like that, and they literally DO NOT notice that something “feels” different in the vehicle. They just get in, mash the pedal, and drive as fast as they can to get the day over with and go get drunk. Worked with lots of guys like that over the years.
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DeleteWTF? Two posts, both of which point out how anyone but an idiot would’ve noticed the bed up, and you jokingly quip about them of being Indian truck drivers? What a loser.
DeleteI'm guessing you didn't hear about the illegal Indian that got his CDL in California and killed 3 people making an illegal u-turn in Florida, huh? I'm also guessing you know absolutely nothing about the trucking industry and how many Hindu and Sikh drivers there are on the road these past few years.
DeleteDude! You're s'posed to use a playing card and a clothes pin!
ReplyDelete6. Okay, who spilled the beans?
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Pretty sure it was that guy in the picture.
Delete# 1 Truth in advertising
ReplyDelete# 4 At some point we are going to have to seriously look at who's getting driver's licenses
# 5 Chromed plastic
# 6 I feel for that guy
# 10 Good save now get yourself out of that mess
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# 10 looks like someone pushed Zuckerberg. Wouldn't that be wonderful.
ReplyDelete#3: They box rabbit shit now?
ReplyDelete8) My mother wasn't this severe, but she'd be cooking dinner and then get a phone call. This was back when they were on the wall with a cord. She'd get engrossed in the call and what'd finally break her out of it was the smoke alarm. But the kicker, she would be within sight of the stove!
ReplyDelete#9) While jumping between dimensions, Batman collides with an Alp while in the Batboat...
ReplyDelete#2 ... Just...how? Then again, one might ask the same of every one of these impossibly stupid (and mostly avoidable) predicaments.
ReplyDeleteProbably some raghead driver who can speak/read the king’s English.
ReplyDeleteThere's a song people are strange. Someone should write one called people are stupid
ReplyDeleteWhen Wirecutter posts these, we should rank them in order of severity. #5 is the least severe. You can get a new one at Home Depot for $5. And #4 is probably the most because it took out a bridge truss.
ReplyDelete#5 pot metal?
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ReplyDeleteWe operate a small organic teaching farm near the outskirts of Eugene Oregon.
The acreage has massive Cottonwood trees...
... and they constantly fall over.
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The entire root system might be the size of my arm.
No so-called 'tap' root, no root spread equivalent to the size of the foliage.
One minor inconsequential tiny root of probably less mass than my leg, supporting several tons of above-ground trunk and branches.
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How many remember that grade-school illustration of the massive Oak with its identical-sized roots?
Another break with reality from the people who brought you Civics and Political Science.