And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There was a state hwy. in W-S, NC that had a 12'6" RR bridge. Went through town. No warning sign. 4-5X/year a crunched truck through the mid-90s. NCDOT finally changed that route to along Bus. 40E to US 421N.
Thats in Britain used to be called Great now its falling apart destroyed by politicians and immigration. Trucks run around as high as 16' 5" here, obviously there are lower bridges as you can see, bridge strikes are more common than you might hope. For a bridge to be unmarked means it has to be over 16' 6".
Used to pull deckers at one time, on one of my routes with a 16' 5" trailer i had to go under a bridge marked at 16' 6", they usually allow 3" or so for suspension bounce etc in the warning signs but you can't always rely on that being so. Drove car transporters for 20 years, generally we never ran above 16', bridges not the problem but overgrown trees were a real worry.
Rare to find a European truck arriving in England over 4 metres (can't stand that foreign funny money), no doubt there are countries that allow higher vehicles but for internantional work 4 metres it is.
Guess they have taller trucks in EU. In USA nothing over 13’6”. And that bridge says 15’.
ReplyDeleteThey do have taller tucks in the UK but 4.5m is 14'9" so the sign is not correct as well.
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DeleteThere was a state hwy. in W-S, NC that had a 12'6" RR bridge. Went through town. No warning sign. 4-5X/year a crunched truck through the mid-90s. NCDOT finally changed that route to along Bus. 40E to US 421N.
ReplyDeleteGood morning. Good to see the Camel City represented by another Tarheel.
DeleteGotta know how high your truck is.
ReplyDeleteYeah he did it just fine…
ReplyDeleteThats in Britain used to be called Great now its falling apart destroyed by politicians and immigration.
ReplyDeleteTrucks run around as high as 16' 5" here, obviously there are lower bridges as you can see, bridge strikes are more common than you might hope.
For a bridge to be unmarked means it has to be over 16' 6".
Used to pull deckers at one time, on one of my routes with a 16' 5" trailer i had to go under a bridge marked at 16' 6", they usually allow 3" or so for suspension bounce etc in the warning signs but you can't always rely on that being so.
Drove car transporters for 20 years, generally we never ran above 16', bridges not the problem but overgrown trees were a real worry.
Rare to find a European truck arriving in England over 4 metres (can't stand that foreign funny money), no doubt there are countries that allow higher vehicles but for internantional work 4 metres it is.
Need a bigger sign I guess.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a belief system. Size of sign had nothing to do with it.
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