Truck carrying excavator hits Hay st overpass

[Wretched]

Originally Posted by mik

Yes it pays to know your bridge heights,
but it is a lot easier to get caught out than one might think, especially if you swap trucks and trailer equipment around, and truck turn table heights vary, also road crews can resurface and put an inch or two down ......... "that's funny I went under there with the same load yesterday, bang'.

That's funny I went under there with a 25 ton box and had 2 inches to spare, today goes under with an mt container .... bang.

Understandable but I think drivers need to be more accountable for this.
Not only have they caused damage (cost) but they have inconvenienced people for hours because of what can only be described as negligence.

[mik]

Originally Posted by Wretched

Understandable but I think drivers need to be more accountable for this.
Not only have they caused damage (cost) but they have inconvenienced people for hours because of what can only be described as negligence.

No argument from me there, and i dont know the circumstances of this fellows bridge hit and hes screwed the pooch, but , i think we are all capable of having a an oh **** moment where we have made a severe blunder that may have been caused by a simple error of judgement or lapse of memory,
if you expect every truck driver to never ever ever make a fopar, i think that is a big ask.
The powers that be know where the danger areas are, and could reduce the possibility of road chaos by simply making bridge heights uniform and at a safe height, so they must share some of the responsibility.

[Road_Warrior]

If memory serves me correctly there are no "MAX HEIGHT" signs on any of these overpasses.

[STINKY NINJA]

The silly thing is,he could have just layed the boom out in front of the digger.... there was plenty of room on the trailer to do so.

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

If memory serves me correctly there are no "MAX HEIGHT" signs on any of these overpasses.

If they are higher than the max legal vehicle height, they often wont.

[tlub]

you can buy tape measures at bunnings or even coles these days, no excuses not to know the height of the machines you cart . heavy haulage rule #1 is it in gauge as t my permit and designated route.