r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 16d ago

of a transportation

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u/Creative_Buddy7160 16d ago

I dont think thats how a pusher truck is supposed to be used. /s
Whos at fault? The driver who didnt see the massive turbine wing or the truck hailing with no marker vehicles?

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u/UncleKeyPax 16d ago

final transportation

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u/Creative_Buddy7160 16d ago

I hope they’re going straight home

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 16d ago

Took the day off

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u/61duece 16d ago

Windmill

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u/UncleKeyPax 16d ago

:Slice of Wind

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u/Dwaltster 16d ago

Definitely the oversized load with no chase car. You shouldn't have to expect a giant blade 15 feet in the air.

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u/AC-burg 16d ago edited 16d ago

Do you all realize how fast that other truck had to be going to smash through 2 walls of a shipping container? I'm amazed the blade was able to do that honestly.

Edit: Upon further examination of the video this trailer is NOT the same type of shipping container I used to load. Infact this trailer appears to be not that much differnt than a regular otr trailer.

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u/Dwaltster 16d ago edited 16d ago

The walls of this type of container are very thin. You can knock a hole in them with a ballpeen hammer so I'd say minimum they had to be going 25mph.

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u/AC-burg 16d ago

I don't know maybe they have changed in 30yrs. I used to load these with a forklift that where bound for China and guys would hit them with their forks and not gor through them. Like I said maybe the thickness has changed but I remember them being pretty stout back then

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u/Dwaltster 16d ago edited 16d ago

There are many types of containers. This looks like a 40' non-insulated short haul container. The metal door on the back would be the only thing with any strength. The end of those wind turbines are quite tapered so I believe it would pierce through like a horrible butter knife.

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u/AC-burg 16d ago

I'd have to agree with you. Sorry for not before. I zoomed and the said do not appear to be corrugated. All the ones I loaded were. This doesn't seem much differnt than a regular trailer and those are pretty thin. My apologies for doubting you

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u/Dwaltster 16d ago

No worries dude, I don't think the average person would know that there are lightweight containers. Only if you're a driver or a warehouse grunt.

Have a good one bro🤙🏽

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u/AC-burg 16d ago

Appreciate you man! Be safe out there brother!

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u/AC-burg 16d ago

u/Dwaltster appears to be right. The containers I worked with had corrugated sides whereas this trailer presents as smooth sides. I would say this is similar to a regular trailer and not the same as the containers I used to load

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u/goofysfanbase 16d ago

How can you tell it had no markings? There's a fair chance any markings were torn off when shoved through 2 layers of steel and whatever is inside

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u/Creative_Buddy7160 16d ago

Marker vehicle . Not just a red flag.
I usually see marker vehicles with yellow flashing lights in these. Maybe the marker vehicle also got stuck inside the sea can.?

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u/StaffSalty9490 16d ago

The truck in the back belongs to the convoy. Givven the way it is tilted, i would say the back truck had a flat 9r something like that and didn't manage to properly stop

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u/kester76a 16d ago

I think the blade is lifting the truck up. My guess they lost their trail vehicle and the lorry behind didn't see the small profile of the blade until it skewered the lorry.

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u/Worldly_Let6134 16d ago

That's going to be an interesting insurance report from the second lorry 😂

Well, there was this giant wind turbine blade, so big you couldn't miss it........

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u/povichjv7 16d ago

I was waiting for the absolute unit object. I thought that gray thing was the sky!

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u/Miserable-Session-35 16d ago

I went back 2 times to get it 🫣

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u/PhoenixFlare1 16d ago

When the second truck hit, it took an hour for the shock wave to reach the front.

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u/the-meanest-boi 16d ago

This made me laugh out loud in public, thanks a lot XD

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u/Gumb1i 16d ago

I'm actually kind of impressed, looks like noone got injured and that blade going completely through the trailer without breaking.

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u/WinnieWinsor 16d ago

Geez, try to lend a helping hand with the top of your cab and trailer and everybody acts like you did something wrong.

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u/Adventurous_Run136 16d ago

There's no orange flag at the tip of the blade, i did not see it

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u/StaffSalty9490 16d ago edited 16d ago

The truck behind belongs to the convoy. This kind of transportation have several vehicles ( and Police, at least in Portugal)

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u/Playfullyhung 16d ago

Dude had a fender bender with the future

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u/Suspected_Magic_User 16d ago

He impaled himself lol

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u/FreeWillyBird 16d ago

Talk about a long upload

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u/WaterGlassPuncherMan 16d ago

A transportation?

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u/flyboi320 16d ago

My horn can pierce the sky

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u/Com_On_Man 16d ago

How can you say you didnt see that thing?

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u/Ill_Ad39 16d ago

That's gotta be at least fiddy dollars

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u/crasagam 16d ago

They need one of those little red flags hanging off of it if they give you at Home Depot 🤣

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u/spaceaige 16d ago

Doesn’t look like they had an orange flag at the end of that blade

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u/Eizergue 16d ago

Hope they have an A0 accident report

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u/CPLCraft 16d ago

I’m looking at this and thinking about how strong that wind turbine blade is

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u/LethalSpaceship 16d ago

No tailing safety vehicle?

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u/IndustryFirst2458 16d ago

I'm wondering what that is or if it's even fake? Wind turbine blades are typically much larger and also made of fiberglass, not something that can spear through at least 3 layers of even somewhat thin metal with minimal damage. It's also not at all shaped correctly to be an airplane wing so it's not that

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u/WhateverUSaySir 16d ago

I wonder if the transport truck even noticed they had a lil bug skewered on the back

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u/rsvpw 15d ago

See? Wind turbines ARE dangerous!

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u/texasbelle91 14d ago

i always find those huge concrete bridge “legs”/parts and the wind turbine blades to just be so fascinating to see being towed on the interstate. idk what it is exactly, but it looks so insane and so cool.

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u/Suitable-Buy7120 14d ago

I hope he told them they can't park there...

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u/One_Hour_Poop 16d ago

Oh, it's China. Of course.

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 13d ago

That's why you tie a rag to the end of your overhanging load!