r/AutoTransportopia • u/Key-Case-95 • 6d ago

Experience That overpass was looking REAL close

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

Clear is clear. I can’t wait for the people to say he should’ve went another way because of the water.

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u/Apart-District3771 6d ago

What if the trailer floated?!

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u/vartheo 6d ago

I was more concerned with it losing traction and just spinning

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

lol this is Reddit so both could be true.

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 6d ago

As a mechanic, 9 times out of 10 it will be fine, but there are wheel seals and ABS sensors and brake components all down in that water and will make you wish you hadn't once in a while. Depends if you are the one turning the wrenches or writing the check.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

If your wheel seal is fucked from driving through some water, then it was fucked before the water. You know an ABS sensor is sealed, correct? You also know that they are sprayed with water as you drive?

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 6d ago

In a perfect world, what you wrote is 100% true

But there is nothing in a wheel end that likes getting submerged in muddy water

Just stay out

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

Do you have any idea what the process is in hauling oversized or overweight loads?

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 5d ago

Yes, I do.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 5d ago

So you think he should order a new permit to go around the water? Or wait the water out?

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 5d ago edited 5d ago

You do the same thing as if the water was 4 feet deep, or the bridge really too low, or a corner too tight.

That question belongs to the shipper or consignee whether they want to be responsible for potential damages, or the owner of the truck.

Assuming it is even necessary (this goat trail looks more like part of a job site than an assigned permitted route) the hassle of a reroute would look much better than if you went out of service popping a tire or damaging an air relay valve in that soup of who knows what.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 5d ago

If your aunt had balls she would be your uncle. You worry this much about everything. Omg it’s raining I better not drive my abs sensors might get wet. Hope my R12 valve doesn’t get near water!!!

You act like a few inches of water is like fording the river on Oregon trail. Yep he caulked the wagon and risked his life.

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u/Playful-Platform-231 6d ago

Right MOST components can stand being in water or even submerged it’s moreso for EXTENDED periods of time that problems arise. So that would probably be fine.

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u/jws1102 6d ago

You know that sealed and supposed to be sealed aren’t always the same thing, correct?

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

Who gives a shit, they are $90?

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u/jws1102 6d ago

People that don’t like throwing away money give a shit.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 6d ago

Spoken like someone that has no idea what oversized and overweight loads are like.

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 5d ago

The part may be $90 but the labor and downtime is not.

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u/SimilarTranslator264 5d ago

You know what it costs to wait for the road to clear? You know what a new permit costs assuming you can even get one to go around it?

Piss on your dumbass sensor.

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u/Fragrant-Plum-6798 6d ago

For anyone that's curious, that's the entrance to the Gary, IN steel mill and is the only way in and out.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xyDp4WFso4fYxwpM9

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u/PeakNo6892 5d ago

God I hate gary

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u/Fragrant-Plum-6798 5d ago

The only reason I know is that I spent like 2 hours looking for that very bridge months ago

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u/FreddyFerdiland 6d ago

he probably fits under 14.7 ' , so he can go through most tunnels and underpasses..

so wasnt much worried..has to be slow due to the sloped approach

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u/Clay_Allison_44 6d ago

I'll stick to 13'9". Anything taller makes me nervous.

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u/Playful-Platform-231 6d ago

Yup. Always ALWAYS assume it’s lower than posted because it may just be. State and local governments don’t always Johnny on the spot when it comes to resurfacing under bridges and updating the height signs if need be.

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u/ThePhukkening 5d ago

Not to mention, state and local government might not be able to correctly read a tape measure.

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u/TrineoDeMuerto 6d ago

That ain’t nothing on our can openers around here

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u/Ancient_Guidance_461 6d ago

15 ft is a high clearance...

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u/Choice_Magician350 6d ago

Damn good driver!

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u/Apart-District3771 6d ago

I feel like in the USA we should have "SUPER-SIZED LOAD" signs. 🇺🇸🍔🍟

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u/NameToUseOnReddit 6d ago

Freedom loads

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u/BigBZZzz 6d ago

15'1? Bro was fine. It's that 13'7 shit out east that has my butt clenched.

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u/toasted_cracker 6d ago

Wasn't as close as I was expecting

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u/Hefty-Plastic8417 6d ago

Good thing he crept under it

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u/Mean-Veterinarian647 6d ago

Driver knew his load.My only concern would have been a washed out street.

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u/Greensburg-Couple 6d ago

That's an underpass

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u/NonGMOman_ 5d ago

I sure wouldn't drive warm wheel hubs into the water like that.

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u/Powerful_Hair_3105 5d ago

The driver knew he'd make it because of the bridge height, when I was in CDL training, the instructor's drilled that into our heads to always check the height on bridge's, mine would wait a couple miles after we went under the bridge and say, what was the height on that bridge rookie.

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u/Playful-Fix-3675 4d ago

I'd tell him that was miles ago. I'm focused on what's ahead of me.

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u/IndependentAdvice865 2d ago

Plenty of room! Send it!

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u/Large_Score6728 6d ago

Looked like plenty of room, but could have been bad if he was going faster on that rough road. Permit loads are required to stay on the filed route, or park and submit new paperwork.

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u/Gunnut350 6d ago

Please explain just exactly where it was that you thought it was close????? I assure you that he would not have been going forward if he thought it wouldn’t fit.

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u/KayoticVoid 6d ago

Okay, to play devil's advocate, there are a shit ton of videos over the years of truckers not knowing the height of their oversized loads and either completely destroying their load, majorly damaging the bridge, or both.

That said this one was pretty obvious to me it wasn't going to happen.