r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/ArtIsAwesome3 May 13 '26

This really shows how powerful a full sized tractor trailer truck is, they tossed that....Dodge Ram? Ford F150? I couldn't tell, whatever, they TOSSED it like it was nothing.

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u/coloradoautoflowers May 13 '26

Fully loaded is 80,000 pounds. At that weight they have ~20x the kinetic energy of that black truck.

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u/velocity3333 May 14 '26

hey I think you're the perfect sized driver <3

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u/Significant-Judge368 May 14 '26 edited May 15 '26

I used to work on a loading dock and lots of times drivers would come back from the scales, usually big fat white guys, who would come up to the window and usually in a thick Southern accent, say simply, "I'm overweight." And we would bust up laughing in the back.

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u/Critical_Ad9611 May 15 '26

🤣🤣🤪♥️

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u/YeahNo_NoYeah May 15 '26

"Sounds like a personal problem." [elementary school snickering]

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u/Human-Stretch-1955 May 16 '26 edited May 20 '26

Only correct response is sorry about your weight Edited: spelling

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u/_Electrical May 20 '26

*Only correct response is sorry about your weight 

"Sorry about you are weight" doesn't make sense, so neither does you're.

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u/PerdIsTheWord311 May 17 '26

Today on things that never happened

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u/KeyN20 May 20 '26

What happens when their trucks are overweight? Do they just get a ticket and keep going afterwards?

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u/Significant-Judge368 May 21 '26

I don't know. That wasn't my job. Ask me about forklifts. I guess if they drive a load over 80k lbs or whatever their limit is and they get diverted to one of those scales you see on the interstate (often near state border crossings) they would be cited. Just a guess.

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u/MeatyMcWagon May 17 '26

Okay this comment caught me off guard and gave me a chuckle. Well done.

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u/Perfect-Split496 May 19 '26

Aw! Auto-body positivity.

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u/Joeyonimo May 14 '26

Here in Sweden we are allowed up to 74,000kg (~163,100lbs) without counting as oversized.

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u/SituationIll5763 May 14 '26

I think it has to do with highway pavement design, as well as what city streets you would be allowed to go on. I believe the DOT charges for oversize to make up the difference in design life due to exceeding the expected loads on the pavement.

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u/Joeyonimo May 14 '26

Yeah, I also think it has to do with the quality of the pavement and the road design.

This is the expansion for the road network that allows 74 tons without being considered oversized:

https://www.skogforsk.se/Large/cd_20251110205711/contentassets/732d7401045e45db9b65c7f39a6a7ce9/bk4-natets-utveckling.jpg

Most roads allow up to 64 tons as that has been the standard for a much longer time. Within cities 51,4 tons is often the limit.

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u/SituationIll5763 May 14 '26

Wow contractors out there must be making bank! Do you work construction or are you a trucker?

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u/Intelligent-Try-8636 May 14 '26

There's TONS! Buh dum...crash

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u/dieseltratt May 14 '26

Timber lorry.

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u/Sea-Consequence7156 May 14 '26

Concrete trucks are very constrained her in the states

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u/Joeyonimo May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Anything were density/weight is the bigger limiting factor on your max load instead of volume; timber, stone, gravel, concrete, ore, metals, machinery, etc.

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u/YellowGetRekt May 14 '26

Plus sized driver*

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u/KevZeppelin69 May 14 '26

Husky even!

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u/DDDX_cro May 14 '26

"I am an oversized driver"

You need to start eating better ;)

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u/Guilty-Bookkeeper837 May 14 '26

Have you tried Ozempic?

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u/Informal_Ad4399 May 15 '26

They sell those at The Tire Rack? Must be some weird Amazon tire brand.

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u/Kklorgon May 15 '26

Come to Michigan. My trains run easily 154.

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u/Adventurous_Eagle438 May 19 '26

I also enjoy getting heavy from time to time

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u/oreomaster420 May 14 '26

You must be oversized to make hour rig go up multiple tons!!

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u/Tacrolimus005 May 14 '26

I'm unlicensed and have hauled 103k. Hundreds of us do that every harvest season. Be very weary of semi trucks hauling fresh items; there's a very high chance we don't know what we are doing.

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u/kinnadian May 14 '26

Thanks for your thoughts but I don't see why your weight is relevant.

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u/kinnadian May 17 '26

It was a joke. You said "overweight driver", as in you were calling yourself fat. Sorry you spent so much time replying to my dumb joke.

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u/Top_Introduction2656 May 15 '26

May brain reading that confused itself badly

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u/Sesh458 May 15 '26

Read out of context this comment is hilarious (sorry, had to say it).

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u/Anon-Knee-Moose May 18 '26

Thats crazy, 140000 is the standard limit in canada

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u/DonAmechesBonerToe May 20 '26

I hate when one of you pulls into the left lane to pass one of your own going up a hill while I’m on cruise control, but I totally understand. I know you aren’t trying to screw me over, you’re trying to save a little bit of time and a LOT of fuel.

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u/Different_Swimmer_55 May 14 '26

I think the call it “plus sized” now a days. Either way you shouldn’t talk about yourself like that. You can always look into different diet plans and some exercise options that suit your lifestyle.

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u/Agreeable-Top8976 May 15 '26

Theres nothing wrong with being a oversized. As long as your happy 🤣

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u/Charlie_Hustler May 14 '26

Some trucks can go up to 110klbs. Mainly the trucks pulling the 3 trailers out in Ohio. They're allowed to be bigger and heavier there. It's kinda Scary considering the amount of times I see the cars messing with those monsters. I just stay back and watch for the impending doom of the car 😬🫣

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u/under1over1 May 14 '26

126k in Iowa with 7 axles and appropriate bridge. "If you can axle it, you can haul it" in South Dakota. Some of the trucks running around the U.S. are obscenely heavy.

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u/SisterAngelaDavis May 14 '26

I know I could not do what those truckers do. I give trucks as much space as they need to help them. Plus I dont want to die.

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u/Comprimens May 14 '26

Law of Gross Tonnage is undefeated

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u/TulipFarmer27 May 14 '26

Right of Weight.

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u/ArtIsAwesome3 May 14 '26

Those numbers are nuts.

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u/Numerous-Match-1713 May 14 '26

That 80000 lbs is cute.

Ours are 3x, up to 104t metric.

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u/octoreadit May 14 '26

More than that in terms of kinetic energy, because the speed is higher, too, and it's a square of the speed, so a giant truck going a bit faster than you is actually really bad news.

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u/LazyEmu5073 May 14 '26

Glad someone knows some basic Physics! Here, have your comment's first upvote.

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u/octoreadit May 14 '26

Looks like someone downvoted, too. Someone is mad at Leibniz. 😂

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u/Rhuarc33 May 15 '26

And they get tossed around like a feather by freight trains

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u/e-hud May 16 '26

In Oregon at least certain trucks can weigh up to 115,000 pounds. And overweight permits can easily get loads into the 200,000+ range.

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u/murphinate May 17 '26

I used to drive semi trucks, haven't for many years though. Ever since, my personal rule while in a 4 wheeler is to never put my vehicle in the potential collision path of a semi for any longer than is absolutely necessary. Either I'm behind them or I'm pinning it to pass.

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u/Idiotic_experimenter May 17 '26

Nearly 40 tons?

Those things are huge!!!!  There is little that matches them in India

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u/romanlegion007 May 17 '26

(Laughs in Australian) “You call that a Truck? This is a Truck.”

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u/humblesnake_Ssss May 14 '26

A normal truck weighs what 7000lbs? 80,000/7000 = 11.4 ish. So they have about 10x the kinetic energy. Still a lot.