Watching this video is disturbing for me personally because this is what I do for a living. Ive hauled many oversized loads like this guy and I feel sorry that this happened to him. The rear bogies are self-steering in this setup and for whatever reason, they were slow to return to center and the driver didnt realize it in time causing a major upset. I hope he was okay because this could happen to any of us that do this for a living. In this setup, the load is tied to a turn-table mounted atop the bogie, the turn-table is attached to a steering ram which turns the bogie wheels. In this case it failed to immediately self-align back to center which caused a dog-track condition and the driver didnt realize it in time to avoid the barriers which flipped the truck. Its painful for me to watch but its also a lesson that things dont always go the way they should and time and space should be allowed for instances like this because it does happen which is why we use escort blockers.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:18:27 +0000
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