accident in front of my house

[GrandmasterCow]

this happened three hours earlier, i heard crash and came outside. a MAC truck with a trailer hit a pole, in a 50mph zone, really badly. I quote a cop: "If i drove a purple truck too I'd hit a pole!" *laughs*

[79CamaroDiva]

Ok. I've seen cars walk away from a pole in better shape than that. WTF happened? Looks like they used the jaws to get him out? As much as a truck weighs, i would think he would just go through the pole as opposed to having his trailer go through the truck. wow.

[GrandmasterCow]

no the guy lived, he walked outta drivers side, no windows survived on the truck, the whole passenger side was all over the road and field by that wrecked pole. there actually four poles he hit. not sure what happened though.

[NJSPEEDER]

18 wheelers are a lot wimpier than you would think. other than the doors, frame and front bumper they are almost entirely made of fiberglass. trailers are just as bad, aluminum frame/thin walls/tiny reenforcement ribs and a very thin fiberglass roof.

[Tsar]

um..sucks to be him i guess

[JPiZZiJP]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

18 wheelers are a lot wimpier than you would think. other than the doors, frame and front bumper they are almost entirely made of fiberglass. trailers are just as bad, aluminum frame/thin walls/tiny reenforcement ribs and a very thin fiberglass roof.

Tim's right... tractors and trailers are horribly constructed, and aren't strong at all. I used to work for a steamship line, and I learned all about the construction of tractors and trailers, and how they are repaired. Scary, that the majority of our cargo is shipped on these things.