Absolute scenes on my road today as a lorry fucked up a turn and has got itself wedged across the road like that ship in the suez canal
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@stavvers A cousin of mine once had one of those. It was ginormous.
You know when they're doing works on motorways, there's signs that say "broken down? wait for recovery". He had the contract to do that for a large swathe of southern England, because he owned about the only thing in the region capable of towing an 18-wheeler at the time.
@darkling oooh so we might be in for the long haul on this, magnificent
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@floppyplopper btw please tell me you've seen the videos of the low bridge in the US which scalps lorries
@stavvers @floppyplopper We have one just outside Antrim town. Loads of signs advising alternative routes and bridge height - all of which are ignored. Traffic has to use the middle of the road to go under, so it causes a mess regularly.
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@darkling oooh so we might be in for the long haul on this, magnificent
@stavvers It's certainly "specialist equipment", but Richard's thing was decades ago. There's probably more choice these days.
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Absolute scenes on my road today as a lorry fucked up a turn and has got itself wedged across the road like that ship in the suez canal
@stavvers truly an Evergreen tweet
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@stavvers truly an Evergreen tweet
@evilstevie weeeey
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@floppyplopper btw please tell me you've seen the videos of the low bridge in the US which scalps lorries
@stavvers @floppyplopper I don't think I have but I've seen one about a lorry scalping bridge in Australia, possibly Melbourne
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@stavvers @floppyplopper I don't think I have but I've seen one about a lorry scalping bridge in Australia, possibly Melbourne
@stavvers @floppyplopper there's a local news clip where they're talking about the bridge with a reporter on the scene and a lorry gets scalped in real time in the background. Classic
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@floppyplopper btw please tell me you've seen the videos of the low bridge in the US which scalps lorries
@stavvers
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A tiny success of sorts! The lorry has crawled into a position where it is only blocking one lane. However, it is very, very sick and will need to be rescued. I am excited to see what sort of lorry turns up to rescue a poorly lorry.
Update: no movement. Poor lil dude is still sitting there, hazards forlornly blinking
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Update: no movement. Poor lil dude is still sitting there, hazards forlornly blinking
@stavvers thanks for the frequent live reports. I am on tenterhooks.
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@floppyplopper btw please tell me you've seen the videos of the low bridge in the US which scalps lorries
@stavvers @floppyplopper my favourite time for that bridge is when they added sensors to detect a high vehicle approaching and turn the lights red with a warning sign. Because so many drivers saw the lights begin to change and accelerated to get through
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@stavvers @floppyplopper my favourite time for that bridge is when they added sensors to detect a high vehicle approaching and turn the lights red with a warning sign. Because so many drivers saw the lights begin to change and accelerated to get through
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Update: no movement. Poor lil dude is still sitting there, hazards forlornly blinking
@stavvers they could carve it up in place with oxyacetylene torches like a steel whale, to convert it into more portable bits.
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Update: no movement. Poor lil dude is still sitting there, hazards forlornly blinking
Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.
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Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.
@stavvers Well clearly, it's broken.
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Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.
What I can say is that sickly lorry has signs on it warning of flammable stuff inside, so that's fun
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What I can say is that sickly lorry has signs on it warning of flammable stuff inside, so that's fun
I will let you know if the lil guy is still there when I get back
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I will let you know if the lil guy is still there when I get back
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Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.
@stavvers The Technical, engineering term for this lorry is "It is fucked".
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Bad news: I have to leave the house for a few hours. Good news: meant I got to take a closer look at the stricken lorry on the way out. Bad news: I don't know how vehicles work so I couldn't possibly tell you what's wrong with it.
@stavvers Make pictures, put on fedi, brace for impact
