Topic: just a day on the job

okay .. almost time to get off work and i get an unusual call ... something about a truck blocking the road ... so i figure what the hell ... i am bored lets go see what it is ...

as i come around the curve i see this
http://www.neontuner.com/temp/break2.JPG

thinking to myself .. this cant be good .. i hop out of the car and go under the bridge ... to see this...
http://www.neontuner.com/temp/break.JPG

the rest of the time i was there .. i was trying not to laugh my ass off ... the truck driver honestly had no clue how it happened ...

wtf ?? haha I can't imagine how that would happen. All the elephants inside must have decided to start jumping about in the one spot. [??]

How about a couple hundred pound sacks of Mexican Jumping Beans all jumping at once?

That just made my day. Thanks for sharing that, Flea!

hehehe its days like that which make me enjoy my job ... so i had to share it with others.

Yep, that's the way a van breaks when it's overloaded. It's supported at the back by the rear wheelset, and at the front by the tractor, so the only place the floor can flex downward is between the two.

When the whole thing starts to go, the sides and roof (which were partially supporting the structure) buckle, and suddenly the floor is the only thing holding at all. It gives out instantly. I bet he hit the brakes just before it happened. That would add a bit more stress.

Very cool picture!

hehe ... a lil more on what happened ... while he was trying to squeeze through that small bridge .. he drove up on a curb (notice the damaged rear wheel) .. that cocked the trailer sideways under the bridge causing it to hit the other side ... which i am sure shifted the load (which was some sort of weights that were in large sacks ... about 3,000 lb a sack accordin to the driver ... he kept pushin it till it freed its self from under the bridge ... as he was turning back straight on the road it gave way.

Ouch. Yeah, if he was running near capacity and the load shifted ...

Wonder if he's gonna get chewed out for breaking his truck? Not just breaking down, he done BROKE it

hehe ... most likely will loose his job ... i left as the owner of the truck line was showing up ... he was steemed and was making a beeline twards the driver ... heh

to top it off .. the picture got front page in our sunday newspaper .. which is 3 papers combined .. so now 6 counties know what happened lol ... i am sure i will have some hate mail in the morning from that trucking company

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How about a couple hundred pound sacks of Mexican Jumping Beans all jumping at once?

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-- They're generally smart enough to keep still when they're coming across the border... (Unfortunately that's about where the intelligence stops)

lol good one

To be honest, I though Wolfen was making that joke, because that's how I read it the first couple times... It took me a little bit it to realize she was being literal about 'jumping beans,'

btw, what do you do for a living flea? Newspaper photog? police? haz & debris? (i did that one summer... scrapin dead animals off the road...)

newspaper photog and police photog ... small town ... full time newspaper .. part time police photog ... when they have a scene that needs to be shot and they need the pics good .. they call me and pay me ... the rest of the time i am just standing on the side of the scene takin pics of the cops working...

fun job ... no tickets

Ya know I used to carry my F717 everywhere with my just in case of an accident or what not. Figured I'd take a few pics and try and
sell them to either the news or newspaper. After thinking about it though I thought it was a little morbid. Kindof like me trying to
profit from someones loss. At least for you it's an "official" gig.

:-)

yep .. hehe .. it may be morbid .. but its my job and my personality so all is good ... (or would that be dead) ...

Geez.... I thought profiting from anothers loss was the meaning of life

Cool pictures....

Jason