r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/limits660 • 1d ago

WCGW not securing your load 🤣

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u/rorymakesamovie 1d ago

Someone beep at the guy jesus

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u/lucifer-_-senpai 23h ago

They are just npc's can't do much except video recording.

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u/beneye 23h ago

It’s like a baby unrolling a toilet paper in the bathroom. Just unroll that shit.

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u/trtreeetr 22h ago

You spelled CAT wrong.

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u/bretttwarwick 17h ago

It’s like a baby unrolling a toilet paper in the cat. Just unroll that shit

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u/Mutex70 14h ago

It's like a cat unrolling a baby in the toilet. Just unroll that shit paper.

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u/Charming-Flamingo307 21h ago

You spelled CAR wrong.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 21h ago

It’s like unwinding a cassette. 

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u/OliverGunzitwuntz 19h ago

We're gonna need a bigger pencil: Chief Brody

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u/YouGotAnyWhiteBread 22h ago

A Man Named Otto captured that pretty well. Its the most anger I have felt watching a movie in a long time.

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u/Head_Haunter 23h ago

It’s actually really difficult.

In 2016 i was driving on i85 going home from GSU. Saw a tractor trailer with the back right tire on fire. I tried to honk at them and stuff but imagine some Nissan honking at an 18-wheeler. He just ignored me.

I ended up calling 911 to get them to pull him over. Not sure if they ever did since i wasnt going to follow.

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u/TheThiefMaster 23h ago

I managed to pull over a concrete mixer truck that was on fire. Guy driving it was annoyed because if they stop too long the concrete mixer is basically totalled but hey - not my fire dude. Leave that unchecked you're probably totalled anyway.

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u/NotAnotherAlt26 23h ago

Usually the batch plants will have large bags of sugar on hand incase there's a mechanical mishap with a truck. Sugar will slow the curing process WAY down. Instead of 1.5 hours to empty the drum, you get like 5 hours before it will start curing and harden. Much better to lose $2k of concrete than replace an entire drum.

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u/Masterpiedog27 12h ago

Lost a brand new mixer bowl when the hydraulic pump (manufacturing defect) seized 6.5m3 of concrete gone hard, three 5kg bags of sugar just sitting on top of the mix couldn't turn the bowl. They tried hooking a new set of hydraulic lines into another mixer unit to turn the bowl, but it had flashed off by then.

Towed the truck back to the depot, the manager got in touch with the lads who cleaned our bowls out, he paid them $10,000 to jack hammer it out they finished it in 5 working days, 3 lads working 20 minutes each. They cleaned it out enough to then get their water lance in to finish the job the mix was 40mpa 19mm mix for a bridge beam.

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u/sorestgore 22h ago

My ex's dad used to carry 2 liter coke bottles in his cab

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u/snarlinaardvark 22h ago

My dad's ex used to carry dinosaur bobble heads in his cab.

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u/flyinghairball 20h ago

That must have kept it from curing for an entire geologic period.

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u/bt65 20h ago

I bought a bunch of 3 liter sodas from a dollar store, I put them behind the driver seat of my Ford Escort and on the way home a bottle fell out of the bag onto the sharp corner of the rail the seat is mounted on, PSSCHHSSS and we had a not so nice sugar beverage shower and the car needed a bit of a cleanup...

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u/heavydutyrunnun 22h ago

My brother in law used to jack hammer out concrete that cured in the drum.

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u/MimiMyMy 15h ago

I honked at a car to let the driver know her purse is on the roof of her car. When she finally stopped she got out the car all annoyed and was very rude to me even after I told her that her purse is on the roof and it was about to fall off at any moment. She was so
mean and rude that it was the one time I second guessed if doing the right thing was worth it. Some people just don’t deserve kindness.

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u/Charming-Border7429 14h ago

People driving concrete mixers are crazy. Every once in a while, you'll see one going 50-60 miles an hour on our 25 mph road.

You know they only have a few minutes to dump before the batch goes bad and someone has to eat the cost.

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u/exipheas 23h ago

I've had to flag a few down. Honking doesn't work. Arm waving and point down underneath the the trailer is the move.

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u/diablodeldragoon 22h ago

I keep a notebook and sharpie handy. I can write a quick note like "flat", "check load", etc really quick and put it against the window. It's worked several times. I've reused a couple of the notes unfortunately

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u/exipheas 21h ago

The most recent one somehow they were dragging a line under the trailer near the inside of the tires and it was sending a wave of sparks every time it bounced. I'm guessing it was the air line to that set of tires.

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u/diablodeldragoon 20h ago

😳 Most air brakes are spring locked and the air releases the brakes. If the wheel lost the air supply, it should have locked the brakes up on that wheel. It's a good way to catch the trailer on fire quickly!

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u/glowskull10 18h ago

"bomb on bus"

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u/PlatypusDream 18h ago

Frantic, emphatic waving & pointing

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u/ardotschgi 23h ago

At least you tried. Just because of your isolated incident doesn't mean every trucker will ignore a honking and warning guy in a car, lol.

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u/Squirrel_Kng 23h ago

Most probably will, just ask yourself how many get honked at because of stupid pissed off drivers. I bet in less then one month on the job it turns into white noise.

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u/HJSDGCE 22h ago

We really need a way to differentiate between angry honking and warning honking. 

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u/Finickyflame 22h ago

Angry honk: hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonk

Warning honk: hon hon hon hon hon hon hon hon hon hon

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u/DuchessOfCelery 21h ago

Goose versus amused Frenchman. Gotcha.

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u/pepeshadilay69 20h ago

I was going to clarify with 'angry goose' and then thought "Is there really any other kind?" So, yeah, goose.

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u/Complete_Silver2595 7h ago

Cobra chicken

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u/Hohh20 20h ago

Just do SOS with the horn. Short short short long long long short short short

I would assume many truckers would recognize it as its a radio thing.

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u/ClownfishSoup 23h ago

“You’re going the wrong way!!!!!!! “

mimes drinking motion with hands* OK! thanks!

“how do they know where we’re going?”

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u/3_50 17h ago

If I saw a truck I had to try to pull over, I'd pull in front of them (far enough ahead that they can definitely see me), slightly straddle the next lane so it's obvious I'm kinda blocking an overtake, hand out of the window frantically pointing over my roof at the hard shoulder, then let off the gas, touch the brake just enough to light up the brake lights, and probably an indicator towards the shoulder too.

I can barely hear a horn at motorway speeds in my modest little van...I imagine long haul trucks have way better sound deadening to combat the much louder engines, tyre noise etc.

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u/Psychological_Dog992 15h ago

Good idea, when I drove a truck, a cop was trying to pull me over for like 5 miles and I never even saw him, it's weird how easy it is to be oblivious when you're driving on the highway for hours and hours and hours

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u/SnarkyBustard 23h ago

What? Aren’t you curious how long the trail would be, or if the driver eventually notices? Y’all have no curiosity.

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u/peridotpicacho 22h ago

Yes, I very much wanted to see it finish. 

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u/AmazingChicken 22h ago

.... There's gotta be a news item somewhere...

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u/FlorianTheLynx 23h ago

Followed a van the other day who was trailing a cable with a clip at the end. Beeped and flashed lights for several minutes and the guy was completely oblivious. Eventually he stopped for traffic and seemed surprised when I tapped on the window. 

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u/rabbittyhole 23h ago

I like to imagine Jesus driving a convertible instead

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u/-SheriffofNottingham 23h ago

I like to picture Jesus in a tuxedo T-shirt cuz it says like I wanna be formal, but I'm here to party too.

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u/IBringTheHeat2 23h ago

I was next to a FedEx driver at night pulling a EMHU container with a door opening. Tried honking to get their attention when I was beside them and she just flipped me off.

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u/Strange-Movie 23h ago

I’ve had the same experience with straps flapping around on a delivery truck and an entirely unsecured load on a trailer getting pulled by a subie; people act like youre personally attacking them so now I just honk, point, and pass them as fast as i can.

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u/imFromFLiAmSrryLuL 23h ago

Some people like to watch the world burn lol

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u/WoollyBear_Jones 23h ago

At least we’ll know where to find him when he stops!

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u/No-Exit-No 22h ago

May the coil not last long enough. Imagine the truck reaches destination and finds an empty Cargo space.

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u/CodeNamesBryan 23h ago

What do you mean? Buddy decided to come to a full stop on thenhigh maay to film it!

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 23h ago

The social media clout is worth 1 million times more than that metal is.

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u/SalvadorP 23h ago

That's what you get for driving on the left lane. Legally, no one can pass him to be able to honk or signal him. Fuck him.

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u/gypsydog17 21h ago

Reminds me when I was in high school and I was delivering a washer in a pick up. Passenger thre a cig out and it caught the pad on fire. People drive by us staring on the interstate but not one person alerted us to it. I saw the pad look like it's coming off, ulled over and I saw fire.

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u/Nickelsass 1d ago

Ope another pro-lapsed load

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u/Rejukem 23h ago

I hate it when that happens!

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u/driver_95 23h ago

Omg, stop it!

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u/J4M35M1TH 23h ago

I chuckle at the gym almost prolapsed my guts

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u/teachermanjc 7h ago

Just grab a stick and poke it back in.

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u/nuttz0r 1d ago

Yes pull over and cover the entire road instead of one lane

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u/FlorianTheLynx 23h ago

Yeah, he’d have been better staying left, it’s not like the lane wasn’t already blocked, so nobody was going to be rear-ending him. 

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u/kingdomecile 23h ago

Yep, that was definitely going to happen! I was driving on I-5 in Oregon when someone in Hyundai slightly side swiped a Semi truck traveling in the left lane. The truck driver just stopped in the left lane, didn’t pull over at all, while thr Hyundai pulled over on the right shoulder. It happened in front of me and I got through right away. I was gone for a good 2 hours, and when I was driving back home, traffic was still backed up for miles on the freeway.

Did I mention it was a Swift semi truck?

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u/ComplaintNo6835 14h ago

You didn't need to. We knew.

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u/cjpinkelman 1d ago

Is the best thing to film rather than stopping the truck?

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u/Bitter_Particular_75 23h ago

no it's not, the guy is an imbecile.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 15h ago

And it's kinda fascinating to watch the unraveling.

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u/xmastreee 23h ago

Pretty sure I would have passed the truck and tried my damndest to get the driver's attention, even to the point of gently brake checking him. But then I wouldn't have a cool video to show for it, and we know what's important, right folks?

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u/unknownpoltroon 23h ago

No, if youre next to a truck and honking and leaning on the horn while pointing, and the asshole is that oblivious, he deserves all the fines

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u/Agile-Hedgehog-7832 23h ago

but then you would not have a video posted on reddit where you can write what smart and moral things you would have done

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u/Nasa_OK 23h ago

No they would have a video of a truck driver not paying attention and rearrendjng a car. Everyone in the comments would smugly say „and that’s why you don’t brake check a truck“

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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost 21h ago

You could also wave your arms out the window and do the stop sign with your hand, point to the back of the truck, whatever you can to get their attention to pull over

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u/xmastreee 23h ago

Well I did say gently.

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u/SirNedKingOfGila 8h ago

Looks like China. The important thing is to not get involved. ANYTHING you do in that situation could open you up to liability.

Let's say you stop that truck... and someone hits it. They would go after you for stopping the truck there. As well as anybody else that could conceivably have contributed to the situation.

Many cultures have developed a master class in minding their own business.

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u/Big-Sort-8712 23h ago

Bikers worst nightmare a trucker like that.

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u/tuscaloser 14h ago

It’s even scarier than grass clibbings in the roadway.

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u/beneye 23h ago

Yeah, Don’t worry about the traffic this shit is gonna cause. I mean, it’s not like the driver is just gonna come out and roll it up on his arm like hose.

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u/akromadeath 20h ago

He will just drive in reverse, duh.

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u/Strange-Movie 23h ago

Have you met any truck drivers? They’re consistently some of the most oblivious “I can do no wrong” dipshits on the road. How do you reckon the filmer stops the truck? By honking? Ignored. By getting in front of the 40+ ton truck and braking? They’ll swerve and go around, or just hit the car if the braking is severe because it’s not going to hurt their bumper

Safest thing is to get passed the truck or off the highway and call the cops to deal with it

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u/KPplumbingBob 21h ago

Of course this absolute drivel is upvoted on reddit.

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u/Bow_Hero 20h ago

And holding up traffic themselves.

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u/chriiissssssssssss 1d ago

r/ThatLookedExpensive

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u/Cricket_Vee 16h ago

If that’s a 25 ton steel coil?

About $10-25k depending on the quality of the material.

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u/CyberWulf 9h ago

Well $10 wouldn’t be too bad

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u/acocktailofmagnets 23h ago

Your CVS receipt when it finishes printing.

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u/GoodLeftUndone 22h ago

I got a normal. Small receipt from them the last time I went and I blew my mind. 

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u/PurplishPlatypus 14h ago

Must have been an error

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u/tipareth1978 23h ago

Oof, actually the load is secured because the rolls are staying put, looks more like some error in palletizing at the shipper. Also the trucker wouldn't feel this because it doesnt suddenly change the weight, so awful.

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u/So_HauserAspen 23h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the forklift operator broke the banding when loading the freight.  

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u/Low-Antelope-7264 21h ago

These get loaded with cranes.

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u/tipareth1978 20h ago

Or massive forklifts, there's a terminal where I work where they use high cap forklifts for these

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u/NlghtmanCometh 19h ago

Yes they are called a “Lull”. Among the most common vehicles in outside construction and definitely used for loads like this, where it doesn’t need to be picked very high.

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u/DetroitLionsEh 22h ago

Yeah there should be 3 or 4 bands on the coil to stop this from happening.

It looks like they just have the outside band

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u/arapturousverbatim 15h ago

They should still be glancing in the mirrors at least once in a while though

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u/tipareth1978 14h ago

You wouldn't really see this for a while. They cant see directly behind them

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u/arapturousverbatim 8h ago

It literally rolls into the next lane in the video

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u/wjodendor 1d ago

r/scrapmetal on the way

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u/plumb_master 23h ago

If you look closely you can see the methtrepreneurs showing up on their bikes to help clean up.

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u/RobGrogNerd 1d ago

have you seen the price of aluminum/aluminium foil?

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u/Evil_Judgment 23h ago

48" wide about 8k lbs. Around $45k

I work in an aluminum coil processing plant.

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 23h ago

This is what makes reddit interesting. There is always SOMEONE in whatever random niche comes up.

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u/Aiderona 23h ago

Thats 45k a roll WOW hope the guy took notice quick thats $100/s+ hes missing down the road.

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u/srl80 1d ago

I wanted to see the end, when there was nothing left on the truck.

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u/thejourneybegins42 1d ago

Someone didn't strap the coils xD

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u/So_HauserAspen 23h ago

Yeah.  The load is secure.  It's the freight that wasn't properly banded.  

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u/smackedbyamack 23h ago

I used to band steel coils, it's not that hard.

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/GiannisIsTheBeast 13h ago

He used to band the steel coils. Company forgot to hire someone to replace him.

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u/bookwormdrew 22h ago

Fuckin sucks though lol. I used to do it too.

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u/Ralonne 23h ago

I used to work at a press factory, and thank god these weren’t hot-rolled 304 or something. Guessing aluminum?

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u/BoxMundane6606 23h ago

What would happen if they were?

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u/Ralonne 22h ago

It depends on which strap snapped, and the thickness of the steel, and how tightly they were banded, and if the truck’s banding was strong enough to keep a clockspringing coil from uncoiling, but probably a larger mess along the X axis, instead of a string of mess along the Y axis.

Much more dangerous for surrounding cars than aluminum, especially if the truck banding didn’t hold and it rolled off. Those things are heavy.

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u/outsideAngler 23h ago

The tunes would probably be more metal. 🤘🏾😝🤘🏾 … you’re welcome.

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u/BlackberryUpstairs19 23h ago

Why is he trying to get over at the end? He's already got the left lane blocked off from the metal. Is he trying to block the whole road?

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u/AreallysuperdarkELF 23h ago

Takes a real asshole to record that instead of trying to tell the driver.

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u/ell0moto 23h ago

Let the truck poop

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u/Kolintracstar 22h ago

Did he get that poop parasite? Is this what happens?

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u/Most-Hawk-4175 23h ago

Nah, CDL driver should be instantly fired. Driver should be checking mirrors constantly and should have noticed it immediately. This and not securing his load that could have killed someone. 100 percent on the driver.

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u/AreallysuperdarkELF 22h ago

That's not the point at all. Every second they continue to drive it creates more of a hazard for everyone on the road. Someone should get him to stop immediately.

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u/jspellman1120 1d ago

This is what happens when trucks eat Taco Bell.

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u/DRuth84 23h ago

“Maximum Overdrive-The Cyclospora Takeover”

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u/Plastic_Car_707 23h ago

The truck got the virus going around, it will be out of commission for a few weeks

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u/ZoldyckProdigy 1d ago

Holy shit i ran a coil line that used those back in the day and let me tell you that is about to be the biggest pain in the ass to clean up hahaha

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u/LeftHand_PimpSlap 23h ago

Same here. Good thing it wasn't 14 or 16 gauge, or would be flying everywhere.

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u/Doobieswim12349 1d ago

Imagine the paperwork that needs to be filed by all parties involved

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u/kdssek 23h ago

so this is the interstate version of TP'ing a house, got it.

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u/Doright36 1d ago edited 23h ago

What is that stuff?

Edit: really? Downvoting me just for asking what the stuff was? Jesus Reddit. Sorry my knowledge of construction material isn't all encompassing..

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u/shasaferaska 1d ago

Metal sheet.

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u/cramboneUSF 23h ago

We call these coils and the loading style is called “shotgun”.

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u/shambahlah2 1d ago

Looks like the last Horseback ride I was on

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u/ej102 23h ago

Those that keep putting this weird music in these. Please keep doing that. 😂

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u/peridotpicacho 22h ago

I actually liked the song for once. That’s rare. 

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u/StorminXX 23h ago

I heard he is still rolling down the highway and spilling his load to this day.

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u/Dronk_Mullet_Trustus 23h ago

Just throw it in reverse, should re-coil itself. I don’t see what the big deal is..

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u/mixony 1d ago

Someone is a fan of Hansel and Gretel it seems

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u/Fred_Wilkins 23h ago

HE'S POOOP'N

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u/kallekilponen 23h ago

Meanwhile the driver is looking at his load gauge and wondering why it’s dropping rapidly.

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u/Blah_Dee_Blah111 23h ago

coils are just nightmares waiting to happen

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u/unknownpoltroon 23h ago

Looks like optimus prime ate the unwashed lettuce

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u/MarcQ1s 23h ago

This should be crass posted to r/thatlooksexpensive.

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u/Samurai-lugosi 23h ago

It’s like a dog with worms.

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u/ClownfishSoup 23h ago

Rather than just filming for clicks, I think I’d drive up and honk and flash lights at them.

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u/TobJamFor 23h ago

Next complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir about to drop

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u/bone_mallet 22h ago

Track name?

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u/who_even_cares35 23h ago

Tell me you don't check your mirrors often enough without telling me you don't check your mirrors often enough

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u/Lookatoaster 15h ago

That was my thought - like SO long to look at your mirrors and see what was happening!

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u/Individual-Can2150 1d ago

Will be fun rolling that up again :P

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u/DRuth84 23h ago

He at least had the outer layer secured. Until it wasn’t.

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u/tommyap1990 23h ago

Thats a really big messup

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u/metal_detectoror 23h ago

Why I hate a slinky

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u/phantomfigure 23h ago

I think that's about $1200 usd per ton. Not sure how much a roll weighs but that's a lot of money + cleanup.

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u/iamwastingtimeyo 23h ago

At least he’s in the fast lane so this will be over quicker.

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u/cantpickanane 23h ago

Anyone else have the Slinky jingle start playing in their head?

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u/rottiesrule88 23h ago

Dude stop him!

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u/Thechad1029 23h ago

I will never understand the “lets record and see what happens”

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u/Key-Respect-3706 23h ago

Is that how clean aluminum becomes dirty aluminum?

/s

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u/jrdubbleu 23h ago

Scrappers unite!

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u/RhyzoG 23h ago

He blew his load everywhere on the road

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u/ULTRA_83 23h ago

Do you even 3d print bro ?

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u/Johnny-Unitas 23h ago

That's a lot of money falling out of that.

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u/PM_THE_REAPER 23h ago

It's just so he can find his way back.

https://giphy.com/gifs/hFROvOhBPQVRm

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u/birdman760 23h ago

Go ahead and pull over to the right and close the whole road down 😂

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u/MarcCouillard 23h ago

holy SHIT that is gonna be a pain to clean up 🤦‍♂️

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u/oclafloptson 23h ago

How much more secure do you want it? It didn't fall off even with all that drag!

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u/centexgoodguy 23h ago

I've always been leery of rolls of steel being transported ever since I read an article in the newspaper about 50 years ago about a tragic accident when an entire roll of steel fell off a truck and popped open and the end sliced through the car behind it killing the driver and passenger. Whenever I see this on the road I either give plenty or distance or pass it quickly and get way far ahead.

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u/Arkaium 23h ago

That truck’s been eating raw veggies

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u/TairyHesticles-3 23h ago

The truck is just taking a shit

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u/Crabbyrob 23h ago

"Laying pipe all night, laying pipe to satisfy that woman."

- David Wilcox

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u/WithoutAHat1 23h ago

I wanted to see it hit the end of the roll. Those are the type they use for large steel piping. Do not want to imagine how the cleanup will be.

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u/Existing-Bus-8810 23h ago

Is this what laying pipe means?

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u/Big_P4U 23h ago

That's gonna suuuuuck

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u/Pragmatist_Hammer 23h ago

I should call her.

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u/bryangcrane 23h ago

He’s gonna wonder why his mpg suddenly increased so dramatically 😝

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u/Ill-Professor696 23h ago

That's so metal

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u/Chillynuggets 23h ago

Dont help just film!

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u/Somneleda 23h ago

And the guy wants to pull off on the right to totally block traffic.

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u/Sanctus_Poopabumsus 23h ago

The truck is just pooping.

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u/Chezzomaru 23h ago

Looks expensive...

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u/LabiaMajorasMask420 23h ago

Looks like that truck got one of those parasites I've been hearing about.

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u/davewave3283 23h ago

At least it will be easy to trace the problem back to its source

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u/JakTheGripper 23h ago

It’s like when magicians pull all that ribbon out of their mouths!

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u/BanKenobi 23h ago

"Local authorities were able to track the perpetrator using their exceptional investigating skills"

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u/istoOi 23h ago

They see me rollin

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u/blackbishop26 23h ago

I recently watched a documentary of sorts on these aluminum rolls. They are seven miles long.