@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 1 year agoThe Colossal Capterpillar 797 Haul Trucklemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down19
arrow-up1240arrow-down1imageThe Colossal Capterpillar 797 Haul Trucklemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•edit-21 year agoHauling at mines. There are pictures of large pickup trucks (think Ford F250/F350) flattened like a pancake fire from trying to pass one of these without alerting the driver they’re there. When you’re on a mine, these things always have the right of way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoAh yes, a new picture every MSHA refresher. No visibility on a haul truck when you have to climb a staircase to get into the cab.
minus-squareMeldroclinkfedilink6•edit-21 year agoI imagine this beast doesn’t exactly stop on a dime, especially with a big load. Train rules apply. The train always wins. The vehicle with a staircase to the driver’s cab always wins.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoReminds me of the signs they used to have in Seminole County by railroads (could have been elsewhere as well) “Big train, little car, are you passed the stop bar?”
Hauling at mines.
There are pictures of large pickup trucks (think Ford F250/F350) flattened like a pancake
firefrom trying to pass one of these without alerting the driver they’re there. When you’re on a mine, these things always have the right of way.“Toot. Toot. Mother fucker. I’m coming through.”
Ah yes, a new picture every MSHA refresher. No visibility on a haul truck when you have to climb a staircase to get into the cab.
I imagine this beast doesn’t exactly stop on a dime, especially with a big load.
Train rules apply. The train always wins. The vehicle with a staircase to the driver’s cab always wins.
Reminds me of the signs they used to have in Seminole County by railroads (could have been elsewhere as well)
“Big train, little car, are you passed the stop bar?”
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Yep, that’s a bad one…