And yes, in the past I've loaded to 16' 5" high on a wafer-deck low loader, which gives 1" clearance under the recommended maximum height of 16' 6" for motorway bridges.
Bet you measured that one more than once before taking it on the road
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Bet you measured that one more than once before taking it on the road
Bet you measured that one more than once before taking it on the road
Yes, and I flinched noticeably going under every bridge between the centre of Dewsbury and Barking.
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Good job you weren’t bring it down the M180/A180, there are/were more than two bridges that are slightly lower than 16’6” due to the poor road surface we seem to get. I believe there have been 4 bridge sections replaced in as many years after oversize loads have come in to contact with them.
A pair of brewing vessels left Immingham docks last year and took the A18/A46/A1 route around to the M18/M1 due to bridge heights along the M180.
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That happened to me last summer at a BBQ.
You know you are getting old when your teenage kids know how to open beer bottles and you don't.
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i still drunk it
I still prefer opening bottles off another. Educating kids on what to do when nothing else available.
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how do you do that ?
@angellonewolf
Just figuring out leverage and your finger as a pivot point.
Can do it with lighters or anything harder than the cap it tough.
Opening a bottle with a spoon makes people giggle.
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Though I've had the same bottle opener on my keyring since I was 13. Found it in a pair of Rice's skates I bought.
Use it for opening tins of paint these days.
A lighter always worked for me.
Though I've had the same bottle opener on my keyring since I was 13. Found it in a pair of Rice's skates I bought.
Use it for opening tins of paint these days.
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@angellonewolf he said educating kids, you are a adult human. But why would @Ruffian be teaching baby goats to drink beer is unknown
The dozy sod who was the subject of the "Muppetry at its finest" thread loaded a plastic water tank last year from Flocktons, across the A180 from Moody Trucks.
Didn't check the height of it and promptly clobbered a bridge on the A180. Pieces of plastic pipework rained down onto passing cars, one of whom rang up and quite rightly complained, predictably he kept going but later received a written warning...
I'm 32 and no children and am planning on keeping it that way. Would rather show baby goats my skills than dragging this world into spiraling demise by encouraging people to drink
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took me a few seconds to get that bit slow today(most days)
You know what they say about people from Bristol?
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^^^ should i ask
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^^^ should i ask
You don't know?
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^^^^ if i know than why should i need to ask
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If you don't know, you can't tell me then.
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^^^no
we could be here all day doing this
we could be here all day doing this
