So I was hauling oats today, when along came some oilfield equipment down the highway, was a massive structure headed for Ft.Macmurray. They forced me to back into a small ungraded driveway with a good slope to it. I didn't like it one bit, and expressed my concern, the flag person was quite forceful.
So I back into it with my tridem trailer, of course I got stuck! Also I tried to manoeuvre, and got the tractor tires pinned against the little acreage owners gate. Needless to say I was major F'd!
I was so pissed I jumped out and stood on the highway in front of the 100 something wheel rig slowly coming at me, either he stop, or I die like the asian kid at tiananmen square. Well he stopped, I told him they got me stuck, and he's not gonna pass until someone gets me out.
Well, not less then 0.5 minutes later, the 4 flag trucks drive back and up and are all ready for a fight! They yell and swear at me, tell me what a pos driver I was, what a pos truck I had and to for me to get bent, because they have a schedule to keep and getting stuck is my problem not theirs.
I held my ground, told them "yep, you're really nice guys I see!, this is not my fault, I would never have driven in there". They wanted to fight me, but I stayed calm and held my ground, none of them wanted to be the one to throw first, and risk the repercussion of the boiling rage I had within, obviously they could see I was far from happy.
Anyway, there was lots of dialog, and ridiculous ideas coming from them, regarding how i get unstuck so they can leave, and let me sit there. The funniest was one of them told me to just pin it, until the tires get hot, melt the ice and catch ground! I actually laughed at that, even though they all agreed with that dumb idea, to get me to crawl in the cab to let them go.
In the end they did pull me out, very angry, reluctant, and with little regard for my property. Did some damage to a rim and tire on the truck, as it was pinned against the gate loaded.
I am so tried of these wide load corridors, the oil and gas outfits are completely abusing them, instead of just using them for extreme cases, they are purposefully building stuff in Calgary, buy a cheap transport permit, then ship it up north just in the name of saving money for the company, with no regard to roads, safety, or the public. Sometimes up to a dozen loads a day are hauled on that one route alone.
A few years ago one flag person jumped out last minute, trying to stop my neighbour as he was loaded with wheat in a B-train, he didn't stop completely in the short distance (merely slowed down lots), so the flag person whacked his hood with their stop sign and drove off. He is an older fellow and didn't do anything about it.
Anyone else had an issue?
Do they have authority to make me go off the road and get stuck/damaged having no responsibility?
So I back into it with my tridem trailer, of course I got stuck! Also I tried to manoeuvre, and got the tractor tires pinned against the little acreage owners gate. Needless to say I was major F'd!
I was so pissed I jumped out and stood on the highway in front of the 100 something wheel rig slowly coming at me, either he stop, or I die like the asian kid at tiananmen square. Well he stopped, I told him they got me stuck, and he's not gonna pass until someone gets me out.
Well, not less then 0.5 minutes later, the 4 flag trucks drive back and up and are all ready for a fight! They yell and swear at me, tell me what a pos driver I was, what a pos truck I had and to for me to get bent, because they have a schedule to keep and getting stuck is my problem not theirs.
I held my ground, told them "yep, you're really nice guys I see!, this is not my fault, I would never have driven in there". They wanted to fight me, but I stayed calm and held my ground, none of them wanted to be the one to throw first, and risk the repercussion of the boiling rage I had within, obviously they could see I was far from happy.
Anyway, there was lots of dialog, and ridiculous ideas coming from them, regarding how i get unstuck so they can leave, and let me sit there. The funniest was one of them told me to just pin it, until the tires get hot, melt the ice and catch ground! I actually laughed at that, even though they all agreed with that dumb idea, to get me to crawl in the cab to let them go.
In the end they did pull me out, very angry, reluctant, and with little regard for my property. Did some damage to a rim and tire on the truck, as it was pinned against the gate loaded.
I am so tried of these wide load corridors, the oil and gas outfits are completely abusing them, instead of just using them for extreme cases, they are purposefully building stuff in Calgary, buy a cheap transport permit, then ship it up north just in the name of saving money for the company, with no regard to roads, safety, or the public. Sometimes up to a dozen loads a day are hauled on that one route alone.
A few years ago one flag person jumped out last minute, trying to stop my neighbour as he was loaded with wheat in a B-train, he didn't stop completely in the short distance (merely slowed down lots), so the flag person whacked his hood with their stop sign and drove off. He is an older fellow and didn't do anything about it.
Anyone else had an issue?
Do they have authority to make me go off the road and get stuck/damaged having no responsibility?
Oversize load / wide load corridor problems
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