I can tell ya from experience that it may have been his fault and maybe not. More then once when i was hauling oversized loads under permits that the permit dept dropped the ball and got me into several shell we say sticky situations . Twice while hauling new tire presses as i was 11 foot 11 and 3/4 inches wide a 1/4 inch under needing escort and the wonderful state of N/C who never sent me the same way twice out all 54 trips i made over two years hauling them to Wilson N/C . This one trip my permit stated that i was to run I77 south to I 40 and east on I 40 , Ok fine with me makes the trip longer but ok by me i have over 68000 setting on the deck i am 11-11-3/4 wide and 14-4 high and i am running along enjoying the ride and i top this hill and see the signs for construction ahead then i see the electric indian shooting arrows at me making me move over into the passing lane and as we top the hill under full power and start down the steep grade i see that the bridge is down to one lane and it is 12 foot wide with the cement barriers choking down the passing lane on the bridge . Traffic is really heavy and the line behind me is building fast the sign says 12 foot lane , this is going to be tight no wiggle room on this one all i could do was line her up and go for it . Put that load thru there with out touching either side and not putting a mark on the tire press , Come out the end of the bridge and one of N/C's finest jumps in his cruiser and here he comes i am tryen to get back up to speed and not hold traffic up as i am climbing the next hill and i am not stopping that load on that hill for no man. I get to the top and i pull over and grab my clip board and meet said cop and he begins to tell me that he can not believe that i put that load thru that bridge with out hitting anything . TOLD him that there are two types of truck drivers , one there are the guys that just drive trucks and then there are us old time truck drivers . West bygosh Virginia sent me one time with one of them presses straight into a 14 foot underpass on old US 50 , had to drop the air out of the bags on the tractor and trailer and use part of the ditch to get under it as there was no place to go and backing out was not and option . Pa. routed me one time with a 85000 lb load on a 10 ton road with 10 ton bridges and a 140 degree turn on a hill that got me high centered and hung and into a nasty fight with a cop . That time the trailer i was pulling did not have a ride hight valve to adjust the ride hight and i had to unhook the leveling valve under a drop deck to raise the trailer and also the tractor to get clearance .I am 65 and been driving large cars since i was a teen ager.
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