Posted by Bret4207 on May 04, 2016 at 04:57:08 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: The egos.......... posted by Goose on May 03, 2016 at 11:27:31:
I've seen a lot of people buy a piece of equipment and THEN wonder how they can move it. Around here the big thing is to blame all road damage on Amish buggies and wagons than might haul a ton at the very most. They fact BTOs are moving 100k lbs+ spreaders and trac/trailers up and down the roads isn't considered, even though anyone can see hte damage starts at their driveways. Now I don't deny those BTOs are paying a lot of taxes, but it's ridiculous to think you can move enormous weights over roads not designed for them day after day and not have an effect. I don't care how many axles you have, it all takes a toll over time.
We can't afford to rebuild roads. It's simply not possible here. So we patch them and resurface every 10 years or so. It would cost our town alone around $100 million to rebuild just our main town roads to an 80K standard. Impossible, we've looked at it. Yet people want larger and larger trucks carrying product going over roads that we designed for 40K lbs at best. And the same people complain about potholes and bad shoulders....
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