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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago (3 children)

FYI this was a commercial truck transporting gravel, yah know what trucks are meant for, not some burgerbrain compensating for something.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are trucks meant for surpassing weight limits of bridges

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

No the operator was being stupid.

Just saying this was a truck being used for what it's actually intended for having an accident due to operator error.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bet the gravel was like 20% of the entire weight

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was just thinking "damn, an F-750?? is this a parody" thinking it's a truck the size of optimus prime

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I saw a YouTube video where someone who lives next to a covered bridge clipped together every truck that ignored the clearance signs and damaged the bridge. The description said there's a $5k fine for that.

The comments were full of, "This is a scam! They need to fix that bridge". Americans are so broken that personal freedom is now the right to destroy historic bridges without consequences.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"This bridge can't accommodate your ridiculous treat-truck and we will fine you if you break it."

Pickup owners: "tHiS iS a ScAm"

I bet these same people post comments like "fuck around, find out" and "should have listened" on videos of people getting shot by the cops for not following their orders one hundred percent.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

These are the same people that post about how the city is targeting them because their cars keep getting towed after parking in the bus stop

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the videos of this are darkly funny. so many collisions

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

we should build more such bridges.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think you could shoot everyone that owns a F-X50 and it would be a net positive for the earth

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

oh no not the small business owners

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

They take on the risk!!! Will no one think of the risk!!!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Looks like the "F" in F-150 stood for...FAT

[yeeeeeeow]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol it was an F-750. a borderline semi truck

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I spilled a lot more than juice wacking my ol' wiener off to that BBT (big beautiful truck).

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Willem scream

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

Article link

https://www.thedrive.com/news/overweight-ford-f-750-plunges-through-historic-wooden-bridge-in-maine

Based on the images, the bridge gave way almost immediately under the weight of the truck. The driver suffered minor injuries but was able to exit the vehicle on his own. Luckily, no one else was hurt, considering the area is popular with swimmers and kayakers.

Wow

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This was a commercial truck meant for heavy loads. They are sometimes used as dump trucks. It should have been obvious that it wouldn't get across that bridge.

https://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/f650-f750/

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It should have been obvious

Your faith in truck drivers' ability to notice signs is sorely misplaced.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

the ones with CDLs are usually better than some rando gender affirmation customer

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol, I was assuming that it would be in the middle of the bridge, but that happened, like, immediately. I don't even think the whole thing was on there yet...

Also, it's hard to say for sure, but that wood looks in pretty solid condition too. Did the article include the weight of the truck and weight limit of the bridge?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

https://www.thedrive.com/news/overweight-ford-f-750-plunges-through-historic-wooden-bridge-in-maine

The weight limit of the bridge was 3 tons, which likely wouldn't even support an empty F-750, and the article mentions that the truck was hauling a load of crushed gravel. The bridge might as well have been made of paper.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure they woke up just fine in their own home only to realize that they don't remember surviving or getting home. That's when the new family starts moving in...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I know just the guy to call

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~what's the reference?~~ I figured it out

spoilerbeetlejuice

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lmao get fucked honkey tonk carbrain che-laugh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the commercial truck being used for hauling gravel(presumably commercially) is "car brain"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Who's history now?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

well, here i go watch sorcerer again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Movie that on paper shouldn't be good but has such a bizarre dreamlike quality that it burrows into your mind. Highly recommend.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Beetlejuice (2025)?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Maine: The Way Life Should Be

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

natural selection

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

:sicko-yes:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

my hope is the driver had this cranked with the chorus hitting right as he drove into the bridge.

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