Equipment truck in an accident

#54
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MRobVFL said:
Looking closely this is Roane Transportation truck and trailer. Makes sense for the university to contract the trucking out rather than buying its own equipment and paying a driver... but being the AD Danny White is I'm sure he won't miss an opportunity to raise donation fund like he did with the goalposts that we tore down.

Being a truck driver myself, you're always a split second from something like this happening out there. Head on a swivel at all times. The way the wheels are mangled up it looks like this may have started with a tire blowout.
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I think he ate up that jersey wall
 
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Assuming the driver is okay if this is the worse thing that happens to us on a bye week will take it!!!
 
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MRobVFL said:
Looking closely this is Roane Transportation truck and trailer. Makes sense for the university to contract the trucking out rather than buying its own equipment and paying a driver... but being the AD Danny White is I'm sure he won't miss an opportunity to raise donation fund like he did with the goalposts that we tore down.

Being a truck driver myself, you're always a split second from something like this happening out there. Head on a swivel at all times. The way the wheels are mangled up it looks like this may have started with a tire blowout.
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The contributions from the goal post campaign didn't go to athletics but to the university.

It was actually a pretty astute marketing move not because of the money they raised from it but because of all the new donors that contributed to UT for the first time . And it also got a lot of national media attention.
 
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So sad :( truckers are heroes and I hope they invent tires that don't blow up like c4 bombs when they have blowouts some day. Lucky he's alive

That's if that's what happened.





 
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207 others said:
So sad :( truckers are heroes and I hope they invent tires that don't blow up like c4 bombs when they have blowouts some day. Lucky he's alive

That's if that's what happened.





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Been driving 15 years. I had a steer tire blow once mering onto 75 south in Chattanooga. Thankfully got it to the shoulder safely. Did call dispatch asked for a new tire and a new pair of pants
 
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Driver lost control, don't quite understand it, I'm not letting a Car push me into a wall. Probably over-reacted. And a Blown tire is not reason enough to wreck your vehicle. Hold it steady and grind to a halt. The best Truck drivers can handle most any situation, other than a Head on. Distraction and over compensation are the major reasons for what could have been a minor deal developing into a major problem. That said, I'll be interested in the official report.
 
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stolitonic said:
The sad thing is that it has gotten much "better".

Going back maybe 7-8 years ago they had some really interesting routing while they were doing construction (in reality they are always doing construction).

It is a white knuckle drive through that area every time.

Two states in this country that are the absolute worst to drive through are Kansas and Arkansas hands down.
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And south of Asheville on 26 south.
 
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Batman1948 said:
I would bet good money that you don't have to worry about ticket prices because you probably don't attend any games-----am I right
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Don’t bet too much of your good money because I’m a season ticket holder at every home game and the occasional away game.
 
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