I got this low bridge ( train trestle ) near my job. This happens a fair amount. New England is tough for trucks.




It even left some metal on the bridge. Decorated for the holiday season...lol

That big yellow 10' 7" sign must just be an estimate.

Woops

I did that once with a 10 wheeler, went under the bridge

fully loaded with no problems, coming back was a mistake

Didn't damage the bridge but sure messed up the box

Live and learn, I didn't even get I trouble, the 2 inches plus of ice was my demise

Lol.....

This is actually the second time that bridge got hit this week. Had a normal flatbed tow truck type vehicle with a Kubota small tractor and a Kubota side by side on it , it hit lightly on the Kubota tractor's exhaust stack. Probably needed a new exhaust after that.
The train trestle is roughly 100 years old . Built VERY solid , like they did back then. It has been hit hundreds of times. Lots of scars , scrapes and a few bent parts , but the bridge always wins. It is undefeated.

I know the height of my vehicles. If different drivers will be using a vehicle or don't care enough to know the height, tape the vehicle height in a prominent place on the dash.

I saw an article where a semi with dump trailer hit an overpass on the interstate when its bed raised going down the road. It hit hard. Showed a picture of the accident report. The bed raised when the female passenger inadvertently engaged the pto.

Only speculation but ti bet the drivers nick name is now stubby.

I saw it happen once in KC, Kansas! Truck box top rolled up like an old sardine can, nice tight roll on the highway. Easy PU to take to the scrap yard! LOL

Machine shop I worked at had a contract with Boing to make a transport frame for a C-5 nose assy, trucker hit a bridge on 40 Hwy at Rolla Mo. They said it did around 8 Million $ in damage. We had to work 12 hr days and weekends to make a replacement, and their normally extremely tight tolerances magically opened up. LOL

I never hit one but have had to back up a few times. I guess folks in cars think truck drivers got ESP and don't matter if they ever been on that road before or not. If see a truck backing up stead of hitting one have a little patience and give him a couple minutes and a little room

Ok, story time....

Was trailering a boat back to the ramp from getting service, on a road, and under a trestle I've gone down before...with the same boat.

What I didn't realize, they installed the radar dome on a taller mast, not a lot taller, but taller.....just enough to hit the radar dome smack into the bridge.... parts, plastic, everywhere....total loss,

Was kinda nervous making that report, lol, boss just shrugged it off....new radar dome about a thousand bucks.....to the taxpayers.....