Monday, October 24, 2005

Load shift

Rollover!- well almost- sort of. We were checking out the rollover on the Dan Ryan at 63rd, when we were done and on our way back, we stumbled upon this. Because the local lanes on the expressway were closed, there was some trucks that had decided they wanted to try and take city streets and avoid the delays. This driver was one of them. He made this very tight turn and did not see the old light pole stump, which was obviously knocked down by a trucker doing the same turn. The front pins let loose ( or they were not hooked at all) and the container slid over and shifted. This also bent the frame. Because of the very tight work area, we had to use the rotator and lift the container and re-set it.