A snow plow just destroyed itself outside my house.

Kinja'd!!! "Pixel" (Improbcat)
02/13/2014 at 18:52 • Filed to: None

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(No photos because it was pissing down freezing rain and I like my camera too much)

The driver of one of the town's Mack dump trucks misjudged the corner and clipped the granite curbstone at about 15mph, and with a sound like god throwing a dumpster down the capitol steps he bent the vertical A-frame holding the whole plow assembly so badly the pulley at the top was now pointed down at the pavement, and mangled everything else along the way. With the mangled mechanism raised as much as it now could be, the plow blade was still tipped almost 90 deg forward so it pointed down at the road, and just ground along when he tried to move the truck.

He eventually managed to grind the plow far enough down the road to clear the intersection, and called the garage. They had to pretty much pry the plow off the truck so they could get the truck & plow movable to get it back to the garage.

Sombody is going to have an awkward conversation with the boss tomorrow.


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! puddler > Pixel
02/13/2014 at 18:54

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destruction is always so much better when you're just observing.


Kinja'd!!! AthomSfere > Pixel
02/13/2014 at 19:15

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How to use a camera in the freezing rain:

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Now you know to keep them around :D


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Pixel
02/13/2014 at 19:46

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This sounds hilarious. Is it bad I am laughing at this?


Kinja'd!!! The Compromiser > AthomSfere
02/13/2014 at 22:30

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That's why I picked up a K50. Weather resistant.