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"smobgirl" (smobgirl) 01/31/2020 at 11:44 • Filed to: None

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I’d feel uncomfortable driving under those tracks in a normal car. No way does it look even remotely likely that any sort of truck is going to fit. Good job, buddy.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 11:49

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This is my personal favorite truck stuck under bridge situation:

The Ghost of Oppo > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 11:51

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Damn yeah 10 ft is super low, the infamous can opener brid ge is 11'8"

For Sweden > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 11:54

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Why doesn’t this bridge have a Youtube channel

VW Max > The Ghost of Oppo 01/31/2020 at 11:57

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They raised it some, but it still occasionally gets trucks.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 11:57

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I bet they were using the metric system in the truck

Chariotoflove > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/31/2020 at 11:58

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Wow, that’s fantastic.

Boxer_4 > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 12:02

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Apparently f ish aren’t considered food...

haveacarortwoorthree2 > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 12:02

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Something looks fishy about that bridge.

Kiltedpadre > Boxer_4 01/31/2020 at 12:04

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Or they sell fine food but their fish is mediocre.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 12:09

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I’d feel uncomfortable driving under those tracks in a normal car.

That reminds me to share this with you. This bridge is over a real paved road in Marion, Arkansas, although the asphalt kind of gives up under the bridge. My concern going under was more the width than the height (good thing someone spray painted the height on it), along with a little niggling fear that the whole thing might collapse on me.

facw > For Sweden 01/31/2020 at 12:16

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I think the 11'8" bridge was a bit of sweet-spot for “low enough to hit trucks, but tall enough that an in attentive driver might think they could fit at a glace”. 10' is probably low enough that fewer people make the attempt.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Boxer_4 01/31/2020 at 12:17

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Fish are friends, not food.

ttyymmnn > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/31/2020 at 12:26

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No, that was NASA .

smobgirl > Chariotoflove 01/31/2020 at 12:31

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Hah. I’ve done a fun one or two like this myself but thankfully the Fiat is small enough that there’s always room (well, everywhere but beneath the car) . I’d hate to drive a modern pickup through that.

Reminds me a little bit of the semis who decide that they’ll drive In dependence Pass because the fine is worth the shortcut. Then they get to the point where it’s obvious why the road is closed to trucks.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 12:36

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Not gone let The Man tell them where they can drive, eh?  Probably have CW McCall on the stereo when they make that decision too. 

Svend > VW Max 01/31/2020 at 13:00

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The stupid thing about that bridge is, if there is any doubt whatsoever about fitting underneath, they only have to turn and go up the road and drive over the sodding track.

Ye’, isn’t it called 11foot8+8. 

ClassicDatsunDebate > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/31/2020 at 13:03

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and chicken make good housepet.

Dusty Ventures > smobgirl 01/31/2020 at 13:07

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Once found myself at a 10'6" bridge in a 10'6" truck with no way to turn around. That was a nervous moment

smobgirl > Dusty Ventures 01/31/2020 at 13:15

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Eeeeeeeeeeek.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Dusty Ventures 01/31/2020 at 13:21

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I had to let air out of the tires on my Xterra to clear low hanging lights in a parking garage. Only broke 1 or 2.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 01/31/2020 at 14:11

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P ersonally, I’ve gone in for any of that EEC/Channel Tunnel nonsense.

My car gets 528,000 rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I like it.

VW Max > Svend 01/31/2020 at 14:37

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That’s what the YouTube channel calls it now.

Also, they have a GIANT FLASHING SIGN that tells you if a truck won't fit which makes it even more impressive when people hit it

For Sweden > facw 01/31/2020 at 14:56

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cowards, all of them

Svend > VW Max 01/31/2020 at 14:58

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Well I can only guess the driver was hungry, didn’t have a tin opener and so used the bridge as one instead.