A real Swift move....
#71
01-19-2009, 08:45 PM
Ummmmm....Hobo..If you take a closer look at the photo, not only is the right side of the trailer up against the trees, but the corner of the sleeper on the driver's side(you can't see the cab-extender), is firmly against the left side of the trailer. The only way the truck continued foreward, is if the driver continued causing severe damage to the cab and it's support system..
But...that is just how I see it.  His right front steer can actually go more to the right, while still keeping the left drives on the road. This would take the corner of the sleeper OFF of the trailer, and allow forward movement. I didn't say there wouldn't be MORE damage than he has already caused. I said I THINK he could finish making the uturn. 
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#72
01-19-2009, 08:52 PM
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#73
01-19-2009, 08:56 PM
ROOKIE!! :lol2::lol2:
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#74
01-19-2009, 09:45 PM
Tom, I HAVE admitted when I was wrong! Perhaps, you missed it since the last time it happened may have been BEFORE your "joined date."
ROOKIE!!  Most of that time you were here before me I was half-way around the world...making it difficult to see you admitting anything at the time.....
#75
01-19-2009, 10:04 PM
Glad you made it home safely! If you were "serving," thanks for your service! I was "half-way around the world once." You were probably in diapers. Some days I feel like I'm older than Moses! :eek2::lol2:
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#76
01-19-2009, 10:34 PM
Last night Swift driver ran over the side of the guys truck next to me in Loves at 201 exit I-75. He tore open the whole side of the guys truck. Couldn't drive it, had to be towed away. He was not backing in or out. He was driving along looking for a spot.
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#77
01-19-2009, 11:06 PM
Stan, I've looked at the photo, or I wouldn't have spoken. The trailer is NOT up against the tree TRUNKS.... only some branches. There is actually some room back there where he could have "blindsided" it back into the tree line a bit if he wanted to. Yes, the "extender" has been trashed, but that is a common sight on Swift trucks! :lol2:
His right front steer can actually go more to the right, while still keeping the left drives on the road. This would take the corner of the sleeper OFF of the trailer, and allow forward movement. I didn't say there wouldn't be MORE damage than he has already caused. I said I THINK he could finish making the uturn. To bad there aren't pics from the extraction...those would show more than this pic does.
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#78
01-19-2009, 11:09 PM
His right front steer can actually go more to the right, while still keeping the left drives on the road. This would take the corner of the sleeper OFF of the trailer, and allow forward movement.
I didn't say there wouldn't be MORE damage than he has already caused. I said I THINK he could finish making the uturn.
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