Better duck if you are going to roll

[Gary-W7AAD]

Check out this pic crash pic of a recent accident on i/25 north of Denver right across the WYO border

 

[jwduke]

Wow, not pretty! Hope no one was seriously hurt. .

 

[Gary-W7AAD]

Believe it or not the driver escaped with minor injuries, He was hauling a FEMA trailer from Alberta, Canada to Mississippi. Cause of the accident was high winds, gusting to 80 mph or better. Bad stretch of road for hauling an RV this time of year.



First posted this on a RV website and figured it would turn into a Dodge bashing thread on cab strength which it did but the general consensus was that all heavy pickups dont have as much strength as you would like to see built into the upper cab area.

 

[Otis Calhoun]

If you ever get the chance walk up to a semi thats been rolled . The roof is usually crushed down to the part of the seat your butt was on. I think this is a pic of a truck after extraction... top of roof is cut off, peeled back. the rest of the truck doesnt look like it got much damage.

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

high winds

In Wyoming?... ... nahhhhh. Welcome to Wyoming.

 

[plongson]

GREAT PHOTO!!! I laughed like crazy... Trouble is, its true!!!

 

[MacHaggis]

Just from the fact that the front is still on the trailer and looks reasonably square and intact, I'd say the trailer fared better than most I've seen in mishaps like that. The Ram looks almost more like something fell on top of it. I cn make out a few crinkle on the passenger side -- I'll be the driver's side is an impressive mess, too. Glad to hear, though, that the driver made it through in good enough shape.



Only ice is worse than wind in my book.

 

[NIsaacs]

Thats funny! Where is that? Most of my family is in Montana, so I travel I-25 then highway 59 frequently. Sometimes the tumble weeds are so thick you can't see the highway, never mind the fence line. Yup, ice is bad vs wind, but Wyoming has both at the same time :{ My kinda state tho, population 500,000, same as the city of Tucson Oo.





"NICK"

 

[TowPro]

I think this is a pic of a truck after extraction... top of roof is cut off, peeled back. the rest of the truck doesnt look like it got much damage.

I agree, It looks like both A pillers are missing. My guess is you would cut the bottom of the A pillers, then the back between the rear doors and rear window then lift the roof off.

 

[AfterBurner]

I agree, It looks like both A pillers are missing. My guess is you would cut the bottom of the A pillers, then the back between the rear doors and rear window then lift the roof off.

Looks like passenger side pillar is still in. Driver's side definately looks like there was an extraction, but roof is still sitting in cab, and why would they leave the windshield in? that's usually the first thing we take out- you can check/treat patient and prevent glass from causing safety issues...

 

[PatrickCampbell]

Ouch. I saw a big truck blow over right in front of me in Wyoming. Scary stuff.

 

[DWeiler]

Fellow Albertan? Hope all works out in the end for him,unfortunate luck to someone who helping our neighbors to the south in their time of need. Only minor injuries as stated from GaryW7AAD---someone was watching over him.

 

[terrywerm]

Back when I still had semi trucks, I had a driver flop one over with an empty trailer going across the salt flats in Utah. Totalled out both the tractor and the trailer. He said it was as though a big hand suddenly just grabbed the truck and laid it over. The problem was all the damage that occurred while sliding to a stop. When you consider that a TT is probably even lighter compared to it's side surface area, strong winds would definitely make trouble.

 

[Hohn]

That happened just less than 10 miles from my house. The WY winds on the interstate can be SCARY! You *WILL* see your life flash before you a couple times a minute when the crosswinds are up.

I-25 is worse than I-80 for crosswind, because it tends to blow West-East.

All it does on eastbound I-80 is KILL your mpg.

 

[Scot]

Based on 18 yrs in the fire service, I do not believe any of what you see was done by extrication tools.



If the top was still intact and the driver inside, we would have either removed the door(s) or cut the A post and possibly the B post then cut the upper window sill and flapped back the roof. The windshield would have had to come out to cut the A post.