Apparently it was a new fifth wheel. That's why it pays to be a little nervous and extra cautious when towing. And those clearance signs we used to ignore are a lot more important.
mailman01 said
10:13 AM Jul 11, 2008
Thanks for posting this accident, very informative. Hopefully folks can learn a little from someone elses' misfortune, but that is better than learning from YOUR own.
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Richard Mondavi said
02:10 PM Jul 11, 2008
This video has certainly been making the rounds. I get chills up and down my spine everytime I watch it. Of course it would have been much more interesting if there would have been a car sitting at the ATM machine. Now that's a scary thought.
Judy said
04:38 PM Jul 11, 2008
Rv'ers NEED to know the heigth of theyre RV when buying one. We have heard now in two instances of people taking the top off theyre RV by not paying attention to low clearance. So when you are traveling look out for those low underpasses and railroad ones also. southwestjudy
Happytrails said
07:53 AM Jul 16, 2008
Wow! Glad nobody was hurt!! Thanks for sharing so we all can be more aware of heights when traveling.
The Bear II said
03:45 PM Jul 17, 2008
Wow watching the video makes my heart sink. How terrible that must have been.
We were headed down a secondary road in Illinois trying to find a campground to stop at for the night.
I had made a wrong turn and was trying to get back to the right road. Luckily, I happened to notice the sign showing the height of a railroad bridge just in time to get the 5'er stopped.
The bridge height showed 13ft and I knew the 5'er was right at 12 feet 9 inches. I climbed the ladder and a pipe sticking down from the bottom of the bridge would have hit and destroyed the A/C unit.
We were able to move a little to the left and clear the pipe.
The sign was wrong due to the pipe hanging down, it looked like another vehicle had caught the pipe and bent it down a little under the bridge. No longer 13 ft clearance.
LeslieW said
10:06 PM Jul 17, 2008
Crossing back into the US on the Alaska Highway between Haines Junction and Tok was a bit interesting. Our rig is 13 ft 4 inches tall. As we approached the customs station, the signs said, "cars & rvs to the left" (under the over hang) and "only commercial trucks and busses to the right" (outside the overhang). "Do not get out of your vehicle. Wait for Customs Officer." This is a problem. While we should go left, it is entirely possible that we will not fit under the overhang. We approached the Customs station very slowly. The truck will fit. DH asked the Customs Agent if the overhang was really 13 ft. The agent replied , "well maybe 13' 4" . mmmm We expressed to the agent that we were concerned about fitting. He replied that most people fit, but that someone had left a satellite dish there a few days ago. Grrr. Luckily we succeed in passing through, only hitting some pipes in the overhang. The rig appears to be okay. So now I ask, "considering this is the one and only road into Alaska, why doesn’t the Customs Service have a new overhang built that will accommodate newer vehicles?" Grrrrr.
This just happened Jul 2, 2008!
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Apparently it was a new fifth wheel. That's why it pays to be a little nervous and extra cautious when towing. And those clearance signs we used to ignore are a lot more important.
-- Edited by mailman01 at 11:14, 2008-07-11
-- Edited by mailman01 at 11:16, 2008-07-11
Rv'ers NEED to know the heigth of theyre RV when buying one. We have heard now in two instances of people taking the top off theyre RV by not paying attention to low clearance. So when you are traveling look out for those low underpasses and railroad ones also.
southwestjudy