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0 Posted by towedover at 5:51 AM W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y The reality of Truck Weight Increases..Will The Interstates Become Drop Zones Very few things rival the mass of a fully loaded Auto Transport. One area of discussion that has come up is increasing truck weights. So I did a scan to find out how dangerous could increasing truck weights be to an Auto Transport. Well I pulled this from the Dayton Daily News: Ohio Bridges as reviewed by Ohio County Engineers Assoc. Over 6,000 , about 25% of the bridges in Ohio: are no longer opened have been cut down to one lane marked for load reductions ruled structurally deficient With 6,000 bridges not making it now... can you imagine what would happen with heavier trucks in Ohio alone? Ohio would be known as the drop zone state. There would be jokes about the real Ohio lottery being the people taking a chance going over the bridges. We would be the only state where you would need a parachute that inflates in addition to the airbag. Nobody would want to drive through Ohio And this is only one state To read the original article click here Labels: American Trucking Association, free trucker , Truck , United States No comments: Post a Comment Enter your comment... Sociable Wykop Flaker Blip Pinger Develway Google Bookmarks Google Buzz Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Facebook Twitter Social Networker Related Results 1. Cloud Computing Reviews Top Cloud Computing Solutions. Cloud Hosting Reviews & Solutions Online enetcloud.com Get Free Android Apps Here Peterbilt 388's are Available NOW! Share Report Abuse Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Truckit Trucking blog about multiple trucker topics for the trucking industry Trucking Industry News from Google trucking industry powered by converted by Web2PDFConvert.com

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W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 5 , 2 0 1 2

The reality of Truck Weight Increases..Will TheInterstates Become Drop Zones

Very few things rival the mass of a fully loaded Auto Transport. Onearea of discussion that has come up is increasing truck weights. So Idid a scan to find out how dangerous could increasing truck weightsbe to an Auto Transport. Well I pulled this from the Dayton Daily News:

Ohio Bridges as reviewed by Ohio CountyEngineers Assoc.

Over 6,000 , about 25% of the bridges in Ohio:

are no longer openedhave been cut down to one lanemarked for load reductions ruled structurally deficient

With 6,000 bridges not making it now... can you imagine what wouldhappen with heavier trucks in Ohio alone? Ohio would be known asthe drop zone state. There would be jokes about the real Ohio lotterybeing the people taking a chance going over the bridges. We would bethe only state where you would need a parachute that inflates inaddition to the airbag. Nobody would want to drive through Ohio Andthis is only one state

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