Thread: Is this safe?
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Old 07-04-2020, 03:53 PM   #39
jeffba
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Originally Posted by mtlakejim View Post
Most likely. BUT a couple of very big differences:
  • He has a serious tractor pulling those trailers that is capable of the job.
  • He is driving on very remote, flat straight highways.
  • He is in a country where this is a common practice and drivers expect to see him and know how to react (get out of his way!).
  • He is not a redneck from Arkansas that after a 6 pack thinks his rig is capable of anything (I can say that I am a redneck from Arkansas)!
Can't tell you the number of times I have seen someone with an overloaded truck and said "well that truck is in a hurry to go on blocks in the yard"!!
After my first spring of paddling in Arkansas I have had Dueling Banjos as a ring tone.
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