DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 In case anyone is interested, here are some pics of an accident this afternoon on I-65 here south of Nashville. Only minor injuries thankfully, but sure looks scary. That trailer pretty much disintegrated. No idea on cause, but it was a rainy day, and this is an extremely busy stretch of interstate. https://twitter.com/FranklinTNPD/status/1051509637797871622 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 That does not look fun. Glad all are ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 If you could change the title to say it doesn’t involve you, you could maybe give me back a few years on my life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ImDownWithDisney 342 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 I have seen this type of thing happen first hand. This is why you never let someone ride in the trailer. Also this a good argument for always having too much truck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Beckers said: If you could change the title to say it doesn’t involve you, you could maybe give me back a few years on my life. LOL! Sorry Beckers....certainly did not involve me, other than happening maybe 10 miles from my house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 55 minutes ago, ImDownWithDisney said: I have seen this type of thing happen first hand. This is why you never let someone ride in the trailer. Also this a good argument for always having too much truck. INC's first comment was "how much you wanna bet the Bimmer cut him off". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tim5055 120 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, DaveInTN said: INC's first comment was "how much you wanna bet the Bimmer cut him off". Exactly why I have added a dash camera to my tow vehicle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, tim5055 said: Exactly why I have added a dash camera to my tow vehicle. Had one too, for that same reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dblr....Rennie 224 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 hours ago, ImDownWithDisney said: Also this a good argument for always having too much truck. And people wonder why I tow with a Kenworth!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 2 hours ago, dblr....Rennie said: And people wonder why I tow with a Kenworth!!!!! Last weekend (on Sunday 10/7) I passed a rig on I-40 west bound between Knoxville and Nashville that looked like yours. Semi tractor pulling big fifth wheel with a Smart car parked sideways in front of the fiver. Copycats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dblr....Rennie 224 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 11 hours ago, DaveInTN said: Last weekend (on Sunday 10/7) I passed a rig on I-40 west bound between Knoxville and Nashville that looked like yours. Semi tractor pulling big fifth wheel with a Smart car parked sideways in front of the fiver. Copycats! Believe it or not there are a lot of us out there doing this, this week in Hutchinson Ks. there is a HDT Rally at the fairgrounds that brings in close to 100 units. In the spring in Crossville Tn. there is another rally that usually has around 60 attend. Heck you can buy one now all ready to go just add the Smart car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TnBob 311 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 We get the ones with the smart cars in here once in a while, maybe we could have a rally when Dave gets his. The Dave at Texas T Smart Car Rally, I can get ya a discount lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 A FB page had some pictures of a PUP that tore loose from its TV. The poster said her husband was going less than 15 MPH on some township roads that had angled speed bumps. They said the PUP was going up and down out of synch with the TV, broke the stabilizers, then popped off the hitch hit the TV, snapped the chains and went into a ditch. Tore it up pretty good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 12:56 PM, DaveInTN said: INC's first comment was "how much you wanna bet the Bimmer cut him off". Our accident was caused by getting cutoff by some maniac. Luckily there was a copy right behind him who saw it and came back to the accident scene to tell us he saw it so it was on the record. 2 hours ago, Travisma said: They said the PUP was going up and down out of synch with the TV, broke the stabilizers, then popped off the hitch hit the TV, snapped the chains and went into a ditch. Tore it up pretty good. When the Tappan Zee bridge was under construction we experienced something similar on the southern end of it. I think we were doing around 40-50 and suddenly the truck and camper started bouncing opposite one another - imagine a bird's wings flapping and the body is the hitch. It was crazy scary and continued to get worse and worse. I had to slow down to about 15 mph to get it to stop altogether. We thought it might be a fluke, but it happened another time too, except that time we were ready for it and had already started slowing down. Fortunately the bridge is pretty much done now and last trip down it was fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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