Popular Post B MACK Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 One outa town project had some asphalt milling. Another one had some brushing before the reconstruct. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Nice scenery. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Guessing there's no need for traffic control,not even cones.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 there are still places where people have common sense, know how to drive, and do not need big brother holding their hand every second of the day. 4 1 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h67st Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, tjc transport said: there are still places where people have common sense, know how to drive, and do not need big brother holding their hand every second of the day. Sounds like Xanadu! Here in central Ohio driving is a contact sport. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 same way here in ̶C̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶J̶e̶r̶s̶e̶y̶ i mean Nu Yawk City South!! Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Same here in Kalifornia. Many of my traffic cones have tire tracks on them. I prefer to work around trucks, without sleepers, and hate rich residential areas. hybrids and tesla's are the worst. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted February 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2019 here in Nu Yawk City South, i swear it is a competition to see how many cones/barrels one asterisk can hit. i can put out 1 mile of cones and barrels, loop around, and have to reset just about every one. i once asked a trooper if i could put out steel or concrete cones, and he told me there were not enough wreckers in the state to remove the damaged cars from idiots hitting them on purpose 4 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quickfarms Posted February 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2019 I have been considering adding several mini hedgehogs in the front yard to protect the sprinklers I wonder what the cops would say to some orange ones on the road Since you are in Jersey, just use a couple of pieces of Jersey barrier, k rail, randomly placed with the cones 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) barrier wall is a target to those idiots, not a deterrent. the latest game is to see if you can hit the barrier just rite to flip the suv on it's roof, or if you can drive up the interchange ramp and perfectly balance whatever you are driving on top of the wall. Edited February 13, 2019 by tjc transport Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 barrier wall is a target to those idiots, not a deterrent. the latest game is to see if you can hit the barrier just rite to flip the suv on it's roof, or if you can drive up the interchange ramp and perfectly balance whatever you are driving on top of the wall. It sounds like there driving has actually improved since I left there.Back in the day they would just drive down the shoulder and plow into the JCPL truck parked there, cones were only used for show the old junk truck with the chained down boom was the deterrent.The best were the senior citizens, who moved from the city to a retirement community and realized they needed to learn to drive now that they were retired. They got there first drivers license when they retired. We had one who could not understand the new construction traffic pattern and was honking at the bucket of a very large excavator. The bucket was preventing the driver from driving into a trench in the old jug handle. The summer mail drivers did try to make a little bit of a sport out of it with the cartwheeling mail keeps, they actually have a strong roof. I wish I had pictures of some of this stuff to show my wife 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 the drunks that pull on the fresh mat and start blowing the horn at the paver are betterer. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted February 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2019 They try to make it harder for dummies...............the only problem is they are making smarter dummies............ 3 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 the drunks that pull on the fresh mat and start blowing the horn at the paver are betterer. That would be funny if it wasn't for a friend of mine getting killed by some idiot while he was on a highway paving job. One state highway department was testing different cone and light patterns at night until the governor made them stop because of the number of accidents caused by drunks running into the equipment. The state police and highway department did not mind the drunk trap. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) a friend of mine was almost killed in Maryland about 8 years ago on a night paving job when a drunk clipped him as he was stepping out of his truck to clean the spreader plate after dumping. he ended up loosing his business and spent 7 years learning to walk again after the 11 re-constructive surgeries.10 years ago we had a drunk drive into the back of a dump truck on one of the night jobs while the driver was between the tailgate and body cleaning the gate chutes killing the driver.. 12 years ago we had an inspector that constantly knelt down to do whatever it was he did. he was warned many many times not to. well, the last time he did it was rite behind a 28,000 lb Cat 564 roller. the operator did not see him and flattened him into the roadway killing him instantly. the worst part is the operator was weeks away from retiring, and that accident landed him in a mental ward. he could not handle the fact he killed someone after having a 45 year accident free record. i also was in 5 attenuator trucks that got totaled after drunks or idiots ran into them because the "did not see it" i stopped working nights after the last attenuator truck wreck 11 years ago Edited February 14, 2019 by tjc transport 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, tjc transport said: a friend of mine was almost killed in Maryland about 8 years ago on a night paving job when a drunk clipped him as he was stepping out of his truck to clean the spreader plate after dumping. he ended up loosing his business and spent 7 years learning to walk again after the 11 re-constructive surgeries.10 years ago we had a drunk drive into the back of a dump truck on one of the night jobs while the driver was between the tailgate and body cleaning the gate chutes killing the driver.. 12 years ago we had an inspector that constantly knelt down to do whatever it was he did. he was warned many many times not to. well, the last time he did it was rite behind a 28,000 lb Cat 564 roller. the operator did not see him and flattened him into the roadway killing him instantly. the worst part is the operator was weeks away from retiring, and that accident landed him in a mental ward. he could not handle the fact he killed someone after having a 45 year accident free record. i also was in 5 attenuator trucks that got totaled after drunks or idiots ran into them because the "did not see it" i stopped working nights after the last attenuator truck wreck 11 years ago That's really sad about those guys getting killed. What's an attenuator truck? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
B MACK Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 OH NO .. We had traffic control with stop signs and pilot cars on both jobs. And there were times when they said screw it and would run the red lights.. We have those drivers here in Montana that do not know how to drive also. Don't think it possible to get away from those brainless drivers. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 10 hours ago, h67st said: That's really sad about those guys getting killed. What's an attenuator truck? also called a crash truck. the ones we built had arrow boards on the back frame under a 10 ton block of concrete or steel plate to bring total weight up to 25,000 lbs, and a Big folding crash attenuator mounted on the back. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Nothing good ever comes from mixing beer and driving. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55567-highway-projects/#findComment-415829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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