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Surprising Somerville storrowing
By adamg on Wed, 02/22/2023 - 2:25pm
A truck driver managed to find out how to mold his 18-wheeler into exciting new shapes today after challenging an underpass of McGrath Highway at Washington Street in Somerville.
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The company name on the truck
The company name on the truck is "Unlimited Carrier." It seems they consider themselves unlimited by height restrictions.
Unlimited Carrier
Meets unmovable bridge
Don't mess with McGrath
A few weeks ago I came across a tractor trailer that had somehow managed to straddle the raised median on McGrath adjacent to the Star Market. In that configuration it was completely immobilized. But it did result in a whole bunch of people standing around the truck looking perplexed.
While the driver waits for a tow...
He can walk a block to the Burger King, yay!
Went up on the curb and
Went up on the curb and clipped this beam? https://goo.gl/maps/Czqm1NZSL7HPXNpp7
The overpass isn't posted with a height restriction.
13'9" ?
That appears to be on a sign in Channel 5's photo.
That was my conclusion too,
That was my conclusion too, looks like he took the turn a little tight. In one of the photos, someone in a bucket lift is inspecting the end of the beam.
Truck was filled with peanut butter
https://www.wcvb.com/article/tractor-trailer-hauling-peanut-butter-torn-...
Teddie’s ???
Just be thankful that it didn
Just be thankful that it didn't crash into a jelly truck!
Doesn't seem likely
The cardboard boxes I've gotten wholesale (12-packs of 1-lb jars) have dull red printing on the top and grey printing on the sides.
Disaster relief?
A sign on the side of the cab, by the passenger door, says "Certified Disaster Relief Driver".
Looks like he carriers his disasters with him.
Where’s the Fluff?!?!
n/t
The rear of the truck looks
The rear of the truck looks like part of a mobius strip. Definitely an exciting and interesting shape.
Perhaps the driver wanted to
Perhaps the driver wanted to be an avant-garde sculptor but ended up driving a truck because they have to make a living, and finally they found a way to combine their job with their passion. Understandable.
Pedants 'R' Us
Technically not a Storrowing since it appears to be a sideswipe and not trying to fit a too-high vehicle under a comically low underpass.
Points, though, for creatively damaging a trailer in exciting new ways.