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The year in Storrowing: 2021

A well executed Storrowing at the Kenmore exit

And that's how you do it. Photo by Matthew Christensen.

2021 was a peak year for storrowing. Drivers were back on the roads and once more ignoring the "CARS ONLY" signs bouncing off the cabs of their trucks. It was a great year to capture the screeeeeeech of metal being peeled back and, for the lucky few, like Matthew Christensen, to witness the truly sublime: A truck peeled back and tilted precariously on its side after its driver tried the Kenmore exits.

Wedged truck

Teacher says: Every time a truck storrows, an angel gets his wings

3/22/21
State Police report the driver of an "over height" truck wedged his vehicle good and tight under the Mass. Ave. Bridge on...
Storrowed pizza truck at the BU Bridge

Is this how they get flatbread pizza?

3/30/21
Chris in 02134 reports the driver of an Oath Pizza box truck storrowed but good at the train bridge under the BU Bridge...
Storrowing in Roxbury in 1906

Bostonians were storrowing long before Storrow Drive was even built

5/12/21
The folks at the Boston City Archives found an example of storrowing roughly 45 years before Storrow Drive was built: A cart...
Storrowed U-Haul

You can take your mask off, but, no, you still can't drive a U-Haul on Storrow Drive

5/14/21
Schmitt spotted this storrowing aftermath being hauled down a Back Bay street today. What makes it a bit unusual is that it's...
Destroyed box truck on Soldiers Field Road

Truck folds like a house of cards

6/2/21
Joe Kidston captured this fine storrowing this afternoon on Soldiers Field Road near the Harvard Business School.
Peeled back truck on Storrow Drive

What's silver and goes 'screeeeeech'?

6/25/21
Jim spotted this freshly shorn truck on Storrow Drive outbound at the Fairfield Street bridge early this afternoon.
Near storrowing averted on Storrow Drive

Florida Man narrowly avoids fate of Man from Nantucket and Man from Martha's Vineyard

8/7/21
Somebody hauling a boat learned first hand shortly after 1 p.m. that despite their names, the river roads aren't meant for...
Welcome to Boston, where Storrow Drive is beating the stuffing out of UHaul and Penske

Just in time for Allston Christmas

8/11/21
Artist Eric Funk has come up with this design for pre-existing Boston residents. And it's available as a sticker, a tote bag...
Storrowed truck in Belmont

You don't have to come all the way into town just to storrow

8/21/21
Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac shows us what happens when a truck driver doesn't stay to the middle of the Belmont...
Stuck truck at the Grand Junction Bridge

Bridge wins another game of inches on Storrow Drive

8/29/21
Ethan McCoy got a grand view of the storrowed box truck at the train tracks by the BU bridge (where Storrow turns into...
Storrowed truck on Storrow Drive

Somebody got quite a haircut on Storrow Drive this morning

10/15/21
Mike the roving UHub photographer wasn't able to rove much this morning after another driver cleverly used one of the bridges...
Storrowed man: Storrowed-truck costume in Cambridge

She warned him not to wear his costume on Storrow Drive

10/31/21
But did Justin listen to Erin? The photo tells the story. Elsewhere in Cambridge: Our North Cambridge neighborhood...
Storrowed truck at Kenmore exit

A perfectly executed storrowing

11/9/21
Matthew Christensen got a great view of a successfully storrowed box truck at the Kenmore exit from Storrow outbound tonight...
Peeled back truck on Storrow Drive

An artist at work with a huge audience this morning on Storrow Drive

12/2/21
Nothing like a good storrowing to start the morning commute, as Log shows us, with a snap of a freshly peeled box truck at...
Box truck now playing the role of a sardine can on Western Avenue.

Storrowers have really been stepping up their game of late

12/4/21
Dr. Ed spotted the remains of a box truck sitting on Western Avenue after a very, very solid storrowing this afternoon on...

The latest storrowings.

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I'd buy one!

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of a truck getting peeled by a makeshift "bridge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7klO0p092Y

...for people interested in the physics of such things.

I'd love to rig up something to auto-capture such a video on Storrow, but it would be expensive and tricky. Maybe ultrasound to detect an overheight-truck approaching and turn on the high-speed camera, then a noise burst sensor + a timer to end the capture period? But it would have to sit out in all weather and be at risk of theft.

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Let's take this national.

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My vote goes to 6/2/2021 for the 'Storrowing of the Year, 2021'

It's a perfect peel with just enough cargo to make you go "You needed a big ass truck for that?"

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What is the cost to the driver when they Storrow a truck?

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