Sunday, September 26, 2010

Load of Hey!


Friday afternoon traffic was brutal.
A crash on the interstate brought everything in town to an abrupt halt.

Except this guy.
I ended up following him for nearly 5 miles ... couldn't go around because of the oncoming commuters trying to use the back streets to get around the freeway jam ...

A truck loaded with hay is NOT an unusual sight around here; after all once you get out of town we're pretty rural ...

But this guy was really loaded.
And this load was NOT TIED DOWN.
Nope, not a rope, cord, wire or anything holding this stuff in place.

And I had to follow him, 20 miles an hour.
Little bits of hay drifting through my window ...
Keeping my distance. Just in case.
I hope he made it home without spilling his load.

4 comments:

  1. Hmmm, sounds like trouble, no tiedowns? I guess 20 MPH would keep things in place, but that's not very considerate of your fellow road mates.

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  2. Good grief! Too bad the guyz with badges didn't catch him! That kind of load is illegal, you know!

    Goooodness!

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  3. We have a lot of rural areas around here too, and it's surprising what you see. The highway that passes near my house becomes jammed when the interstate gets closed.

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  4. As long as it's stacked correctly it shouldn't need a rope (though my dad always put one on anyway).

    I didn't know it was illegal to haul hay that way. I don't really think you could stop it in these parts. It's part of living rural.

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