Here is a link to a video showing the truck moving thru a small town prior to the accident. You will need to watch a couple minutes of the news broadcast before they show the video.
https://www.kwtx.com/2024/04/27/two-people-dead-another-injured-fatal-crash-involving-18-wheeler/
They say it was a distillation tower was 217 feet long and it was hauled on two trailers with each trailer having 40 tires.
“They say it was a distillation tower was 217 feet long and it was hauled on two trailers with each trailer having 40 tires.”
Yet only one column support on each trailer. Not enough support for such a massive column. I would’ve had 3 supports per trailer but I tend to over-engineer.
Impressive.
Two trailers, very long load, anchored at only two pivots, one in the center of each trailer, a puller tractor, and a pusher tractor.
What could possibly go wrong?