Posted by keith True on November 09, 2019 at 05:19:06 from (73.68.29.112):
In Reply to: Overhead Powerlines posted by stroby on November 09, 2019 at 04:51:42:
I've seen it happen with a dump trailer.The driver knew what he was doing,he was dumping on a project for an industrial park under some high tension lines.He was a lot more than six feet from them,and dumped with no problem.He called me on the radio,(I was the mechanic)and told me to get a tire ready because he had just blown one.i was headed for the tire shed when he called back and said he lost another one.OK,not unusual to lose the mate to it when one blows and the mate takes all the weight.It wasn't the mate.Then the boss got on the radio and asked him if he was near the power lines when he dumped.He was,the boss said get out a set of tires and some bearings.He knew exactly what happened.It was VERY hot and humid that day,and the current jumping through the tires has turned the steel cords into hot wires like in a toaster.When he ran the four miles back to the shop he had three tires out of eight still holding air.I didn't think such a thing could happen,but all the older drivers that had paved with dump trailers had all experienced it.
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