M90 south lunchtime today,still closed.
Having a bad day. 
Would love to know how the hell it happened.
Supertruckers in the house!!!
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Never trust those industrial size cable tiesā¦
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Is it a case of pay peanuts get monkeys?
ROADRANGER:
Is it a case of pay peanuts get monkeys?
Not with Metcalfes it aint ā¦
I guess that everybody will be craning their necks as they pass the sceneā¦ 
In the strong TN.CSI tradition of leaping to conclusions on the scantest evidenceā¦What width is that trailer?
Looks like a military spec Terex 35t crane? Width of 2.85m if that is so. IF it`s a standard width trailer those wide all terrain tyres would have been hanging over the edges. And those tyres are designed to be flexible for AT use, even when both side walls are supported, they give a lot, with only the inner wall supported?
But having said, (guessed and speculated) all that, on a straight motorwayā¦dunno.
Franglais:
In the strong TN.CSI tradition of leaping to conclusions on the scantest evidenceā¦What width is that trailer?
Looks like a military spec Terex 35t crane? Width of 2.85m if that is so. IF it`s a standard width trailer those wide all terrain tyres would have been hanging over the edges. And those tyres are designed to be flexible for AT use, even when both side walls are supported, they give a lot, with only the inner wall supported?
But having said, (guessed and speculated) all that, on a straight motorwayā¦dunno.
That was my exact thoughts when I seen the picture. From my eyes, that crane does look like it could be slightly wider than the trailer and I cans see any extension boards being used. So the tyres must have been hanging over the edges. As for the straight bit of motorway, that bit obviously is, but heās going down a steep hill on that part, and on a Friday, traffic is usually heavy from lunchtime and thatās where it normally starts slowing down. Maybe heās realised a bit late and had to slow down quite quickly when heās noticed the traffic slowing. Plus you normally get some idiot overtaking you then cutting in on front of you so they can come off at the rosyth exit.
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Other sources show other photos of the carrying vehicle. Likely that the lorry has been moved since the crane fell off, otherwise it happened whilst it was stationary. One of those insecure loads we hear about ā¦ on the old principle that if it fell off then there wasnāt enough securing it.
Where did the car go that cut him up?
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raymundo:
ROADRANGER:
Is it a case of pay peanuts get monkeys?Not with Metcalfes it aint ā¦
For a heavy haulage outfit the pay is rubbish
Looks like he was taking his daughter out for the day.
Ian58:
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Looks like he was taking his daughter out for the day.
and she doesnāt look happyā¦ women, 
Other reports appear to suggest the trailer become unattached 
On a side note in the second pic on the otiginal post, it that Peter Smythe driving past?
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Poor sod just having an epic ā ā ā ā up day, Iām just sat here being thankful it aint me, it can, and does happen to the best of us.
Iām assuming nobody was hurt, or even killed, so thatās all that matters in my book, the rest can be sorted.
I would have thought a firm like that would have some good proper drivers because of the nature of their work, so maybe we should not judge that unfortunate lad in question, who was maybe just unlucky.
Saw a nice motor of theirs in Melksham area the other day, a bloody great long meaty low loader, with multiple steer axles on it (you can tell I know nowt about heavy haulage 
) being pulled by a big Scania which was a left ā ā ā ā ā ā .
Understated simple paintwork on that truck looked better than all that graphic type stuff of Atilla The Hun and such dog sht scrawled on the sides that you see on some ,.and it just looked a nice outfit.
First impressions they just look like a good old fashioned no frills but best of kit transport co.
El Deano:
On a side note in the second pic on the otiginal post, it that Peter Smythe driving past?Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk
Whoever it is must be getting a night out as part of their driving test if it is
raymundo:
ROADRANGER:
Is it a case of pay peanuts get monkeys?Not with Metcalfes it aint ā¦
Yes it is
It is an military crane, given the number plate. Someoneās not going to be very happy.
Edit: these are the cranes used as flight deck cranes on the new aircraft carriers, the second of which is at Rosyth.The Terex crane on Queen Elizabeth is nicknamed āTerranceā
Must have been on the way there.