Re: Ouch!!

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Thu Apr 08 2004 - 14:47:05 EDT


"Neil W. Bellenger" <neil624b@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
: Judging from the skirtboard trim, this is a mobile home or a
: prefabricated one.
: The perimeter frame has to be strong enough to support the structure
: while it's been transported.
: The truck may have been airborne and on a descending arc when it hit the
: wall and the front end cleared the house perimeter frame. When the rear
: axle caught the steel at the bottom of the wall, the truck stopped.
: Otherwise it would have exited the other side and been a real drive
: through. Since the "J" hooks and chain bridle are in place, extrication
: is eminent.

  Yep, good eye, Neil; I concur. :-) Definitely a single or
double-wide. The walls are like tissue paper, but there is that
steel frame right at the top of the skirting.

  Sure would be interesting to zoom back a bit and see what
caused it to jump up like that; maybe it bounced just right.

-- 
                                          -Jon-

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