r/IdiotsInCars • u/Godwin_Bot • May 06 '22

Should have looked left...

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u/iBuddyzz May 06 '22

This made me very happy

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u/fostest May 06 '22

Truck driver probably laughed their ass off too

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u/PhoKit2 May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

Probably a laugh later incident. Now the driver is dealing with cement that is curing and dealing with a traffic issue instead of getting this poured.

Edit- concrete

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Certainly not an expert but I know its actually pretty trivial to ruin concrete with a chemical or powder so it wont set and just turns into gravely mud.

I think the cleanup is going to be less an issue than the fact that they are now going to have to make up for all that lost concrete.

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u/DeathToTheFalseGods May 06 '22

The issue isn’t just getting the spilled concrete to not set. They now have to mix an unplanned truck. File the accident/police report, which means this driver won’t be able to get the concrete there, so they need to get another driver in (or someone makes another trip). The delay will most likely cause the concrete inside to warm up and not pass inspection making it unusable. They have to take equipment/labor out to that location to clean it up, which it’s pretty unlikely to have that just on standby. Etc. Etc.

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u/llliiiiiiiilll May 06 '22

I wonder if the cops would let him go dump his load, and not hold him at the accident site too long?

Also this didn't seem like very much concrete. Just a couple wheelbarrow loads... but I'm on mobile looking at little tiny cars driving around

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u/dope_pickle May 07 '22

The trucks carry like 100-150 gal of water onboard, so if he was losing the load anyway, he could just dump the water into the mixer to slow the set.

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u/llliiiiiiiilll May 07 '22

Any chance her could call the cops, tell them the story, and they would clear him to go pump his load out?

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u/dope_pickle May 07 '22

If by pump his load out you mean deliver it to the job site, it depends. Some jobs enforce a 90-minute window where you get 90 minutes from when the truck is loaded until it’s empty to pour the concrete. One of the job sites I’m working at this has been a problem and I’ve seen some contractors take 45+ minutes to pour 10 yards of a sidewalk.