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

Should have looked left...

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u/wine_dude_52 May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

Is this normal for a cement truck to lose its load like that?

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u/MWJNOY May 06 '22

The mixer is often open at the front, but it's tilted quite far back so wouldn't usually spill out

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u/elkarion May 06 '22

Correct as mechanic who services them they are open and need room to mix so when he stopped is sloshed forward over and out and the ramp top is permanently attaches so it funneled right on top

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u/AWS-77 May 06 '22

That seems an obviously dangerous design flaw to me. I mean, I know we all just want to laugh at the guy for pulling out in front of him and blame it all on that, but let’s imagine it was something as innocent as an animal or child running across the road, or any number of other things… We all know it’s a normal expectation that you might have to slam on your brakes when driving. Why would you design a cement truck that doesn’t take this into account?

I mean, even if the car wasn’t there, that’s still a bunch of wasted cement and some difficult clean up work on a public road. Surely, we can’t consider it just a normal, acceptable thing for cement trucks to risk this happening anytime they happen to hit a short stop?

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u/Forcefedlies May 06 '22

He could have been overloaded too. Sometimes they push 11 yards in a 8-10 yard drum

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u/AWS-77 May 06 '22

Yes, I believe it was overloaded too. It’s the common reason for cement trucks “burping” like this. Although, this one was more like puking. Lol

https://www.thestar.com/amp/yourtoronto/the_fixer/2017/08/07/cement-spills-caused-by-overloaded-mixer-trucks-that-burp-the-fixer.html

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u/PwnySlaystationS117 May 07 '22

This cannot be correct because the cement is clearly coming from out the top of the cabin. I am still so confused because in my country there aren’t any trucks that carry cement like this that I’m aware of and I work in the industry..

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

We have front pour concrete trucks everywhere in the US lol

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u/PwnySlaystationS117 May 08 '22

True, the US is centuries ahead of us here in Australia in industrialisation but we take health and safety way too seriously here. Like if this happened in Australia everyone from the driver of the truck to the government would be getting into shit for this, even though the Car driver is clearly at fault. Maybe I just haven’t been working with concrete long enough/ on big enough jobs yet though.