So which one of you 3-day veterans did this one?

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plzHelp4442@reddit

I was nearly this person my first week of driving. I took an exit to a truck stop that had no way of getting back on the interstate and I didn’t know what to do so I blindly followed my gps through a small town with lots of height restrictions. I was shitting myself the whole time.

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Affectionate_Elk_272@reddit

is this atlanta? because it sure looks like it

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Pittsburgh, PA. Banksville Rd at Potomac Ave, if you care to look it up on Google Maps.

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BargeCptn@reddit

Some roads are clearly obvious "fuck no" even if you're alliterate and can't comprehend "No Truck" signs at their face value.

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z3ro-chill@reddit

This is in Pittsburgh i live really close here Even if i he made it through that steep hill he will be ripping off hanging wires up ahead and the turn to where he can exit would be really tough not only it is a busy T-intersection its also very narrow of a 65-footer truck.

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Djkevinpaul@reddit

How did I know this had PA all over it did many routes for food delivery out there, was so glad to get on a new route. When I had to go out there with new drivers that thought there phone gps was enough I wouldn’t go to sleep till they where on the express way. One time I fell asleep in the passenger seat to wake up on some steep ice dirt road with sharp turns and then still following there phone 🤦🏻‍♂️

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hoxxxxx@reddit

so what do you guys use for directions anyway? is there an expensive trucker GPS that you guys pay for or do you use a mix of physical maps, phone/free GPS or what?

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Djkevinpaul@reddit

I use an app, the trucker app never had failed me and satellite maps, always look my route before I left and take extra caution in areas I don’t know.

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jda404@reddit

Yeah this pic gave off western PA vibes before I even scrolled through the comments.

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Krabbi@reddit

I knew it Pittsburgh the second I saw it. The bad road’s confirmed it.

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mechwarrior719@reddit

“That sign won’t stop me because I can’t read!”

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EleceedGreed@reddit

To be fair, it's pictures lol

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siqiniq@reddit

To be fairer, the picture looks nothing like my truck

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Daviiloco@reddit

Lmao

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Trucker-Bob@reddit

Sign looks like a UPS truck so we’re good!

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

And it says "no truck" so my ups package car can do it!

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Winnardairshows@reddit

Man, UPS is adamant about calling it a “car” too. Weird.

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

It's built on a pickup chassis with a pickup engine. If it wasn't the case then no one would be able to take their 1500, 2500, f 150, f 250 past those signs.

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Winnardairshows@reddit

I have a Silverado. I never call it a car.

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

Unofficial versus official. Officially its a car, like UPS box vehicles are officially package cars. Unofficially it could be a UFO. Trucks are essentially big rigs though.

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ConsiderateCrocodile@reddit

Gotta have something to carry all that ego and runs to costco.

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

I miss my truck, I just couldn't justify the fuel usage for lack of using the truck as a truck more than 2 or 3 times a month.

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ConsiderateCrocodile@reddit

This. I’d have a truck if it were as efficient as everything else. I know a lot of people use them for different purposes, but for every one person that uses their truck for what they are meant for, there is four people just using the truck for grocery runs and that is just ignorant on so many levels. I wish there were a good middle option here.

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

My problem is the 5 people using it as a daily driver compared to the 4 and 1. One of my coworkers bought a new model ram 2500 with the diesel option. He only drives it to and from his home. Another of my coworkers has an older f150 ecoboost V6, which is a little more reasonable on fuel, but still not great.

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Redditmarcus@reddit

That’s because advertising works and it worked on him.

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ConsiderateCrocodile@reddit

Same people try to tell people they aren’t swayed by the media. It’s hilarious. And sad.

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ONEOFHAM@reddit

You ever hear of a pickup truck? That's literally what an f-150 f-350 is classified as. Light duty trucks, is their class, not a car. Busses and tow rigs and some semi's are medium duty trucks, and things that move 100,000+ lbs are often called heavy duty trucks.

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WeedNWaterfalls@reddit

What kind of drivers license does the officer request when you get pulled over in your f-150, smart guy? Is it a CDL?

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ONEOFHAM@reddit

The same one they'd ask for if I was a farm owner driving a big rig in the state that I farm, barring a handful. I drive a school bus with air brakes that I live in legally without a CDL. Even if it was still registered as a bus depending on your licensing state you could legally drive it without a CDL. You have to get commercial insurance, which is way more expensive, but a route a lot of people go because no insurance company wants to touch some dudes homebrew RV with a 10 foot pole lol.

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mark_xero_04@reddit

A universal fuck off? I thought those were a myth.

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Figure_1337@reddit

[OICA](https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/stats-definition1.pdf) best definition is “Light Vehicle”

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YankeeTankEngine@reddit

That is a French thing.

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Figure_1337@reddit

It’s a international thing. The USA is a National member through the AfAI.

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Sivusta_seuraaja@reddit

Fun fact you chouldnt even propably drive a Silverado with normal passenger car driving lisense in my country. (if it has under 3500 kg maximum loaded weight you chould register it as passenger car but then it whould have much more expensive taxes. Thats because diesel powered passenger cars have different tax treatment than trucks in my country)

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dunequads@reddit

“Truck” is also a stretch in this example

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Redditmarcus@reddit

If it has 4 wheels it’s a car to a trucker.

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ThunkAsDrinklePeep@reddit

You need a class C license for it?

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Winnardairshows@reddit

I have a class A doubles triples hazmat motorcycle combo tanker endorsement. I better upgrade for the Silverado.

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Accomplished-Yam6553@reddit

UPS has a weird name for everything though. You use a normal word for something and they get offended. At least when I worked there.

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Sensitive_Ladder2235@reddit

It's not a "truck" it's a cab akshwuwalley

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AbrasiveDad@reddit

Can confirm. I put those up as an attempt to rehabilitate my wife's Amazon addiction.

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Trucker-Bob@reddit

Haha how’s that workin out for ya?

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AbrasiveDad@reddit

They accidentally stop in our driveway even on days where they have nothing.

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Bucketcreek@reddit

I generally say “ that pic looks nothing like my gun , we’re good”.

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oboshoe@reddit

"oh look. No revolvers. Glad I have a 1911, so I'm good"

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Pleasant-Impress9387@reddit

Bruh, using this line if I ever get busted 🤣👊

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youngdeathent0@reddit

The sign specifically says no box trucks. How was I to know?

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boogerholes@reddit

“That sign won’t stop me, because I can’t see”

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LunaTheCastle@reddit

Wait, how'd you see the sign in the first place?

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tracerhaha@reddit

There hasn’t been a sign yet that can stop me.

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Redditmarcus@reddit

Prisons in California have signs reading “No warning shots” DAMHIKT. Those signs would stop you. If they didn’t the gunshot would. FWIW gunshots are heard surprisingly frequently, and in quick succession too (powpow powpowpowpow, pow pow pow). And as we learned earlier they are *not* warning shots. Each shot goes to a different “recipient.” Yep, prison is a scary place and for a *lot* of reasons.

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LunaTheCastle@reddit

Wait, how'd you see the sign in the first place?

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Kyuiop@reddit

"If those kids could read they'd be very upset."

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Krazybob613@reddit

That’s a typical HORRIBLE PLACEMENT of the No Trucks sign! The driver has absolutely no chance of seeing the sign before he has committed to the turn! If there are additional signs that he should have observed, approaching the intersection, then it’s totally on the driver. But we can’t tell that from this photo alone.

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Alaskan_Tiger@reddit

He or she didnt turn saw the sign a d said f it will work ok proseeds to go through the intersection

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Argercy@reddit

This intersection is in Pittsburgh. This is not an uncommon sight to see in the South Hills of the city.

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socialcommentary2000@reddit

Yeah, this is one that if I was tasked with this I'd be like...Maybe there is a way around rather than through.

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feherfarkas@reddit

I love the placement of those signs. He got stuck only after passing that imaginary line.

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hoxxxxx@reddit

i have owned cars that i wouldn't trust going up an incline like that let alone a semi lmao

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ConsiderateCrocodile@reddit

But google told me to go this way.

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Baby_Legs_OHerlahan@reddit

I’ve had guys at my work argue with me that the sign specifically means “No *BOX* Trucks” because “it doesn’t show a semi” Sometimes you just can’t fix stupid

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daiginn@reddit

Wont know until you go”

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HarryBaggins00@reddit

Signs are for Pussies.

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TamponTom@reddit

Yeah if you are about to turn and think “FUCK NO BABYY 🎶” listen to it

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

That looks like a no car one too, there’s one less steep near me that has so many gouges in the tarmac

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anonanonagain_@reddit

To be fair the truck in the sign doesn't look like the one he's driving. Dispatch said to send it soooo...

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UndefinedSpoon@reddit

I have learned that there are many reasons for no truck signs. Once late at night, I didn't see the sign till I was already turning. I stopped, set my hazards, and busted out Google Street view. Didn't see anything at first that looked like it would be a problem (no small bridges, no low over passes, no narrow streets, no tight turns). But at the last second, just before I was about to say screw it, and go, I saw there were some really low power lines going across the road in the street view with a small sign stating low power lines. Garenteed, I would have not seen that in the middle of the night. So backed up and went around. The scary part was that my company GPS was wanting me to go that way.

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syscoman@reddit

That load could have been going to a job site up the road.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

There are none up there. There is no construction going on up that road. Hasn't been for about 10 years.

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Madlister@reddit

Hey, I took that picture.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Oh? My room mate sent it to me back in June but didn't say where he found it.

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Madlister@reddit

Yep. June 6th according to my Google photos. Had just dropped off my youngest at preschool and was heading back to start work. Guy had traffic coming the other way backed up a good bit in the morning rush. Felt bad for the guy. Same intersection had another one stuck a few weeks later. Someone else in our neighborhood had grabbed the pic of that one in our neighborhood FB group where I'd originally shared the pic in the OP here. https://imgur.com/a/oFVkcxw That hill is brutal. Coming down it toward the light at the intersection when the roads are questionable with Pittsburgh winter weather is for adrenaline junkies.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Huh, OK. I wonder where my Roomie found it.

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The1PhantomX@reddit

OMFG! IT'S THE GUY THAT'S BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS FLAT BED TRAINER AND MONEY ALL WEEK!!! I'm weak 🤣

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The1PhantomX@reddit

Rookies always sliding them tandems all the way up 🤣

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rizub_n_tizug@reddit

Right in front of no truck road signs

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Ok-Professional3832@reddit

My gps routed me 15 miles away from the actual delivery in a major city and I ended up stopped on a hill not quite that steep at a red light. With only 26000 lbs I couldn’t get up the hill from a stop. Set both brakes, directed traffic around me, backed down the hill a bit and was able to get up (only to find out I was not close to where I really wanted to be) I learned something that day that I won’t forget.

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TamponTom@reddit

What brand gps? My Garmin is quirky but not like that

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Ok-Professional3832@reddit

It was the company gps. They just routed me to the completely wrong street vs what the address said. I get goofy routing sometimes and thought that’s what this was. I had delivered to this customer in the same city but didn’t realize they had multiple locations. And yes, this happened in Pittsburgh.

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TheIronWarriorGuy@reddit

That sounds like Roehl 🤣

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TamponTom@reddit

HA my Roehl company gps switched up on me yesterday and gave me a different route then the one given to me and the one I wrote down. I was like OHHHH NO buddy I know this game. Went the route I wrote down and the one the gps wanted me to do would’ve saved me time :(

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Contemporarium@reddit

Haha Pittsburgh is a city I couldn’t imagine hauling a load in with all the steep hills and narrow roads. Good on you for getting it there safe driver. Still my favorite city though 😊

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bk1285@reddit

Live near Pittsburgh, on you missed your turn, well that will now require you to go through 2 tunnels and cross 5 bridges because it’s only 1 way streets in these parts

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johnboy11a@reddit

You might have to circle through butler county to turn around.

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swivels_and_sonar@reddit

Pennsylvania in general has a massive hardon from one way street traps.

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bk1285@reddit

Also believe someone in Penndot learned what a round a bout was about 10 years ago and has decided to put them everywhere now

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TamponTom@reddit

The area AROUND phittsburg can be okay but…

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Contemporarium@reddit

Lol downtown is definitely a clusterfuck. I live in Wheeling so I’m not too close but close enough to enjoy it’s comforts haha. Moved from Southern California so it’s way calmer than that

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TamponTom@reddit

Oh I’ll be I have a friend that lives in miflin. I(west Mifflin?) I like the area a lot

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Neosmurf4@reddit

I was in our dodge 2500, hauling a 10k skid steer. Read the work order address. Put it in, great 30 min from shop. Pulled up to a dead end road. They put the address in as Ave, not Dr. So now backing out this narrow road, cars on the side for over 1.5 miles. I saw a side road, that will be my key to reroute. Back down, and it is what I imagine an 18 percent grade, as the trailer now is my engine, pulling me downhill. In neutral, and using all my brakes I could,went 3/4 mile down, finally got leveled. The job I was to deliver was 20 minutes opposite the way I went from our shop. Almost 2 hours later, I got it delivered. Thats the north hills of Pittsburgh.

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chronicallyontime@reddit

That’s why I don’t like GPS . For me it’s easier to write down the directions that I see on satellite images and follow that. My company directions led me down a residential street that didn’t even take me to the loading docks. Took me 2 hours to get out and reroute between all the “one way” streets and narrow intersections

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cream_top_yogurt@reddit

Driver, I cannot disagree. The one and only time I used GPS was in 2006: it got me stuck on a RAIL YARD in Altoona, PA. Thank goodness for the hillbilly who towed me off (with a Dodge Ram!!). From then on, it was written directions and satellite view…

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chronicallyontime@reddit

Yep! One time is one time too many. The first and last GPS I ever bought after it sent me the wrong way my first 6 months of driving. Fool me once shame on the GPS routing. Fool me twice shame on me.

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HeadlessHookerClub@reddit

I have a new Garmin and it’ll fuck your shit up if you aren’t reviewing your route. I wish there was an option to “avoid right turns in small towns” because it loves that shit. When I see it I check the Google street view imagery of the intersection to see if it’s doable or not. Other than that you need to be very cautious about detours it wants to put you on to bypass traffic jams. It has tried to put me on no-truck roads on detours a few times. I personally ignore any detours in around WV (with heavy loads) and a lot of the NE. Time saving detours don’t account for traffic lights and bullshit turns. 20 traffic lights on a detour would probably take more time than sitting in 30 min of traffic delays on a truck-friendly freeway it’s trying to put you around. The Garmin should add 1 minute to the route per 2-3 traffic lights, or maybe more.

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oasuke@reddit

I'd never blindly take a detour if I didn't know the area. Always amazes me when there's an accident up ahead and some OTR trucks immediately take the first exit. You don't know what kind of fucked up route that can have you going through. I guess they just YOLO it.

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TamponTom@reddit

Agreed! I don’t like that you can’t manually alter the route it provides. Example : take this highway instead of that one. If you can I haven’t figured out how

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ThermalChaser@reddit

Unexpected detours are throwing the dice. Sometimes Garmin saves the day, sometimes it puts you in a lake.

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Erebos555@reddit

>I learned something that day that I won’t forget. Never stop at a red light?

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Ok-Professional3832@reddit

Naw lol. To verify the route with the tools that I have. I have my company gps, a rand McNally and my phone. If I had the exact address in all 3 I would have noticed the discrepancy. Also I know what my truck can and cannot do especially as we get closer to winter.

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KingNebyula@reddit

I wonder if he would’ve made it with his tandems slid all the way back

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Even if he got past that initial climb, at the top of that hill is a set of light rail tracks that may or may not snag his landing gear, and if he gets past those, unless he's turning left, he'd never make the swing to get back OFF of that road. And all the side streets off of it are narrow as fuck residential streets with absolutely no room for a 75'-foot long by 108" wide vehicle.

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Xhamatos@reddit

But Google said it was OK to drive here...

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dylfree90@reddit

Lol this was in Pittsburgh, drive by this turn every single day. Even without the no truck signs you’d have to be crazy to even attempt this in anything bigger than a pup.

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Panic-Embarrassed@reddit

I do jobsite deliveries mostly residential this is normal

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acethedirty1@reddit

Damn it drvr

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CaptainKorg@reddit

I’m not a trucker so I was going to ask what is the proper way to make it up that hill, but then I saw the signs. So I guess the right move is don’t go up that at all

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ToughNefariousness23@reddit

The shit I see on this sub is a large reason why I've never put my CDL-A to use. Seems like an amazingly high-risk profession. Thank you all for trucking and getting things done. The level of idiots on the road, I just haven't signed the deal with the devil and started driving yet. It seems impossible to get a job around here with experience. For experience, it seems like OTR is the only way. I talked to JB and swift, and they've not stopped contacting me 7 months after asking them some questions.

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Thunderbird_12_@reddit

How much do they pay?

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ToughNefariousness23@reddit

I didn't ever get that point in the conversation with them. They threw out weekly averages, but we all know that's normally bullshit.

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Admirable-Bus-616@reddit

It is all of those idiots coming from dry van that don’t speak English

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huejackmon@reddit

Knew it was Pittsburgh within a few seconds.

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CyberAimGT24@reddit

Genius!!!

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Doc_Holiday70@reddit

Nothing a wrecker and $1000 won't fix. Otherwise, Low low gear, off road control and traction control. The X15 would help too. At least if it were to happen in my truck.

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johnboy11a@reddit

Potomac avenue off of banksville road?

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OGKevDC@reddit

That’s gotta be in PA

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darkdrgn03@reddit

That is the only way to get to that receiver up at the top of the hill off to the right however he was supposed to come in from the left instead of right

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

There isn't anywhere up there to take a delivery like that.

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darkdrgn03@reddit

I remember a turn just like that where there is a factory or something up there and that was the only way to get there

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stopthebanham@reddit

Sign clearly says no trucks…

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ComparisonGeneral825@reddit

Today drivers not like old school Gps says go that way 🙋👍😯😯🧐🧐🤔🤔😉😂😂😂🚛🚛

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Meatbowl91@reddit

Is this just outside of Pittsburgh? I think I know this intersection and I'm amazed he even attempted this.

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Not-the-greatest-god@reddit

To be fair the sign says no UPS trucks not flat beds.

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Sumocolt768@reddit

They’re going to have to start putting pictures of actual semis on those road signs to really get the point across

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Ok_Pineapple_9571@reddit

Another one of those bullshit intersections that doesn't have the no truck sign visible until you have already committed to the turn.

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74orangebeetle@reddit

Except for this before the turn (OP linked in another comment) [https://i.imgur.com/HsRZaBL.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HsRZaBL.jpg)

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Harmlesskittens@reddit

Pittsburgh PA?

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weavs13@reddit

Former Banksville resident checking in.

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pinkwhitney24@reddit

Not OP, but yup. Live 2 minutes from there.

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Ducktruck_OG@reddit

I've visited a couple times and I thought this intersection looked familiar lol.

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Any_Paramedic_1682@reddit

Hi neighbor lmao

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Groundzero2121@reddit

Hi neighbors. I’m maybe 3 minutes from there. Pabellon 🔥

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djcryptik@reddit

Hey neighbors! Beechview here!

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Contemporarium@reddit

Hey kinda neighbors! Wheeling here :D

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the_pale_horse_rider@reddit

hey neighbors morgantown here... moved to jersey though..smh

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Blowinstank@reddit

West mifflin reporting to the neighbors community

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SamSquanch724@reddit

Hi neighbors I hail from Monroeville

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Any_Paramedic_1682@reddit

Just ordered some chimichangas lmao

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12carrd@reddit

Lmao I saw this and immediately knew where this was. Grew up minutes from Dormont.

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pinkwhitney24@reddit

Always fun to find a fellow yinzer on here!

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Hello neighbor!

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Harmlesskittens@reddit

Originally from Pittsburgh myself. I don't know what intersection that is but just something about it reminded me of home 😂

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omgeggie@reddit

Hi neighbor (5 minutes for me lol)

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banryu95@reddit

I spent a lot of time in Dormont growing up. My Aunt lives on Arkansas Ave.

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GrapeInevitable9090@reddit

I was thinking the same thing!! Definitely looks familiar!

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omgeggie@reddit

It is, banksville Rd right down the street from Kuhn's. They have multiple ways up that hill and chose the wrong one

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MasterOfKittens3K@reddit

Crane Avenue would have been an even worse choice, I think.

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Puzzled_Juice_3406@reddit

Haha I made the comment before I saw this. First thought, this is the most PA shit I've seen here.

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clwst313@reddit

Keystone jokes

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W4hl@reddit

412!

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ValuableShoulder5059@reddit

easy solution here, dump trucks suspension and then manually over inflate the trailer bags as needed.

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luv2race1320@reddit

He's ALMOST there! Drop truck bags, and send it!

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SupaDupaSweaty@reddit

This. Unbolting the leveling valve would have likely given this driver the three inch lift they needed to atleast back out of this fiasco

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Ok_Employment5131@reddit

What's a 3 day veteran?

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KarmicEQ@reddit

The guy that's worked one more day than you.

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Flaky-Music5401@reddit

Lol guess they can’t read

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KarmicEQ@reddit

He thought they meant no box trucks.

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Brian_the_Teutonic@reddit

My Garmin tried to get me over a 2.5 ton max weight bridge thank god I was bobtail

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2017Fatbob@reddit

First time in Pittsburgh, huh?

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bengtheman@reddit

If he slid his trailer axle all the way back he would have made it. He could do that to remedy the situation easily

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SKK56@reddit

I don't live in pa there but I do have an ex there, isn't that the road leading to the bridge in McKeesport?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

No. This is Banksville Ave and Crane Ave.

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Evolutionary_Beasty@reddit

Banksville and Potomac

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

... You are correct and I have no idea why I typed that, given that I answered the correct street a half dozen other times in other comments.

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Evolutionary_Beasty@reddit

No worries!! I just have personal trauma from that intersection lol. Almost blew my oil pan coming thru the intersection from the other way. Many times lol.

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scorpionattitude@reddit

Some people have no common sense nor the ability to interpret road signs

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GtHachiRoku@reddit

Why does this look like it's in Central pa or outside Pittsburgh lol

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penelopesays@reddit

This is probably the only case I have seen where just dragging everything might work! I have seen a crazy amount of things that you just go WTF!! We had this one truck made a jug handle and the back of the trailer went over s Jersey Barrier and they proceeded to drive and dragged the trailer with sparks flying until he

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omgeggie@reddit

He's not getting momentum on that hill, he never has a chance

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penelopesays@reddit

Is it an extra long trailer as well? I have seen this happen with one of those big white windmills and with a bridge support. But they were much longer than the typical trailer.

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semaj_2026@reddit

Very funny teachable moment

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userloser11@reddit

Just put that big boy in lo-lo and don’t stop till the tires pop! Or don’t make the turn to begin with up to you, stay safe out there people!

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Prestigious-Run6534@reddit

Not me! Im drive a reefer!

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Icantwaitnc@reddit

"Wuts a tandem?"

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xccoach4ever@reddit

I think that could happen to a 3 year veteran. That's one steep ass hill.

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CAT_WILL_MEOW@reddit

I'm from Pittsburgh wnd this pic doesn't do it justice that final slope is REALLY steep even in good weather it makes you nervous and most people will just stop right before rhe slope I'm kinda 50/50 kinda fun

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shadowmib@reddit

Hopefully a 3 year veteran isn't stupid enough to ignore literally three "no trucks" signs warning him not to take that turn.

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roystter@reddit

A 3 yr veteran would've slid the tandems back first then tried it

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Kaffeknugen@reddit

Happy cake day!!

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penelopesays@reddit

Happy cake day!!

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Milhouse6698@reddit

It even says why on the yellow signs under them. Some no truck signs are bullshit, but not these ones.

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MikeBinfinity@reddit

See you're wrong, that has a box truck on it. The driver is clearly pulling a flatbed. That sign should've been more specific and say "no flatbeds"

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xccoach4ever@reddit

Good eye. I didn't notice that the first time.

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ValuableShoulder5059@reddit

A 3 year veteran knocks that before this hill to get a running start and don't stop or look back.

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SupaDupaSweaty@reddit

A 3 year veteran has already removed their DOT bumper on a fire hydrant so they have the clearance for this hill.

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mziggity@reddit

More speed !! Woudda made it

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gaseousogre@reddit

Paper logs would have prevented this

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Sauciest_Salmon@reddit

Is this a joke about motor T…?

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dvlinblue@reddit

Hey buddy, I don't think you can park there.

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AreWeThereYet61@reddit

Couple of dollies under that rear-end and it'll work just fine.

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dirtyflintwater@reddit

This Yonkers?

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Pretend-Signal-707@reddit

Wasn't going fast enough.

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AroundGoesThe18@reddit

Western being Western.

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CheesE4Every1@reddit

That's the second most ignored sign

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reditusername39479@reddit

Fired any percent speed run

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Bigsteveactiive_ss@reddit

Now I will say this: there are many roads that say no truck, yet there are shippers and receivers that you have no choice but to go down that road....now with that being saidthis was clearly not one of those situation. 1. The hill just looks crazy 2. Says no truck, and I believe that low clearance sign, so they weren't making it anyway. 3. You know they were following that Google maps. Because common sense shouodnhave kick in and said no hell let me find another way or call the receiver to find out how to get there safely.

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geebeaner69@reddit

This is Pittsburgh

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UPPYOURZ2222@reddit

I think he makes it if that bumper could be removed before heading up that hill.

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Hypnowolfproductions@reddit

Slide the tandems and maybe. But it’s too late now. Besides the signs say no trucks so possibly worse down that road.

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blakester122@reddit

Lol idk but this happened in Seneca, SC a few weeks ago. I saw it posted on a local FB group. Lol

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Clerk18@reddit

Welcome to Pittsburgh!

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RequirementMuch4356@reddit

If I was coming by in my welding rig I’d torch that son of bitch right off there for ya hoss

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ConsequenceNorth8604@reddit

They should put some signs up letting trucks know not to go that way

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Geno__Breaker@reddit

I have almost done something similar. I appreciate the "no trucks" sign, but I do wish they were posted where they are clearly visible from all directions *before* you enter the road, instead of set back 50 feet

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CraigManTrucker@reddit

Like another person said, some roads you look at and say. "Nope". That comes with time and/or common sense. I don't know if it can be taught. BUT this fella had a dang sign 🤔

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Ulpian02@reddit

At first I was like hey we’ve all goofed a turn at some point. Then I saw the sign

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sobeskinator71@reddit

That's Potomac Ave. It's steeper than this picture makes it look

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Green_Owl_Solar@reddit

Slide the tandems back and send it!

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Huzul34@reddit

Half the time those signs are half way down the road after you’re already on it

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alec552@reddit

This isn't in Cincinnati is it? I just went up a road that looked exactly like that yesterday, only difference is I was driving a bus. Was down by the river.

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Efficient-Classic-84@reddit

just need a run at it

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LintyVonKarmon@reddit

This situation would be a good data point for that recent frontline documentary.

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Fjtfishing@reddit

“GoOgLe MAps sAiD MaKe RIgHt tURn”😂

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mustangsal@reddit

Not entirely his fault. He just didn't get a running start.

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toomanyhobbies4me@reddit

I remember this riddle from my childhood... Just increase the air pressure in the tires and it will lift the back end right up!

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twelve25oh9@reddit

What are those funny little red, black, and white pictures on both sides of the street? They’re cute.

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ajgsxr@reddit

Just get the excavator behind it and push it, it’ll be fine, bunch ‘o pussies.

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shibashiba69@reddit

Must be used to 48 foot trailers

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EasyGoin12345@reddit

Actually kind of impressive. I never understood the 53 ft hype anyways

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FupaFupaFanatic@reddit

Put it in reverse Terry

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Goshdudette@reddit

To be fair, the intersections and hills of Pittsburgh are a bastards

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Striking-Hold5165@reddit

I think I’ve seen this road before on YouTube. Does this area get any snow/ice? I’ve seen a video of a car sliding down this hill

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BMXfreekonwheelz13@reddit

When in doubt, throttle it out!

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oh_mama25@reddit

No box trucks. So I should be good in my tractor trailer lmao

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Reptroman@reddit

Good old Potomac Ave and Banksville Rd intersection. PGH,Pa.

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Leech412@reddit

Lol I’m in the tundra taking a pic from the other angle.

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chaos2tw@reddit

Where is it? Must see.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Hello neighbor!

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ParappaGotBars@reddit

This is Potomac and Banksville right?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Yes

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ParappaGotBars@reddit

I’m originally from Pittsburgh and thought that looked familiar. Just looking at that hill should’ve been enough reason to not drive up there.

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Haunting-Skin@reddit

Of course it's a fucking cascadia 🙄

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International-Look57@reddit

Can he not just brute force it and go?

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Paramedickhead@reddit

Hah! Jokes on you. I didn’t take a 3 day class… I took grandpas old Mack and a grain wagon down and just challenged the test.

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TheIronWarriorGuy@reddit

Shouldn’t been texting and trucking at the light probably would’ve seen the sign

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Suddzrus@reddit

How do you get to where you’re going, then? Honest question.

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cream_top_yogurt@reddit

In a truck, the most direct way is not always the best way to go!

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cream_top_yogurt@reddit

In a truck, the most direct way is not always the best way to go!

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

In this case, [a 6-mile detour on truck-safe roads.](https://i.imgur.com/yOTzko4.png)

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MajorHymen@reddit

This is clearly a mistake of trusting your GPS or being lost and making a panicked choice to attempt the hill even though there are multiple signs saying no trucks. Whenever you are in a city check the route to make sure it’s correct. Throwing an address into gps, even truck gps, and not checking will inevitably lead to a situation like this. Should have still had the sense to notice the fuck up and stay on whatever main road he was on before trying the hill.

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JohnnyVenmo@reddit

This is from over a month ago in Pittsburgh

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Yes, it is. I just got around to posting it.

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Zlamany-fr@reddit

I'd seen a truck with that exact load 3-4 days ago in North texas

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cream_top_yogurt@reddit

How do you miss the signs??

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truckingham@reddit

Good ol’ Pittsburgh. On my last day of CDL school they took us down there from Clearfield (loaded) to test our skills in heavy traffic

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Winnardairshows@reddit

Not nearly enough speed for that maneuver.

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Trextrev@reddit

There is a road in town that is impossible for a semi to pass but you can’t tell until you get to the turn at the top and yes there are signs but it’s the way gps tells them to go often and about once a year some semi gets stuck or flips. It looks good at the start but gets pretty steep and at the top a 90 degree turn onto a narrow road and they are forced to back down once they get to the top. It’s bad news.

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Phate118@reddit

Just move the trailer wheels back. Easy! Jk

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No-Document-8970@reddit

Apple Maps?

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Flexbox360RGHMod@reddit

Looks like some of shit you run into in Cincinnati. Lots of really unexpected steep hills in that area.

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R3DGRAPES@reddit

People wouldn’t think it but Cincinnati is very hilly.

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sir_swiggity_sam@reddit

Makes it fun in the winter lol

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Circus_sized@reddit

Those two No Trucks signs to left and right, are pretty fucking clear.

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BoneZone05@reddit

Can we all just take a moment to respect the strength of that 5th wheel assembly? It must have been a hell of an angle 3 seconds earlier

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artful_todger_502@reddit

I used to live right down the street from this intersection. When I was growing up we had a clutch car, that combined with the snow and hills, great fun driving, also 🤡👌

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Any_Paramedic_1682@reddit

Aye!!! I live right by there lmao. You should see the pickups that try to take it in the winter after a storm. Fuck it’s hilarious watching them slide back down.

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Puzzled_Juice_3406@reddit

I feel like that would be a dream activity for a snow day, just grab a friend, some good take out, and sit to watch the show.

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Any_Paramedic_1682@reddit

Yeah there’s a good restaurant across the street to chill and do it from lmao. Actually, the steepest street in the US, Canton Ave, is only about 1/4 mile from this

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Puzzled_Juice_3406@reddit

I'll have to check it out. I delivered throughout Pittsburgh for a bit until my route got pushed to Irwin area, never driven and walked so many hills in my life. Was never in better shape than with that job though!

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LP-29@reddit

But it says no box trucks only

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Ellietoomuch@reddit

I don’t even think this pic does the slope justice, that hill is so steep

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LethalDosage610@reddit

That looks like Pottstown PA?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Pittsburgh

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Main-Difficulty-9504@reddit

Sorry, the GPS said I'd save 3 minutes

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MertTheRipper@reddit

Is that Banksville Road!?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Yes. At Potomac Ave

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RektMeister77@reddit

I can make it. I know my rig.

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yak_danielz@reddit

i know that ain't some arrogant shit written on the back of the cab🧐

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Reddit_sox@reddit

Next time just hit that corner at 35 45...you be aight

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Puzzled_Juice_3406@reddit

Is this Pittsburgh area? I feel like it is. . . .

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Yes it is. Banksville Rd and Potomac Ave

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Puzzled_Juice_3406@reddit

Welcome to PA, home of the confidently wrong with tenacity to follow through. Actually driver probably isn't PA, or they would've known better. But PA drivers aren't much better all around.

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locoleito@reddit

I want to get a CDL and then I see stuff like this and I imagine me being the one stuck and idk if I want a CDL anymore lol. Is that weird?

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fatnuts_thicknuts@reddit

Gotta be PA with as dogshit as those roads look

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Prestigious-Ad6515@reddit

I can easily narrow this down to Pittsburgh. 100% Pittsburgh.

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selimnairb@reddit

Ah, Crane Ave. in Pittsburgh!

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Potomac Ave, actually. Crane is several streets north of there.

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selimnairb@reddit

Ah, you are quite right. Thank you for the correction.

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DukeReaper@reddit

If only them axles were a little bit more at the end

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herbalistfarmer@reddit

I only had to read 100 comments to find this bit of commonsense. But he is still ignoring the sign.

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brybry631@reddit

Harder !!

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Growjunkie88@reddit

Not going fast enough

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Fibrosis5O@reddit

No fair the GPS said I could go this way

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Dturmnd1@reddit

Looks like 6 corners in Akron

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pt_barnumson@reddit

Holy shit this in Georgia? I feel like I know this corner

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Pittsburgh, PA. Banksville Rd and Potomac Ave.

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pt_barnumson@reddit

Ah I see. Thank you. I just sent this to my trucker buddy hoo boy, what a world eh?

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Economy-Ad9522@reddit

I’d even go as far to say, old boy had that same route not long ago and did the same shit. After all the commotion told everyone “Ya know I’d have made it if them idiots hogging the opposing lane would’ve waited. I’d have brought that trailer up in there at an angle, would’ve been just fine.” Or did the same shit before and did make it cause nobody was sitting at that light. This time was crowded and says “fuck a guy can’t get a break, let’s do this.” The same exact mother fuckers taught me in school. Also, can’t tell me it’s the people who teach or whatever excuse, cause I spent 16 years watching “veterans” make questionable maneuvers. Actually the best driver I had ever seen, pretty sure used his lunch box to pack toys instead of food. May have been nsfw, not sure, as I unfortunately never got the pleasure of finding out.

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blahpblahpblaph@reddit

Man, I did that once with a Moffett on the back of a straight truck. Never again!

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Haunting_While6239@reddit

Time to dump the tractors air bags, but that's a aww hell no street

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djcryptik@reddit

Pittsburgh moment

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DetectiveTappatio@reddit

What do you do in this situation.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Hook a heavy wrecker to the back of the trailer and lift.

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banryu95@reddit

This looks like a street off of Liberty Ave in Pittsburgh...

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Yes!

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omgeggie@reddit

Yep off of banksville rd

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Single-Schedule968@reddit

ok but what would happen next to get the trucker out of this situation? simply just drive backwards?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Hook a heavy wrecker to the back of the trailer and lift. The DOT bumper is dug into the pavement. You can't go either direction.

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yourbuddyaj@reddit

In his defense, visually speaking it says no box trucks.

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Linkstas@reddit

This looks like North NJ Hackketstown

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Pittsburgh, PA. But that driver certainly is a hack!

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wmyinzer@reddit

Lol where in Pittsburgh is this?

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Banksville Road and Potomac Ave.

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diwhychuck@reddit

GPS “turn right” alright

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kpidhayny@reddit

They should put up a sign

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K1d-ego@reddit

Damn, if only there was a sign telling him not to go up that hill.

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lildobe@reddit (OP)

Not just the two you can see... there's also this one: https://i.imgur.com/HsRZaBL.jpg

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dinogirlsdad@reddit

Idiots....hope they got a reaming out of it

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Yadilie@reddit

Yeah, no excuse then. I hate the ones where half way down the damn road they decide they don't want you on it and put the signs there but no way to actually turn around.

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Azzacura@reddit

In a city near me the roads keep getting smaller and smaller, and then right after a turn left they place a sign saying no trucks, which isn't visible before you start turning. Some people who are in charge of sign placement should be fired

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Good_Sailor_7137@reddit

But their cousin has a tow truck business.

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Defiant_Discussion23@reddit

Aussie tri-axle trailers would get up that no worries because the rear axle is mounted right at the back. Fk yeah! Straaya! 🇦🇺

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dairydog91@reddit

Sign shows "No Box Trucks". It'll be fine, send it.

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Yerboogieman@reddit

Washington has a lot of hills very similar to this. The whole reason a lot of people hate taking loads there.

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Alternative_Entry551@reddit

Give it a minute, the trailer just squat to pee.

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Infamous_Cut9908@reddit

Sign clearly says no black trucks! 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dumpthechumpdotcom@reddit

Thats funny, I was expecting it to be a Swift truck.

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Feedla@reddit

Im sure and hope the driver won’t forget this day soon, big mistake/mishap. Looks as if noone coulda been hurt, wonder how long it took em to realize that icc was dug in. With those guys standing around I’m guessing he tried to even back out to no avail lol. Looks like a pretty solid strap down though! Kudos to that!

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FWTI@reddit

That's a big fuck that. Even if I somehow completely missed the hill while starting my turn I would abort that shit and go another way even if I had to get out and direct traffic around my big dumb ass.

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Unique-Delivery-1405@reddit

Don't people learn how to read signs anymore these days?

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PrettyAdvance330@reddit

Sign says- no trucks- no ground clearance - dumbass

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4runner01@reddit

Looks like he did the right thing and STOPPED exactly at the NO TRUCKS sign…..

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TheRealJehler@reddit

That looks like a Michigan road

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nc_blue@reddit

Ah the beautiful rust city, I kid, I kid I love when I get to work in Pittsburgh

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orbieturbi11@reddit

All truckers course should include Pittsburgh for a period of time

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orbieturbi11@reddit

I know this intersection..its not the only one thats this way.. welcome to Pittsburgh

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dwightdjohn@reddit

Damn .. if I didn’t see a sign I probably would have done that .. but after seeing this picture I’ll be aware of this situation. 1 year driver

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MajorHymen@reddit

Wtf were they thinking. Even if you ignore the two no truck signs just looking at that hill should have made any other option immediately the better one

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ValuableShoulder5059@reddit

I think the problem here is California's FU slide ur tandems all the way up and still have too long of a wheel base. Then gives you roads like this and blame you even though they made you slide them up.

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Barra_@reddit

This is in PA. This is clearly signed no trucks. The driver is ultimately responsible for where he puts his truck just like he's responsible for where he puts his dick.

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