Oversize Load Meets with Trouble at Leoti's Notorious 4-Way
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
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First, the crew tried to pull past the intersection...
...and then back around the corner...
...but it takes a lot more skill to do that, so...
...yeah, that didn't work.
Finally KDOT got involved and removed the STOP sign...
...which gave the driver enough extra room to turn...
That's a BIG tower section.
Did the tires scrape the curb? Your guess is as good as mine.
...Almost....there...
Finally free! And away they go. Bye, now!
Another day, another stuck truck. Well, perhaps stuck is too strong a word. After all, between the transport crew, a rotating cast of a half-dozen lookie-loos, Wichita County Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and a Kansas Department of Transportation crew, the problem of turning left onto K-96 from K-25 was eventually overcome.
An over-size transport carrying a large section of windmill tower …