Oversize Load Meets with Trouble at Leoti's Notorious 4-Way

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
  • First, the crew tried to pull past the intersection...
    First, the crew tried to pull past the intersection...
  • ...and then back around the corner...
    ...and then back around the corner...
  • ...but it takes a lot more skill to do that, so...
    ...but it takes a lot more skill to do that, so...
  • ...yeah, that didn't work.
    ...yeah, that didn't work.
  • Finally KDOT got involved and removed the STOP sign...
    Finally KDOT got involved and removed the STOP sign...
  • ...which gave the driver enough extra room to turn...
    ...which gave the driver enough extra room to turn...
  • That's a BIG tower section.
    That's a BIG tower section.
  • Did the tires scrape the curb? Your guess is as good as mine.
    Did the tires scrape the curb? Your guess is as good as mine.
  • ...Almost....there...
    ...Almost....there...
  • Finally free! And away they go. Bye, now!
    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 windm...

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