Wrecked Russian Semi Remains Road-Worthy

Posted by John Farrier in Auto & Transportation, Living, Video Clips on October 19, 2011 at 7:08 pm


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Driving this truck in the US might get you a ticket. Might. Worry about that if you get pulled over. Now keep driving.

-via Geekologie

 
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Amish Horse Team Pulls Tractor Trailer out of Snow

Posted by John Farrier in Auto & Transportation, Living on February 24, 2011 at 6:02 pm

Sometimes, the best solutions lie in older technologies. Jalopnik has a video by Joel Appleman of a tractor trailer stuck in a snow drift in central Pennsylvania. A friendly Amish man hauled the truck out with his team of horses.

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Snow-Laden Truck Creates Frosty Explosion

Posted by John Farrier in Video Clips on February 13, 2011 at 5:47 pm


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The top of a tractor trailer is covered with snow. In fact, it looks like it’s a few feet deep. When that pile hits an overpass, it sends snow everywhere over the roadway.

via SnarkyBytes

 
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Miniature Big Rigs

Posted by John Farrier in Auto & Transportation, Living on November 12, 2010 at 9:06 pm

A Nashville-based company called Lil Big Rig converts Ford F-250 pickup trucks into scaled-down semi-trailer trucks:

For $13,000, Lil Big Rig can convert your 1980s-1990s two-wheel-drive Ford F-250, long-bed full-size Chevrolet pickup (1973-1987 model years in either 4X4 or 4X2) or 1994-2003 Dodge Ram standard cab pickup (either 4X4 or 4X2). Lil Big Rig replaces the standard truck body with a fiberglass Peterbilt or Kenworth cab and front hood/fender assembly. A semi truck-esque rear body and two extra dual rear wheels are added on to make your truck look like a traditional Peterbilt or Kenworth semi.

The interior is completely revised and resembles the cab of a semi, and what’s a semi truck without a rear space to relax in? All Lil Pete and Lil Kenny kits come with a full rear sleeper available with seats or room for an actual bed.

Link via Jalopnik | Photo: Robby DeGraff

 
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How Not to Right an Overturned Truck

Posted by John Farrier in Auto & Transportation, Video Clips on February 6, 2010 at 6:34 pm


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This video is from the scene of a highway accident in Chile three weeks ago. A recovery crew managed to flip the overturned tractor trailer back upright, but didn’t think about what would happen to the truck afterward.

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See-Through Tractor Trailer

Posted by John Farrier in Advertising, Auto & Transportation on December 22, 2009 at 8:26 am

The innovative designs by Russian advertising and design firm Art Lebedev have been previously featured on Neatorama, including a pessimistic piggy bank, a spreadsheet grill, a Tetris magnet set, an ice tray that spells out the word “eternity”, a clock that spells out the time, a Batman clothespin, a clock built into a whiteboard, and a piggy bank shaped like a gravity bomb. Their latest advertising gimmick, intended to encourage safe driving, is a see-through tractor trailer. A camera on the front of the truck captures what’s going on ahead and projects it on a screen on the back of the trailer. It’s called “Transparentius.”

Official Website via DVICE

 
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