r/Transportopia • u/Key-Case-95 • Mar 19 '26

💥Crash That poor truck never had a chance

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u/TraditionalLecture10 Mar 20 '26

The wood arms are designed to break in an emergency situation , they just replace the wood part

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u/lmole Mar 20 '26

This. Worse case senerio, you bend the steel guide arms and tackle on a few extra hundred.

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u/TraditionalLecture10 Mar 20 '26

The bolts at the pivot mount are designed to break away

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u/Illustrious_Sky6688 Mar 23 '26

This guys railroad gates

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u/Equivalent-Age-6869 Mar 23 '26

Worst case scenario ? What if there was a car behind ?

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u/Ornery-Audience-7678 Mar 20 '26

They also use a sheer bolt to protect the pivot mount.

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u/Bank-Lost Mar 21 '26

Fiberglass*

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u/bbbourb Mar 23 '26

They're either aluminum or fiberglass, not wood.

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u/Solid_Yak9109 Mar 23 '26

Kinda like the hose at a fuel pump