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  1. 03-10-2004, 09:31 AM #1
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    Shitty...

    This is a competitior of our company here in Chicago.


    Fiery I-196 crash kills truck driver

    Tuesday, March 9, 2004


    rhall@kalamazoogazette.com 388-7784

    A man was killed this morning on northbound I-196 in Allegan County when the tractor-semitrailer he was driving overturned and caught fire, police said.

    The accident occurred about 2:52 a.m. just south of 109th Avenue, according to a news release from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department.

    Police said the truck was northbound on I-196 when it ran off the highway, overturned and spilled its cargo -- molten aluminum with a temperature of 1,200 degrees.

    Firefighters from the South Haven Fire Department were the first to respond to the accident. Authorities said the truck was engulfed in flames when they arrived.

    Firefighters were able to put out the blaze. Police said the body of the driver was found in the wreckage after the fire was extinguished.

    The name of the driver was not released this morning, pending the notification of next of kin.

    Police said the truck was registered to Chicago-based Allied Metal Co.

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  2. 03-10-2004, 09:39 AM #2
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    yes, quite shitty. that had to have been awful...
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    Re: Shitty...

    Originally posted by truth
    spilled its cargo -- molten aluminum with a temperature of 1,200 degrees.
    Man, they actually transport that on highways?
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    Yes...and you should stay the hell away from them.http://www.alliedmetalcompany.com/images/mobile03.jpg
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    Thats trully fu$$ed...

    I still can't get over that you can drive with a cargo of molten alluminum, can somone explayin why you would need to transport it in a molten state?....
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    Originally posted by dubu
    Thats trully fu$$ed...

    I still can't get over that you can drive with a cargo of molten alluminum, can somone explayin why you would need to transport it in a molten state?....
    Amazing isn't it? Sometimes, it seems, it's better to just not know what is going on.
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    wow, i never thought about it like that. just thinking that you could be going 75mph on a highway 15 inches from how ever many thousands of gallons of molten metal....
    i get freaked out when im following someone with a ladder tied to their roof rack.
  8. 03-10-2004, 12:18 PM #8
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    Originally posted by dubu
    Thats trully fu$$ed...

    I still can't get over that you can drive with a cargo of molten alluminum, can somone explayin why you would need to transport it in a molten state?....
    Large casting operations suchj those run by Briggs & Stratton and most auto makers simply use too much metal to make it affordable to remelt it prior to casting. They recieve 24/7/365 shipments of molten to keep the casting lines rolling.
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    Originally posted by truth
    Large casting operations suchj those run by Briggs & Stratton and most auto makers simply use too much metal to make it affordable to remelt it prior to casting. They recieve 24/7/365 shipments of molten to keep the casting lines rolling.
    [insert obligatory so-hot-right-now joke that I secretly still get a chuckle from]
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    Christ I've been trucking for 30 years and didn't know they transported molten metal.
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    that really sucks man
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    Heh, haven't seen a Kalamazoo Gazette story since I moved away from that town 8 years ago.

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  13. 03-10-2004, 03:30 PM #13
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    Wink Re: Shitty...

    Originally posted by truth
    This is a competitior of our company here in Chicago.
    You're a truck driver?
  14. 03-10-2004, 03:33 PM #14
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    Re: Re: Shitty...

    Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
    You're a truck driver?

    Some days I wish I was.
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