Highway debris

[radman]

STN has a rather lively thread going on concerning junk on the highway stories, some pretty damn bizarre. My fav-

It didn't come from a car and I wasn't on the bike. And man I am glad that I wasn't. My date and I were coming back from a funeral and we got passed by a cattle hauler. As it was going past us, I noticed that the gate was loose. He had no more than pulled back into line in front of us when the gate fell and started to flop back and forth on the rope like a leaf twisting in the wind. I looked at Vicki and said "This is gonna get ugly."And it did. Cattle started walking out of the back of this trailer at 75 mph. I was a shittin and a gittin to avoid the flying hamburgers. We got lucky, but the poor sap next to us in a semi had one go through his radiator. We stopped in case the guy had been injured(thankfully he wasn't). We took off and followed single file behind the cars in front of us. Every once in awhile, you would see someone on the side of the road, putting one of the poor critters out of their misery.

When the idiot finally realized he was littering, he pulled over and the remaining cattle jumped out and were wandering on the interstate.

If I'm passing a cattle hauler now, I do it at top speed.

I've avoided furniture, rolling horsie outhouses, and the like, how 'bout you?

 

[NoCage]

I've almost been done in more than once by FUCKING retreads. How those guys can get away with that is beyond me. Oh yeah, a ladder, recliner, road kill, construction cones, refrigerator, etc., etc. Did I mention FUCKING retreads?

 

[pickax]

Jeezus, cant top that. Just tire gators and one real one last week. 10 footer in the road down by the cape. Wish I had a pic.

 

[TexasFJR]

A freekin matress on the hiway at night.

 

[rocketdoc]

Two come to mind. I had one of those square aluminum hazardous material signs from the back of trucks dance in the air ahead of me then bounced on edge and caught my right fork and into my radiator guard.

Then there was the plastic utility tub that flew off the top of an SUV, bounced twice before unloading cookware pots and pans. Fortunately lots of room left and between us, otherwise it would have not been pretty.

 

[TheAxeman]

I was behind a guy who lost his bicycle carrier with 2 bikes on it doing about 75 mph. Luckily the whole mess bounced and skidded off to the right and I only had to dodge bits and pieces of the bikes and the asshole stomping on his brakes as hard as he could. Other than that the usual stray cement block, tire gators, and HVAC crap.....Cows definitely wins the prize.

 

[radman]

I read about the flying cows, and couldn't help but think of the scene in "Twister" when the cows are imitating F14's..... :blink:

 

[skyway]

I've had a few moments on the FJR, within the first hour of ownership comes to mind. Riding home from AZ 2-up, new bike, at around 70mph a car to my left decided to start doing 360 degree spins toward us. Fortunately it occurred right near an off ramp where I could escape without incident. It was a "you gotta be kidding me?" moment.

One nice thing about this bike, even without a steering stabilizer, at speed, it is very predictable even when initiating a hard push on the bars to avoid debris on the road.

 

[Go Far]

Truck tire with rim rolling across the center divide on I-15

Big wooden dog house fell out of the back of a pickup

I-15 Barstow to Vegas corridor - thick traffic nose to tail at 75 - car in front of me straddled a big chrome bumper

 

[FJRottie]

I had to avoid a Jackfish (Pike, Northern Pike, whatever you want to call it) that looked to be at least a 10 pounder. It flew out of a Bass fishing boat being towed at 120 KPH (75 MPH).

 

[Luke]

a complete bed: frame, rails, headboard and box springs

all in disarray across a looped exit ramp!

 

[Mike-H]

How about a 69 cuda drag car that decided to leave its open trailer @ 120 kph (70mph) on the hiway & do barrel rolls....can you say writeoff? :blink: .....

 

[85turbo]

i had one incident a few years ago.

on my way home from work at about 8pm, i was on a highway doing about 110km/h (70 mph) and i was following

a semi (a little too closely....) all of a sudden, he's indicated left and headed for the breakdown lane in a bug hurry

and he wasn't slowing down either.

don't know why, but i followed him over there.

then i see it..... a large metal tradesmans ladder in the middle of the lane.

that trucker saved my life that night, im sure of it.

taught me to stay a lot further away from the rear of large vehicles at speed, where i cant see enough of whats ahead.

if he had run over the ladder , no doubt it wouldn't have done much to him, but it would most

likely have been flicked up into the air. and i would have worn it in a big way.

even if it wasnt kicked up by the truck, im sure that it would not have been fun for me to have hit that ladder at that speed.

that's my story.

whats yours ?

jason

 

[brazos parker]

Extension ladder...laying across the lane of the interstate...at night! Yikes!

 

[radman]

Extension ladder...laying across the lane of the interstate...at night! Yikes!

One of the reasons I figgered this would make for a good topic-remind guys that there's more than just cell phone freaks out for our blood.

 

[Mike-H]

Extension ladder...laying across the lane of the interstate...at night! Yikes!

One of the reasons I figgered this would make for a good topic-remind guys that there's more than just cell phone freaks out for our blood.

Good job....thanks Rad :good: .....

 

[borrec]

On the back country roads the DAs cut their grass and the discharge (grass, paper, cans,etc..) is all over the road. One morning as I went around a turn at 70mph it went from nice smooth pavement to green freshly cut grass. I was a slippin and a slidin and I don't know how I stayed up. Parked the bike and cleaned my shorts before I walked to the guy's house. He was actually apologetic and hadn't thought of motorcycles. Said he wouldn't do that again and he has been true to his word.

:angry2:

 

[Bearly Flying]

Similar to the first post, couple years ago on the QE 2 by Ponoka. Guy hauling Buffalo when the rear door came open.

The poor animals were splattered all over, a lot of them still alive, but badly injured.

Female Police Officer trying to put the animals down using a shotgun, aiming at their foreheads from across two lanes.

Finally a local went and got a rifle and walked up behind them and finished the job properly

 

[FJRMGM]

two by fours - about six of 'em across the highway. Ladders - both step and regular, cement and regular bricks, a mattress, garbage cans, two by sixes, tires and tire carcasses.

Was riding once in Houston and a small pickup carrying large clear plastic bags of flattened aluminum cans decided to jettison two of them at 70 mph - shoulda seen the cars in five lanes trying to avoid the aluminum "rain" as the bags broke open and scattered a couple thousand cans on the freeway.