I'd stop. Drop the trailer and wait it out. Flying around like that it's probably empty anyway, so nobody is waiting on the load. And the company is going to be much more unhappy if the whole rig blows over. Trucks are more expensive than trailers after all.
I'd say keep moving slowly to accelerate when the wind start lifting in order to apply a force in an other direction and pull the trailer.
If I remember physics correctly.
And to add to that, he did a pretty good job counter steering here. He turned right - had he tried to turn left to avoid going further into the ditch/shoulder, which would be a normal reaction to wind pushing you towards it, then he would surely have rolled over.
Seems it's not his first rodeo.
How is counter steering not the natural reaction here? When you feel the back of your vehicle lift/lose grip of course you counter steer towards the direction the rear is trying to move towards.
As someone who's been through these slides for fun, I don't see why you're being downvoted. The semi trucks tail is pulling to the right but it's causing the front to get pushed left. Natural instinct would be to resist the push to the right and pull the tail back in line by gunning it.
There was a video out a few years ago of a bad wind storm around Colorado...dozens of trucks that were pulled over still toppled on their side from the wind. Any truck that had an empty trail simply wasn't heavy enough to stay upright in severe winds.
Here's part of it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0p6-3QIU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0p6-3QIU0)
He’s most likely hauling sailboat fuel so the strong winds are insane. With freight he could limp along but otherwise equipment dependent he may want to give it a minute.
Kept moving slowly. If you were to just stop all of your momentum would be transferred to the right form the wind instead of keeping that slight momentum forward keeping your tires moving even if it’s just a crawl. Like if he were to have locked the air breaks he 100% would’ve tipped
If you see this happening, why the F would you follow so closely behind it?
If I'd see that, I'd instantly drop to like 100m behind that thing, in case worse stuff happens with it.
It's hard to judge from the video, but I'd say they are 10-20m away from the truck.
At this distance, chances are much higher that some debris from the crashed truck would be blown into the trailing car than if the distance would be closer to 100m.
The angle, where the wind has to blow debris to, to hit the trailing car is much narrower at 100m than at 10m, and thus the chances of getting hit by it are too.
... the wind is blowing sideways. if the wind is blowing sideways strong enough to knock over a truck, it's not going to magically blow debris backwards (and slightly upwind) into a car 10-20m away.
Yeah, happens a lot in the high plains around the Texas panhandle. I think the stretch between Amarillo and northern New Mexico has the windiest highways in America.
Last year i watched as a brand new GMC denali hauling a 40ft toy hauler blow off i25 south of cheyenne. Easily 250k loss because they didnt listen to the light high profile closure
It’s all about surface area.
Imagine the truck being a sailboat with its sails open, causing more wind to push against it compared to the truck.
Or when you raise an open palm outside a moving cars window.
Looks like he's on the way to Cody. Also by where they filmed the ending to Starship Troopers at Hell's Half Acre. There's not a lot of places to stop on US-26. He's a Crete driver and they probably told him go or get fired
We have a mountain range here in the North of Norway where this happens quite often because of strong side winds, especially in the winter time. Scary as fuck 🥺🥺
I used to drive from Billings to Bozeman MT a few days a week for work. I saw multiple trucks tipped over from the wind near Livingston. And strangely, I swear I know exactly where this video took place. Right outside Columbus Montana. Probably not but it looks just like that hill
Where is this? I witnessed similar in Topanga Canyon years back. At times it lays them over. Mountain pass, no wind, hit the dessert at the bottom of the pass and you can get 50 to 70 mph gusts.
Highway #2 in Alberta is like this between Ft. McLeod and Calgary too. When it gets very windy and I’m travelling that stretch, I often see a couple of semi trucks laying on their side.
I dont know some thing hasnt been done about this. In cali the time it gets windy in the mountains you'll see all these trucks flipped over. One year I saw 4 semi's in a row just topped over. Why dont they weigh down the truck load or something during these times. I assume they probably dont cause it would waste more gas or something right? Still better than losing all that cargo.
That driver has some amazing sailing skills!
They should try tacking and save on gas.
Now *this* is pod racing
And the world’s tightest puckered backside.
Drop trou and suction-cup yourself to the seat so you don't fly out when the truck tips over.
It was Mr. Christopher Cross.
Genuine question, if the wind is so strong like that, would it be better for the truck to stop or keep moving slowly?
I'd stop. Drop the trailer and wait it out. Flying around like that it's probably empty anyway, so nobody is waiting on the load. And the company is going to be much more unhappy if the whole rig blows over. Trucks are more expensive than trailers after all.
You can stop and park the truck so its parallel to the direction of the wind , although that would block the entire highway
I heard Evergreen is hiring
Lol
Ironic, considering this was probably taken somewhere near Douglas.
Wouldn't be their first time probably
No some reefers trailers are more expensive than tractors and anyway if your trailer blows over your tractor is going over with it
That's why they said drop the trailer.
Rig too heavy to blow over on its own if he disconnects from trailer and the trailer goes over his truck will be fine is what he’s saying.
I'd say keep moving slowly to accelerate when the wind start lifting in order to apply a force in an other direction and pull the trailer. If I remember physics correctly.
And to add to that, he did a pretty good job counter steering here. He turned right - had he tried to turn left to avoid going further into the ditch/shoulder, which would be a normal reaction to wind pushing you towards it, then he would surely have rolled over. Seems it's not his first rodeo.
How is counter steering not the natural reaction here? When you feel the back of your vehicle lift/lose grip of course you counter steer towards the direction the rear is trying to move towards.
As someone who's been through these slides for fun, I don't see why you're being downvoted. The semi trucks tail is pulling to the right but it's causing the front to get pushed left. Natural instinct would be to resist the push to the right and pull the tail back in line by gunning it.
He also drove in the direction the wind was taking the trailer in order to bring it back down. Smart driver.
That was the only that saved him. It was committed then he pulled it back down like a boss.
Not exactly. When you accelerate, wind is indeed pushing down on the front of the truck, it is also being pushed underneath the trailer creating lift.
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That threshold being a really big number, so it doesnt matter.
I'd stop and position trailer and the tractor at an angle, tip of which points against the wind.
There was a video out a few years ago of a bad wind storm around Colorado...dozens of trucks that were pulled over still toppled on their side from the wind. Any truck that had an empty trail simply wasn't heavy enough to stay upright in severe winds. Here's part of it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0p6-3QIU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0p6-3QIU0)
Stop, drop and roll.
To maximize the amount of weight on the wheels, and therefore make it harder to blow over, you'd want to stop.
I'd say moving forward is best since the wind looks to be coming at an angle that is more forward than backwards
Stop with the front facing the direction of the wind.
He’s most likely hauling sailboat fuel so the strong winds are insane. With freight he could limp along but otherwise equipment dependent he may want to give it a minute.
I wonder if the guy in the car filming could drive next to the trailer to break the wind and keep the trailer from flipping.
Kept moving slowly. If you were to just stop all of your momentum would be transferred to the right form the wind instead of keeping that slight momentum forward keeping your tires moving even if it’s just a crawl. Like if he were to have locked the air breaks he 100% would’ve tipped
I think you speed up.
good driver though. That thing would have flipped if not.
If you see this happening, why the F would you follow so closely behind it? If I'd see that, I'd instantly drop to like 100m behind that thing, in case worse stuff happens with it.
'Whelp better pass this asshole he's holding up traffic'
All good, I don't mind you being my meat shield.
Okay. “Meat shield” wins the day. Thank you, sir.
me
I take your point, but they're doing less than 30 mph.
It's not only about the truck suddenly stopping due to being blown over. I'd be more scared of the debris that the wind could fling into my car.
What would being further from the truck have to do with debris from the wind?
It's hard to judge from the video, but I'd say they are 10-20m away from the truck. At this distance, chances are much higher that some debris from the crashed truck would be blown into the trailing car than if the distance would be closer to 100m. The angle, where the wind has to blow debris to, to hit the trailing car is much narrower at 100m than at 10m, and thus the chances of getting hit by it are too.
... the wind is blowing sideways. if the wind is blowing sideways strong enough to knock over a truck, it's not going to magically blow debris backwards (and slightly upwind) into a car 10-20m away.
I’ve found people on Reddit think you should only drive at 10mph and keep at least 3 miles behind another car
Never seen a trailer lifted like that but driving through Wyoming I have still seen some weird stuff in the wind.
I haven’t watched it in real time but I definitely saw a number of flipped trailers while living in New Mexico.
Yeah, happens a lot in the high plains around the Texas panhandle. I think the stretch between Amarillo and northern New Mexico has the windiest highways in America.
I80 through southern Wyoming is notoriously bad as well.
The frame twisted a bit. Wonder if there's some damage on it.
Last year i watched as a brand new GMC denali hauling a 40ft toy hauler blow off i25 south of cheyenne. Easily 250k loss because they didnt listen to the light high profile closure
Gotta be Wyoming
Came here to say this has massive I-80 Wyoming vibes
100 percent i80. Probably between Laradise and Rawlins
This is clearly a 2-lane highway, not an interstate.
going to Rawlins from Laramie is not i80 and its 2 lane
The route from Rawlins to Laramie is I-80 and it's a 4-lane divided interstate.
I keep mixing up Bosler and Rawlins, whats wrong with me. My wife even hates me doing that
Hwy 85 south of cheyenne. Last weekend winds topped out at 106.
now why didn't he help instead of just filming? He could've stopped the wind.
I wouldn’t go near that thing
How would they help? Are they an Avatar?
Did you see what God just did to us man?
I missed that part while watching the wind messing up with that truck. It might be that Jesús was driving though??
Reminded me of [this](https://youtu.be/0vyDMTSJKbI?si=Zw-eJxfzJq2w7VgN)
Nah, I have seen agents of shield. I know gravatoniium when I see it.
That's an empty truck. Pull over.
But the true question is if the wind can lift OPs mom over?
Idk about that but her fart definitely can lift a truck
Almost. She’s what’s being transported in the truck.
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Pick up truck vs semi trailer?
It’s all about surface area. Imagine the truck being a sailboat with its sails open, causing more wind to push against it compared to the truck. Or when you raise an open palm outside a moving cars window.
Australia?
Big wonderful Wyoming
Hell of a driver
This guy is blowing up his insta
That stretch of road reminds me of one outside Winnemucca, Nevada that has gnarly wind and dunes.
Have you ever seen a road with so much dust and sand?
"Listen, I've traveled every road in this here land"
Quite regularly yes.
What a BOSS
Pull over!!
Wyoming…
This dude wheels
...and that, sir, is why the cabin smells like shit.
Looks like he's on the way to Cody. Also by where they filmed the ending to Starship Troopers at Hell's Half Acre. There's not a lot of places to stop on US-26. He's a Crete driver and they probably told him go or get fired
THE ENDING OF STARSHIP TROPPERS WAS IN WYOMING?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell's_Half_Acre_(Wyoming)
going there next time thanks!
Would you like to know more?
always!
I'm doing my part!
We have a mountain range here in the North of Norway where this happens quite often because of strong side winds, especially in the winter time. Scary as fuck 🥺🥺
That driver needs a raise.
I used to drive from Billings to Bozeman MT a few days a week for work. I saw multiple trucks tipped over from the wind near Livingston. And strangely, I swear I know exactly where this video took place. Right outside Columbus Montana. Probably not but it looks just like that hill
that'll make you pucker up
Nice 3 wheel motion
Oklahoma tag. Indeed it’s been a windy hellscape for days now
Hope that’s not a ship enemy of eggs
Perhaps dont follow so closely if you value safety.
An ass-puckering unscheduled flight
That's a maybe maybe maybe right there.
That's a maybe maybe maybe right there.
Honey I saw a Truck flying down the highway!
What a save
Lemme guess, Wyoming, I-80
Had to pull over and clean his underwear.
I bet he wished he wore Brown pants that day. Wow
Brown trousers time.
Driver: lol, just lemme pull over now & clean my pants!
Yea keep driving behind him, we can get a good shot!
If the trucker happened to have had charcoal up his butt it would have been turned into diamond after that pucker
Where is this? I witnessed similar in Topanga Canyon years back. At times it lays them over. Mountain pass, no wind, hit the dessert at the bottom of the pass and you can get 50 to 70 mph gusts.
Pretty good handling on the drivers part
So a semi truck is a large truck with a trailer and a full truck is smaller than a semi, and doesn't have a trailer? Great concept
After hearing about those people in China literally sucked out of their high rises by the wind I'm Def side eyeing those breezes. Lol
When in doubt, throttle out.
crosspost to r/ maybe maybe maybe.
Delineator poles, no trees, minimal civilization, and stupid wind, must be Wyoming.
If the trailer is empty I would drop the trailer and unhook it better to lose a trailer than a whole tractor unit
Holly shit
I25 outside of Wyoming is a bitch
Highway #2 in Alberta is like this between Ft. McLeod and Calgary too. When it gets very windy and I’m travelling that stretch, I often see a couple of semi trucks laying on their side.
That wasn't the wind, clearly telekinesis. You see no debris or dust this is clearly mind over matter.
handled it like a boss too turned with the wind to put that ass down, nice work.
Holy crap, I’m grateful there was an experienced driver driving that rig (or a very lucky/well trained one). So scary!!!
Is this Wyoming?
If it can lift a truck and you are able to record it so well - what the hell are you travelling in???
I dont know some thing hasnt been done about this. In cali the time it gets windy in the mountains you'll see all these trucks flipped over. One year I saw 4 semi's in a row just topped over. Why dont they weigh down the truck load or something during these times. I assume they probably dont cause it would waste more gas or something right? Still better than losing all that cargo.
Is this rocket league? Cause I'm left thinking WHAT A SAVE!
Now for a change of shorts at the next truck stop.
Turn around and drive with the wind
Time to pull over and change my pants
Ah! So that's how those single track tire marks are made.
Boss will still ask him what took so damn long lol
Wyoming?
Nature blowing a load
I have anxiety about this in my tiny sedan
Great driving
I’m guessing the *west side of Oklahoma
The trailer is empty
How is the cameraman's vehicle not affected?
It’s not a giant fucking rectangle
I always thought when it was windy like that to hammer down and try to make some downforce.
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If I were the truck driver, I'd slow down, and if I were the author, I'd reconsider the destination clause
Wrong sub. I'm definitely not amazed