Comments on The Daily Rant: Logging Lots Of Miles

Those trucks have unbelievable power! I remember ...

2009-12-03T02:59:59.643-04:00

Those trucks have unbelievable power! I remember thinking that we was setting the world on fire winding up one of the redwood logging roads in my 67 Volvo 122s doing about 65 in third gear and one of them blew right by us! This was way back in 75 or 76.

My grandfather use to drive these trucks in his yo...

2009-12-02T16:22:51.367-04:00

My grandfather use to drive these trucks in his younger days. He hated it. When we were growing up and were on the road with him, he'd always drive faster to get ahead of these trucks so I figure he must have had some inside knowledge about them and their safety. Incidentally, a couple of years ago two men were crushed to death when one of the enormous metal prongs that are suppose to keep those logs in place broke and the logs fell on top of their car. While I'm sure the odds of something happening with these trucks are low, I still avoid driving anywhere near them. I trust my grandfather in that respect.

Those log trucks freak me out, too. I think it'...

2009-12-02T09:50:30.963-04:00

Those log trucks freak me out, too. I think it's because of Final Destination 2.

That pile up gave me nightmares for weeks.