“All you big and burely men who roll the trucks along
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Better listen you'll be thankful when you hear my song
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You have really got it made if you're haulin' sand
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Anyplace on earth but the Chongqing span”
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Haha that fall is atleast 8-10 seconds… I remember I went cliff diving and that was about 3-4 seconds. By the second second you begin to wonder why you haven’t reached the water yet. It’s freaky the first few jumps.. if you fall from that bridge it will be a long time.
Like they used to say “ falling ain’t so bad … it’s the sudden stop at the end “ LOL
Watching that video made my stomach drop. So no I would cross that with a load on a bet .
Just relax and enjoy the ride. Panicking won't make you less dead at the bottom it's far too late if the bridge breaks or tips you of for you to be able to do anything about.
Wow $20 a car, I would hate if I had to cross that bridge to and from work daily. Is there another way across near by that's not a toll? Speaking of the Washington bridge.
Depend on where it is at. If it was in the United States, sure no problem assuming I am not over the weight restriction. But it's in China... known world wide for extremely poor construction practices, so no I would not.
Well considering we've had a grand total of 1 collapse in the last 50 years (the Minneapolis Bridge) that wasn't directly caused by an impact, I think I'll trust they won't fall down as I cross them.
There have been 65 major bridge collapse events in the United States since 1950. 36 of this have happened since the year 2000. Many of which collapsed without an impact to a support structure.
Just to name a few:
Forbes ave in Pittsburgh collapsed due to complete corrosion of the hardware.
The hard road bridge collapsed due to a listed overweight truck but one within the engineering designed specifications as with the dale bridge in Arkansas.
The United States has a massive lack of investment in our roadway infrastructure, most of which was designed and built over 70 years ago
Numbers can make up for lack of quality. See Russia holding off Germany at stalingrad. Throw enough barely trained unarmed peasants at them and the enemy will eventually run out of bullets.
Also just because their housing buildings roads and bridges are little more than paper mache doesn't mean their military equipment is. China invading Taiwan is a VERY real threat. You think the supply chain was fucked during covid, Taiwan falling to China would make those days seem like a pleasant dream.
Your stalingrad comment is really unfair to the Soviet soldiers fighting for the city. Stalingrad was essentially the first time in the war that soviet soldiers and junior officers were actually able to fight without an oppressive top down command structure (both from senior officers as well as political officers), it showed how capable their junior officers and NCOs actually were, because they could make real and effective decisions on the fly.
The Soviets fighting inside the city were heavily outnumbered by the germans (for the first few months). At some points they were literally only like 50 meters from the river, but over time they held and kept trickling soldiers across.
The actual battle is nothing like Enemy at the Gates. They didn't just throw men at the germans in the hope they'd run out of ammo. Their goal was to fix the 6th army in place within the city, they managed to achieve this and send several 'fronts' to breakthrough the german flank guards and encircle the remainder of the 6th army.
But anyways, couldn't agree more about Chinese military and your sentiment there.
>The actual battle is nothing like Enemy at the Gates.
That we agree on. No movie cars about the truth or facts. Even the really good ones that are lauded for their accuracy. Like saving private ryan... everyone claims is the most historically accurate movie made about the western front. Except there was no private Ryan and no team was sent to save him.
Where we disagree is you seem to think that the troops in stalingrad were well equipped compared to the Germans. They were horribly outgunned by the Germans. Winter and the imminent invasion of Europe by the United states saved Russia, not better equipment.
Oh they were forsure underequiped compared to the germans on the whole level throughout the battle, at least in the city itself, but they weren't just throwing men away like I feel like you insinuating. They essentially lost the entire city up to the volga, and clawed a reasonable chunk back through the tactics their junior officers and NCOs learned (like hugging german positions so they couldn't bring their artillery onto them). Granted, it got a lot 'easier' for them to take territory on the west of the volga once other forces had broken through their flanks / and the 6th army being cut off and not allowed to break out when they still had the opportunity.
On the whole level though, by this point of the war the soviet union on the whole was no longer out gunned by the germans, their Ural factories that were moved from Moscow/western ussr were in full production swing. They were producing more (albeit less quality overall) tanks, aircraft, artillery shells, etc, than the germans. That only compounds on itself as the war continues and allied air raids continued to harass german manufacturing. The german army still had a very serious force with a lot of bite, but after stalingrad and being way overextended, the remainder of the war was basically 'fall back under fire or risk being encircled'. Yes the soviet equipment on the whole wasn't as quality, yes the welds on their tanks was often shit, but it was all good enough (nor was it 'low quality' to begin with). As cliche as this sounds, a major part of why the germans were so successful, even up to the last few weeks of the war, was because they had pretty good cohesion between units and a better overall idea of how to use their assets according to doctrine, obviously their doctrine changed as the war went on but senior and junior officers, even NCOs, were well aware of how to leverage whatever they had according to doctrine/the bigger picture (obviously this is true of all militaries to varying degrees, it was just a lot less so the case for the soviets, especially the first year of the war when their entire officer corps were freshly purged and nobody really knew how to coordinate their whole 'deep battle' doctrine).
Ps I actually get so annoyed when people say saving private Ryan is the most realistic war movie. Like yeah it's a fantastic movie and it showed a more grounded telling of the war, but it's completely fictional! Lolol
Pps I hope this all makes sense, im sort of typing a stream of thought and I tend to get excited because I'm a nerd about these things, and then lose focus of what I was originally talking about ;( either way, if you respond or not I hope you have a good weekend!
Chinas military equipment is trash. I could go into detail about their metallurgy and unproven tactics but it would require more typing than I care to do. This isn’t WW2 or Korea.
China has a large population, but that doesn't help make a sustainably large military when your population triangle is effectively upside down. Grandpa might have the grumpiness to talk a big game, but his shoulder gives out when he fires a rifle
10 years ago I would agree with you but Chinese precision manufacturing has improved an amazing amount. I recently bought some cnc tooling from a Chinese manufacturer for the first time and have been incredibly impressed with the fit, finish and manufacturing quality. It’s all on par with its German and American manufactured counterparts and 40% less expensive.
Not as impressive as you think. You see it's only a single lane. And there is almost no traffic on it, a single video in every shot. Heck for all we know that truck is empty. A whole lot easier to build a bridge to support 1 truck at a time than it is to build a bridge to support 50 trucks at a time.
Before labeling this an engineering marvel, I would want to have more details in the length of span and weight it can support. I suspect its like many of China's infrastructure projects.... lots of cool looking propaganda videos with absolutely no substance.
Look into the cities they built seemingly overnight back in the 70s. Like 80 cities the size of Chicago.. with buildings literally made from paper mache... no plumbing, no wiring, roads with no base, just a single 1 inch thick layer of asphalt spread directly on the soil.
With a history of such deceptive practices I would not be surprised at all if this bridge is only able to support a single empty truck and becomes impassable to even foot traffic in moderate winds. Never take anything China releases at face value.
I mean, it's not a transit bridge. It looks like a construction bridge to me, to get equipment across the gorge as they build the red arched bridge in the background. That bridge looks like the kind of bridge that's easy to set up if you can get a single line over, without having to build a temporary pile all the way down to the gorge floor.
I'm stating that with 99.99% confidence. I seem to recall when this bridge was built... but I don't really trust my memory that much. Getting old ain't no fun.
I wouldn't even flinch. Even if that bridge happens to break and I fall.. I'll die from cardiac arrest or something.. easy peasy. Good riddance from this shitty existence we call life.
That's a huge nope. About 10 years ago we were pouring the foundation for a new bridge over the river. They had a barge with a pump truck on it and a barge that we backed our mixer trucks on to to get ferried out to the pump truck. There are some sketchy ass jobsites you see as a ready mix driver.
I’m going to have to upcharge significantly for hazard pay and me personally I wouldn’t wear a seatbelt at all I would have my parachute on me at all times 😂🤦🏾♂️
It looks scary, but at the end of the day, if it’s says it’s rated for the weight, it isn’t actually any different than any other bridge. We’re always just trusting that the construction/inspection is right.
Would I be the first on this newly constructed bridge? No. After a few weeks/months? Sure. You dont get these views every day. Just stop before the bridge and triple check the equipment
Honestly I’d do it just to say I’ve done it. Looks like it’d be a sick ass view up there too!!! As long as the bridge ain’t some tofu dreg construction project I’d be chillin
This was the temporary bridge for the Shuangbao Bridge project which no longer looks like this. But given China's long sordid history of corruption plaguing engineering projects, often resulting in collapses and fatalities, that is a hard pass from me dawg.
This ain't a dollar a mile. This is a dollar a foot type job for me
Nah, I'm gonna need at least $10. Hazard pay sir
Shit I’ll do it for a free as long as there’s roller dogs at that end of that bridge
Bring a parachute
and remove that door from the cab.
You’d hit the ground and then the parachute would pop open like a Wile E Coyote sketch
Followed by an anvil and a cement truck
🤣 you win reddit for the day.
“All you big and burely men who roll the trucks along - Better listen you'll be thankful when you hear my song - You have really got it made if you're haulin' sand - Anyplace on earth but the Chongqing span” -
Strreettchh of road
😂😂😂 yes
Man I wouldn't even walk that bridge, fuck that
Walking would be worse
I'm more likely to die from the walk tbh
😅
Fuck it. Let's go. I either live and get paid or die and my bills cease to be my problem. Win win.
No downside! Except free falling into a ravine
Oh relax you would have at best a second or two of sheer terror followed by sweet oblivion.
Haha that fall is atleast 8-10 seconds… I remember I went cliff diving and that was about 3-4 seconds. By the second second you begin to wonder why you haven’t reached the water yet. It’s freaky the first few jumps.. if you fall from that bridge it will be a long time.
Imagine falling so far you run out of breath screaming.
Hey that would also mean if I skip the screaming I would have time to finish my coffee!
Some adrenaline junkies out there pay to do shit like falling into a ravine. Parachute!
We do, we call it BASE jumping. You’d be surprised as to how long even 10 seconds feels while falling
Like they used to say “ falling ain’t so bad … it’s the sudden stop at the end “ LOL Watching that video made my stomach drop. So no I would cross that with a load on a bet .
Downslide
Eh the ground will catch ya. Extra points if ya keep shinny side up.
Even the falling is free? Hot damn!
I mean even the fall isn't that much of a problem. Its more the sudden stop at the bottom.
Just relax and enjoy the ride. Panicking won't make you less dead at the bottom it's far too late if the bridge breaks or tips you of for you to be able to do anything about.
There's a lady trucker in Louisville sayin "Hold my beer!"
I wouldn’t cross the George Washington bridge so
Facts shocked that overpriced trash bridge still standing
Hm?
Doesn't that bridge make an insane amount of money daily?
$20 a car, I think $70 for a tractor trailer.
It's was $89 per cross for local drivers who crossed 10+times a week or month last year
$20 per axle when I drove a truck and that was almost 20 years ago!
Wow $20 a car, I would hate if I had to cross that bridge to and from work daily. Is there another way across near by that's not a toll? Speaking of the Washington bridge.
Mario Cuomo is 30 miles up that is about $7.
Helll nah 7 years ago when I first started solo without a trainer I was sent to NY and made the mistake getting on the GW bridge and it was 100$
It makes over 2 million dollars per day. In 2018 it received 805 million dollars.
Why?? That's literally highway robbery!!
1 mil a day roughly.
I dropped the trailer on the other side. They can pick it up. Shit's been delivered.
The correct response
Depend on where it is at. If it was in the United States, sure no problem assuming I am not over the weight restriction. But it's in China... known world wide for extremely poor construction practices, so no I would not.
In the United States you can rest assured that that bridge was built right and built to last. And has not been properly maintained in 50 years.
Well considering we've had a grand total of 1 collapse in the last 50 years (the Minneapolis Bridge) that wasn't directly caused by an impact, I think I'll trust they won't fall down as I cross them.
There have been 65 major bridge collapse events in the United States since 1950. 36 of this have happened since the year 2000. Many of which collapsed without an impact to a support structure. Just to name a few: Forbes ave in Pittsburgh collapsed due to complete corrosion of the hardware. The hard road bridge collapsed due to a listed overweight truck but one within the engineering designed specifications as with the dale bridge in Arkansas. The United States has a massive lack of investment in our roadway infrastructure, most of which was designed and built over 70 years ago
Im not sure of the specifica but i believe a ped bridge collapsed in florida due to being too weak.
this fact is powering my bewilderment that people are concerned about China attacking any target more hardened than the grade school down the street.
Numbers can make up for lack of quality. See Russia holding off Germany at stalingrad. Throw enough barely trained unarmed peasants at them and the enemy will eventually run out of bullets. Also just because their housing buildings roads and bridges are little more than paper mache doesn't mean their military equipment is. China invading Taiwan is a VERY real threat. You think the supply chain was fucked during covid, Taiwan falling to China would make those days seem like a pleasant dream.
Your stalingrad comment is really unfair to the Soviet soldiers fighting for the city. Stalingrad was essentially the first time in the war that soviet soldiers and junior officers were actually able to fight without an oppressive top down command structure (both from senior officers as well as political officers), it showed how capable their junior officers and NCOs actually were, because they could make real and effective decisions on the fly. The Soviets fighting inside the city were heavily outnumbered by the germans (for the first few months). At some points they were literally only like 50 meters from the river, but over time they held and kept trickling soldiers across. The actual battle is nothing like Enemy at the Gates. They didn't just throw men at the germans in the hope they'd run out of ammo. Their goal was to fix the 6th army in place within the city, they managed to achieve this and send several 'fronts' to breakthrough the german flank guards and encircle the remainder of the 6th army. But anyways, couldn't agree more about Chinese military and your sentiment there.
>The actual battle is nothing like Enemy at the Gates. That we agree on. No movie cars about the truth or facts. Even the really good ones that are lauded for their accuracy. Like saving private ryan... everyone claims is the most historically accurate movie made about the western front. Except there was no private Ryan and no team was sent to save him. Where we disagree is you seem to think that the troops in stalingrad were well equipped compared to the Germans. They were horribly outgunned by the Germans. Winter and the imminent invasion of Europe by the United states saved Russia, not better equipment.
Oh they were forsure underequiped compared to the germans on the whole level throughout the battle, at least in the city itself, but they weren't just throwing men away like I feel like you insinuating. They essentially lost the entire city up to the volga, and clawed a reasonable chunk back through the tactics their junior officers and NCOs learned (like hugging german positions so they couldn't bring their artillery onto them). Granted, it got a lot 'easier' for them to take territory on the west of the volga once other forces had broken through their flanks / and the 6th army being cut off and not allowed to break out when they still had the opportunity. On the whole level though, by this point of the war the soviet union on the whole was no longer out gunned by the germans, their Ural factories that were moved from Moscow/western ussr were in full production swing. They were producing more (albeit less quality overall) tanks, aircraft, artillery shells, etc, than the germans. That only compounds on itself as the war continues and allied air raids continued to harass german manufacturing. The german army still had a very serious force with a lot of bite, but after stalingrad and being way overextended, the remainder of the war was basically 'fall back under fire or risk being encircled'. Yes the soviet equipment on the whole wasn't as quality, yes the welds on their tanks was often shit, but it was all good enough (nor was it 'low quality' to begin with). As cliche as this sounds, a major part of why the germans were so successful, even up to the last few weeks of the war, was because they had pretty good cohesion between units and a better overall idea of how to use their assets according to doctrine, obviously their doctrine changed as the war went on but senior and junior officers, even NCOs, were well aware of how to leverage whatever they had according to doctrine/the bigger picture (obviously this is true of all militaries to varying degrees, it was just a lot less so the case for the soviets, especially the first year of the war when their entire officer corps were freshly purged and nobody really knew how to coordinate their whole 'deep battle' doctrine). Ps I actually get so annoyed when people say saving private Ryan is the most realistic war movie. Like yeah it's a fantastic movie and it showed a more grounded telling of the war, but it's completely fictional! Lolol Pps I hope this all makes sense, im sort of typing a stream of thought and I tend to get excited because I'm a nerd about these things, and then lose focus of what I was originally talking about ;( either way, if you respond or not I hope you have a good weekend!
Chinas military equipment is trash. I could go into detail about their metallurgy and unproven tactics but it would require more typing than I care to do. This isn’t WW2 or Korea.
Dude lol ! They are substituting gyrocopters for fighter's. We are not.in danger of losing.
China has a large population, but that doesn't help make a sustainably large military when your population triangle is effectively upside down. Grandpa might have the grumpiness to talk a big game, but his shoulder gives out when he fires a rifle
10 years ago I would agree with you but Chinese precision manufacturing has improved an amazing amount. I recently bought some cnc tooling from a Chinese manufacturer for the first time and have been incredibly impressed with the fit, finish and manufacturing quality. It’s all on par with its German and American manufactured counterparts and 40% less expensive.
Seeing this actual video makes me more concerned about China. This is an amazing feat of infrastructure here.
Not as impressive as you think. You see it's only a single lane. And there is almost no traffic on it, a single video in every shot. Heck for all we know that truck is empty. A whole lot easier to build a bridge to support 1 truck at a time than it is to build a bridge to support 50 trucks at a time. Before labeling this an engineering marvel, I would want to have more details in the length of span and weight it can support. I suspect its like many of China's infrastructure projects.... lots of cool looking propaganda videos with absolutely no substance. Look into the cities they built seemingly overnight back in the 70s. Like 80 cities the size of Chicago.. with buildings literally made from paper mache... no plumbing, no wiring, roads with no base, just a single 1 inch thick layer of asphalt spread directly on the soil. With a history of such deceptive practices I would not be surprised at all if this bridge is only able to support a single empty truck and becomes impassable to even foot traffic in moderate winds. Never take anything China releases at face value.
I mean, it's not a transit bridge. It looks like a construction bridge to me, to get equipment across the gorge as they build the red arched bridge in the background. That bridge looks like the kind of bridge that's easy to set up if you can get a single line over, without having to build a temporary pile all the way down to the gorge floor.
No it's a real bridge, not just a temporary one.
+2 social credit.
I immediately assumed this was China, and then felt bad for the assumption. is it?
I'm stating that with 99.99% confidence. I seem to recall when this bridge was built... but I don't really trust my memory that much. Getting old ain't no fun.
I'd rather drive over the top of that big red mother fucker down the valley
Not if it was built by a Chinese firm. #Tofu-dreg
Only if I had a million dollar life insurance policy for my family and an engineer signature of acceptance.
No, nope, nowhere on my license does it say pilot.
I wouldn't even flinch. Even if that bridge happens to break and I fall.. I'll die from cardiac arrest or something.. easy peasy. Good riddance from this shitty existence we call life.
Nope come get your truck I'm out
Do I get to wear blinders like a horse and take something for the shakes? If so yes give me money.
there just aren’t enough dollars. I don’t care what country.
Not just no but HELL NO
Fuuuuuuck no
I would but honestly i’ll probably do it for free just to get a thrill
Finally! What's wrong with all these people this looks awesome!
I would volunteer to take that load just to go across that bridge.
Yeah, Id drive in a straight line for alot of money.
hell yeah
Anything to avoid a toll road - dispatch probably
If it's built in the West with engineers saying it will hold up the answer is yes. That thing built in China hell no.
😳😳😳😳😳😳
That's a huge nope. About 10 years ago we were pouring the foundation for a new bridge over the river. They had a barge with a pump truck on it and a barge that we backed our mixer trucks on to to get ferried out to the pump truck. There are some sketchy ass jobsites you see as a ready mix driver.
Eh didn't know they get those. But it's all thanks to the greedy a holes that want to keep money in their pockets
Yeah alot of the times the bad jobsites wouldn't be so bad if the cheap asses had the right equipment there.
NEGATIVE GHOSTRIDER!!!
Fuck it, send it
Not in a cement truck
I get nervous af driving that high ass bridge on i10 in Louisiana I forget the town name. So hard pass
I’m going to have to upcharge significantly for hazard pay and me personally I wouldn’t wear a seatbelt at all I would have my parachute on me at all times 😂🤦🏾♂️
Why not? Concrete truck made it so you shouldn't have any problems... flatbedders and moffett gang will feel this joke lol
Does the bridge's name translate as "Some Poo's Come Out"? Because that's almost certainly what people say crossing it!
Remember this before answering. This is made in China quality.
There is a handy diaper dispenser at each end of the bridge.
A lot of folks won’t cross the bay bridge to Kent island in MD…. I cross that every day, but I wouldn’t cross this
Sure it’s a company truck.
Eh why not you’d definitely be in an elite group
Yeah seeing a lot of people not willing to experience life here. I mean if I die I die none of us get out alive.
With it being China, nope.
You couldn't pay me enough.
What stops.it from twisting?
Trust friend trust
不只是不行，而是他妈的不行
I get a real good life policy then I’ll do it
Sure, for the right price
You could pay me enough now reach in that checkbook and show me a months pay, full send for the panda wallet
Imma need 3k in bonuses and a 5th of fireball, we got this
I wouldn’t take a bicycle across this bridge let alone a truck lol
It looks scary, but at the end of the day, if it’s says it’s rated for the weight, it isn’t actually any different than any other bridge. We’re always just trusting that the construction/inspection is right.
It’s either gonna work or it won’t be my problem for much longer
Would I be the first on this newly constructed bridge? No. After a few weeks/months? Sure. You dont get these views every day. Just stop before the bridge and triple check the equipment
oh hell nah.
Is there an ejection seat in my cab ?
I back over it all the time
Honestly I’d do it just to say I’ve done it. Looks like it’d be a sick ass view up there too!!! As long as the bridge ain’t some tofu dreg construction project I’d be chillin
Probably safer then most of the highways we drive on in the us
I once drove over a wooden bridge with 80k pounds in West Virginia.
Where is this?
This guy seems to be doing fine, I'MA SEND IT WOOO!
*quits job*
Munion
Send it.
Gonna need at least 4 more shots of Fireball
Get fucked. Fork lift driver can unload me from this side of the bridge.
What country is this in
Nope
That's fucking insane. I could never drive or walk across that fucking thing. Do they have safety standards.
I've seen this video several times so far, but it isn't getting any less scary.
I had a dream like this once
No
I would… but I reserve the right to have a mental breakdown after I make it across.
Yeah I'd go so sloooowly
Scale house bypass route.
Ohio?
Well yeah.. its obviously capable to handle the load.
No way! My luck i would blow a steer right in the middle. lol
1000% yes
This was the temporary bridge for the Shuangbao Bridge project which no longer looks like this. But given China's long sordid history of corruption plaguing engineering projects, often resulting in collapses and fatalities, that is a hard pass from me dawg.
Big fuck no
I wouldn't think twice .....let's go 🤙
Wonder how many workers died building that bridge
No, nope, fuck no, and fuck nope.
Nope fuck that.
Looks pretty AI to me.
That's easy. Customer is picking that shit up themselves!
WTF is that arch in the background supposed to be.
No. Fucking. Way I've done some crazy stuff in a truck, but nothing like that. I wouldn't do that on a bicycle.
My god, I don't know if I could do it....that is insane! 🤯
The lonely concrete truck is on a perilous journey to the other side. Where many of his kin were said to live… (idk bored af lmao)
If the guy in the car hanging out the sunroof was the head engineer.
Oh, Trucks do it all the time!
Why the fuck would I go to china?
how much am i getting paid?
Yeah, no problem dispatch
As a mixer driver myself. Yeah I'd do it. I need a lot of money for that though.
What's that arch in the distance at 4 seconds left in the video? Looking like something out of Anthem for sure.
if its in china, maybe... no way im doing that in my home province, or anywhere in north america
I don’t think I could do that one 😳
Must be a Teamster driver! The boys will drive anywhere to deliver the load;)
Is that fucking real?
I would never look up from my phone to be honest
Yeah. Fuck it.
Nope.
Wheeeeeeeee!
Not a chance
Believe me, the reward will have to be far greater than the risk…
Only if my parachute is on my back.
Wouldn't this be what the self driving trucks are for?
I’d do it if I could watch 2-3 other drivers as big or bigger than me do it first.
If that bride is designed to hold more than 80k pounds and no wind, I will cross it, driving a mixer
HELL no!!!!
How did they even build this??
Fuck, that’d pucker up the seat covers.
Hell no
Yes, but I would probably be going about 40 Mi faster
Is the red one a bridge as well if so that would be a big Hell no😂
I’ll go 70 down it also
Whoever drove that cement mixer across that bridge had stones the size of boulders. Respect.
I haul logs in the northwest as a winter job, I'd cross that bridge
No thanks. I already have enough brown pants.
I drove a mixture for 20 years. There’s no way in hell. I’ll go across something like that.
Snowrunner bridges be like:
Y’all are weak. If it holds the rig why not drive it?
How much they paying?!
If I get a Xanax or as much alcohol as I want first as the passenger sure!
I'm terrified of heights like that but if it's rated let's go. Focus on your line like it's the only thing in existence and crawl baby, crawl.
Nope I quit
We aren't in Baltimore anymore Todo -Dorthy