Hello, Wow, images after the fact are just as scary as the moment we encountered the same giant truck rig carrying a huge log. The rig just came blasting out of a side road onto the coastal highway my wife and I were merrily cruising toward Oregon/Washington coastline destinations. It surprised us more than anything. But, the huge rig turned on to the main highway and followed us for less than a mile tailgating our tiny car. He was not going to slow down and kept pushing the truck, shortening the distance between us. So, finally after several hilly slopes and down shifting for us, we decided to let the idiot pass us and pulled over in the flat dirt shoulder. Our car was under powered to go faster up the steep slopes and we knew it. so, we slowed and stopped. The “whoosh” of the truck and long trailer whizzing by us was enough to rock our tiny sedan. What a bully… Jnaki The next time we made the same drive up and down the coast, we had a more powerful station wagon. It was no problem going up those fairly steep hills and there were no large log carriers blasting out of the wooded forests intimidating us travelers having a nice drive on the coast. Although we were prepared this time, with so much more power in our station wagon, but no giant logging trucks along the coastal highways... YRMV
I know, from personal experience, that this style air bag is reusable. They can be put back in the holder by the owner or user!
Poor, poor, pitiful me. Did you make it home safe to your beautiful wood framed house with wood cabinets and doors? Maybe a wood deck overlooking all those wood framed homes with wooden fences in your cozy neighborhood. The driver, most likely an independent business, was probably paid by the load. If that confuses you, that means he has to make as many loads as possible without having time for lollygaggers complaining about lowly logging trucks disrupting their precious day of leisure. Not to worry. Most of the lumber is now cut, milled and shipped from Canada. Today's price for that one log on that truck, before it's milled, could be upwards of 10s of thousands of dollars. The owner of the truck on some days could be lucky to make enough for fuel and groceries. The next time you wonder about the rising cost of homes you'll know why.
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