surveyorjp
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I agree with you guys completely. While the driver was obviously at fault, there is no way that awning should have fallen so easily. I shudder to think about what would have happened had another vehicle been under there. 
Thank goodness no one was hurt.
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FisHin2Dmax
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There is NO question the support columns and laterial bracing was completely inadequate for that awning structure! A 5'er should have never been able to bring the whole thing down!!! Based on that video, I'm totally convinced a strong wind, heavy rain or even a little minor earth quake would have brought that structure down. All I can say is everyone is very lucky it came down the way it did. Had another customer been parked under it, they probably would not have survived; you can beat all the parties would have been sued ( including the building contractor,architectual firm). Sorry it happened to this guy, but who knows, maybe he actually saved lives by bringing it down and before it potentially came down on a family during a high wind gust day.
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John3872
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I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't have tried to drive up to the ATM. If I need to go thru a place with a canopy, I alway park the rig and don't risk it. I'm hoping he was inexperienced and had a brain fart.
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FisHin2Dmax wrote: Had another customer been parked under it, they probably would not have survived; you can beat all the parties would have been sued ( including the building contractor,architectual firm). Sorry it happened to this guy, but who knows, maybe he actually saved lives by bringing it down and before it potentially came down on a family during a high wind gust day.
My thoughts also.
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rusty_poth
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All I can say is WOW!
I have pulled through some tight spots, as a matter of fact I have pulled through some spots that look somewhat similar to what he drove through.
Here is the link to the story:WOW
Glad him and his son got out.
I seen something a little similar in Germany back in the 80's, we were on a Tank drivers course and the tank in front of us ran up the side of a Opal (German Chevy) and peeled off the side of the car like it was paper. Looks eerily the same..............
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Big Baldy
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Obviously that Cummins was just too strong for that measly little building!
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Closed. Another thread on the same topic is running in this forum. Please read other forum topics before you post. It will save on duplication.
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