Danglin'

[George K]

https://gearjunkie.com/news/malad-gorge-idaho-truck-rescue

They’re called “safety chains” for a reason, but perhaps never for this reason. In a shocking Facebook post on Monday, Idaho’s Magic Valley Paramedics (MVP) shared images of a Ford pickup dangling perilously over the edge of a bridge.

According to the Idaho State Police, witnesses on Interstate 84 saw the driver of a 2004 F-350 pulling an approximately 30-foot camp trailer lose control. Witnesses told police the truck hit the right-side barrier, then swerved and smashed into the left-side barrier, eventually tipping over the barrier and nearly plummeting into Malad Gorge some 80-100 feet below.

Nearly, but not quite. In an unbelievable turn of fortune, the safety chain connecting the pickup and camper held the entire weight of the truck — which dangled facedown into the gorge — while the camper remained pressed against the barrier.

Here's some pucker-iffic video:

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

Wow!!! I am guess new pants were needed after that.

[Mik]

Stressful situation I suspect.

[brenda]

Wow. I wonder what caused the loss of control in the first place?

Would make a good ad for the chains.

[Renauda]

Yikes. I see that the F350 doesn't appear to have a dual rear axle. That may have been the reason the driver lost control at speed; especially if a tire blew.

I hate pulling trailers at the best of times, have seen too many truck and trailer catastrophes on the roadways.

[Catseye3]

Bless those fire guys! They are prepared for anything at all times!

[Aqua Letifer]

I was stuck on a chairlift once. It completely shut down. My buddy and I were in the absolute highest location on the lift, too; many, many stories up. After being up there for 2-3 hours, they shot a baseball out of a cannon that was attached to a string, that was attached to a rope, which had this chair-thing on it. Basically it looked like a piece of plywood attached to a crowbar. We had to position it underneath ourselves and use the lift cable as the pulley. No help, they couldn't get anyone up there. I remember thinking that if this thing broke, or I slipped off, or didn't do it right, whatever, I really doubted I'd survive the fall.

[brenda]

@aqua-letifer
Yikes!

[George K]

@aqua-letifer oh, man!

[mark]

@aqua-letifer hold crap!

[George K]

@mark said in Danglin':

@aqua-letifer hold crap!

He probably did that, for a while, at least.

[Horace]

It's the rare crash you have time to see coming and put your seatbelt on for.

[Catseye3]

@horace said in Danglin':

It's the rare crash you have time to see coming and put your seatbelt on for.

Reason #1 for having the seatbelt in place beforehand.

[Friday]

@aqua-letifer

They waited THAT long to do something?

[Aqua Letifer]

@friday said in Danglin':

@aqua-letifer

They waited THAT long to do something?

No, apparently they kept trying all kinds of stuff, and they were getting other people off as well. We were by far the hardest to deal with, though.

[brenda]

@aqua-letifer said in Danglin':

@friday said in Danglin':

@aqua-letifer

They waited THAT long to do something?

No, apparently they kept trying all kinds of stuff, and they were getting other people off as well.

• We were by far the hardest to deal with, though. *

Just wanted to note this for future reference.

[George K]

Aqua's seat on the chairlift after "the event."

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in Danglin':

Aqua's seat on the chairlift after "the event."

[LuFins Dad]

@george-k said in Danglin':

Aqua's seat on the chairlift after "the event."

He musta had the Franks & Beans....