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Beverley_Ken
Aug 20, 2014Explorer
Biggest thing that I have seen blow out of pickup bed was a mattress, with a man on it.
Many years ago we (ambulance service) responded to a call on a rural highway, for an injured man. Short story was that the two were bringing home the new mattress in the bed of the truck, it blew out once and threatened other times, there solution, no rope or tie downs available was to have one man lie on the mattress for the extra weight. It did not work, they both flew out on to the roadway. Fortunately only minor injuries.
I realize that the aerodynamics would be different with a fiver, maybe worse.
Beverley and Ken
Many years ago we (ambulance service) responded to a call on a rural highway, for an injured man. Short story was that the two were bringing home the new mattress in the bed of the truck, it blew out once and threatened other times, there solution, no rope or tie downs available was to have one man lie on the mattress for the extra weight. It did not work, they both flew out on to the roadway. Fortunately only minor injuries.
I realize that the aerodynamics would be different with a fiver, maybe worse.
Beverley and Ken
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