Use of Orange/Yellow cones is a must!

[Artemus_Gordon]

Bought a great product on amazon.  A lighted "orange reflective expandable cone"!  48 inchs high! We have discussed using cones in many threads.  I am religious about conning, truck and trailer each time we park.  This weekend I took my new F450 to get coffee Sunday morning.  I left cone in place which was foot and half in front of my truck, three feet within my park space.  While I was gone a class "A" going wrong way down road, took out the cone!  I mean smashed it.  It was broad daylight and he ran it down, never stopped.  I returned, administered first aid, but it was too far gone.  No services will be held !  I will cone forever!

I would rather give drivers a target other than my new F450!

[mlts22]

Allworth wrote:
On a highway job a few years ago. Every morning the subcontractor doing curbs and driveways would put out cones and start work early. For about two weeks the same car came through each morning and deliberately ran down the cones. The crew turned a cone upside down and filled it with concrete. Weighed about a hundred and twenty pounds.

Smart ass wanted somebody to pay for the bumper that got ripped off, but all of the witnesses said he must have hit a tree. Nobody could fine the cone.

Some people did similar when someone kept slaloming them around where I live. I'd love to see the look on the guy's face who came in to complain about the damage to the car to the local police being arrested for willful state/Federal property destruction.

Same with the larger "garbage can" barricades. People would hit them, but when a few had a pile of sandbags mysteriously appear underneath, the hitting stopped.

[bigred1cav]

Art, I tried and could not find those cones. Please tell me how to find them? Thanks

Artemus Gordon wrote:
Bought a great product on amazon.  A lighted "orange reflective expandable cone"!  48 inchs high! We have discussed using cones in many threads.  I am religious about conning, truck and trailer each time we park.  This weekend I took my new F450 to get coffee Sunday morning.  I left cone in place which was foot and half in front of my truck, three feet within my park space.  While I was gone a class "A" going wrong way down road, took out the cone!  I mean smashed it.  It was broad daylight and he ran it down, never stopped.  I returned, administered first aid, but it was too far gone.  No services will be held !  I will cone forever!

I would rather give drivers a target other than my new F450!

[longislandcampe]

peaches&cream wrote:
NASCAR makes you serve a "pass through penalty" if you take out the cone at the entrance to pit road. I reccomend the same for your Class A driver. :R

Wasn't it the 27 or the 18 that took the cone halfway down pit road a few weeks ago?

[Artemus_Gordon]

These stories are great, it's helped me with my loss. But I must say that I have found many people respect the cones. My son lives in a condo complex and it's very hard to park my Dually. I gave him two cones. He places them in a vacant space in blinking mode in the AM, before we arrive. I can report that even the condos, maintenance crews don't move them! Guess people figure it's PAC Bell or some visiting subcontractor! Oh please don't tell anyone! :W

[hotpepperkid]

kevden wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:

wny_pat wrote:
Lots of truck drivers aim for those cones. They try to get close enough to slide them over a couple feet, but often end up running over them. Have seen it happen over and over again.

I love doing that on the highway

So YOU are that guy!
🙂
I was setting up a work zone on a very busy road once and a guy ran over the cone just as I was placing it.

I at least wait until they place them. Some times they set them up so you have only a few inches on either side. I would hate to be worker in highway construction. I have seen signs in other states that say hit a mower or a worker and go to jail

[J2]

Allworth wrote:
On a highway job a few years ago. Every morning the subcontractor doing curbs and driveways would put out cones and start work early. For about two weeks the same car came through each morning and deliberately ran down the cones. The crew turned a cone upside down and filled it with concrete. Weighed about a hundred and twenty pounds.

Smart ass wanted somebody to pay for the bumper that got ripped off, but all of the witnesses said he must have hit a tree. Nobody could fine the cone.

:E LOL

[Allworth]

On a highway job a few years ago. Every morning the subcontractor doing curbs and driveways would put out cones and start work early. For about two weeks the same car came through each morning and deliberately ran down the cones. The crew turned a cone upside down and filled it with concrete. Weighed about a hundred and twenty pounds.

Smart ass wanted somebody to pay for the bumper that got ripped off, but all of the witnesses said he must have hit a tree. Nobody could fine the cone.

[Artemus_Gordon]

Thats_Ok wrote:
I like the cones!

Me haz two of dem big ones.

One I found in the Home Depot parking lot (says COMCAST on it).
The other one I found on a country road when I was driving for a tow company.

Omg I like you!!!

[jamnw]

I work for AT&T, and we have to put cones out front and back everywhere we park. Its not for people to see us. Its so we walk around the vehicle and check for any obstructions like kids playing behind you prior to leaving.

Working on the side of the road, using cones is a dangerous situation. I swear people try to hit them on purpose. And, we have had people just run through the entire work area smashing cones as they go and run into the protection vehicle. That's the one we try to park in front of our work area for our protection.

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I like the cones!

Me haz two of dem big ones.

One I found in the Home Depot parking lot (says COMCAST on it).
The other one I found on a country road when I was driving for a tow company.

[Artemus_Gordon]

lawnspecialties wrote:
What makes you think someone who can't see your F450 will indeed see your 48" cone? Just wondering.

It was lighted!:W

[lawnspecialties]

What makes you think someone who can't see your F450 will indeed see your 48" cone? Just wondering.

[kevden]

hotpepperkid wrote:

wny_pat wrote:
Lots of truck drivers aim for those cones. They try to get close enough to slide them over a couple feet, but often end up running over them. Have seen it happen over and over again.

I love doing that on the highway

So YOU are that guy!
🙂
I was setting up a work zone on a very busy road once and a guy ran over the cone just as I was placing it.

[peaches_cream]

NASCAR makes you serve a "pass through penalty" if you take out the cone at the entrance to pit road. I reccomend the same for your Class A driver. :R

[wny_pat1]

Lots of truck drivers aim for those cones. They try to get close enough to slide them over a couple feet, but often end up running over them. Have seen it happen over and over again.