The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

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This is kind of a continuance of a post in the IC forum that Dirk Pitt started. Although this isn't the only way for us Wasatch Front (UT) wheelers to get to Moab, it's certainly the shortest. This is what happened when a truck carrying 35,500 pounds of explosives overturned and exploded on HWY 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. This happened on the 10th of this month. The railroad tracks in these pictures are the ones that I run on for work. We were down for only a day as the UP got their mainline opened back up within a matter of hours.
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Dan.
 
Starboard M said:
Wow, how did that explode?
Was anyone hurt, or better question, killed? Do you know what the explosives were going to be used for?
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It's called pentolite, a high-end explosive product specifically designed for blasting in mining, construction and seismic exploration.

Pentolite, that blew all this away, is a 50 percent combination of TNT and what is called Pentaerythritoltetranitrate.
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No one was killed.
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

TRNDRVR said:
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For safety's sake, shouldn't they be leaning on shovels?
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

Good thing you weren't coming along in your choo choo right after the blast!
 
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GSequoia said:
Good thing you weren't coming along in your choo choo right after the blast!
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During would have been much worse.....
 
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Bent said:
For safety's sake, shouldn't they be leaning on shovels?
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It's not CalTrans... lol...


How did the driver survive almost 18 tons of high explosive?
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

I love the mounty in the pictures with the green super-ultra-mega-sized Big Gulp.
Very professional.
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

Now imagine what a directed blast would've done...

lucky SOB driver...

news reports claim the driver was speeding according to eyewitnesses...
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

:lecture: I call BS! It's a conspiracy. I don't see any evidence of a tractor trailer, and explain to me how the driver could survive that blast. I think the CIA is behind it. They're blocking the Mormons escape. :gag:
 
Okie Terry said:
I love the mounty in the pictures with the green super-ultra-mega-sized Big Gulp.
Very professional.
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It was hot that day, and hey, this is Utah..... 90% of the state has the super-ultra-mega-sized-refillable Big Gulp.
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

Bah, the Mythbuster dump truck explosion was way cooler...
 
dothedew24_7 said:
Bah, the Mythbuster dump truck explosion was way cooler...
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I don't know,, the mythbusters was good, but THIS ONE was pretty good....
 
Re: The road to Moab re-visited.....What 35,500 pounds of explosives does to a major HWY.

Bent said:
For safety's sake, shouldn't they be leaning on shovels?
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That's only if they work for CalTRANS
 
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