Reply With QuoteOn another note, that repaving job looks great. May check it out tomorrow...
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Today @ approx 1pm I was out for a ride on the Forks, riding from hwy10 to Belfountain only to find the road blocked by a 53ft tractor trailer @ the S-bend, the driver said he was rerouted somewhere on Miss rd by the police (i think he said Mayfield Rd) he wanted to turn but they made him go straight, not knowing where he was he just kept going north (don't think he'll do that again). A small tow truck showed up before the OPP, dragged the trailer sideways so he could get pointed down the hill. He was free but not gone when the OPP showed up, I got outta there so I'm not sure if he was charged.
On another note, that repaving job looks great. May check it out tomorrow...
hahaha looks like gap type corners when the trucks come thru, LOL
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hahahah from the looks of the pics... its the tight 180 turn by the train tracks on the top of the hill... lmao!
Last edited by Arai-ko; 11-05-2007 at 07:38 PM.
Where is this road from London?
the road runs west off of Hwy10. Its north of Inglewood beside Credit River.Originally Posted by baked
so roughly 10-15 minutes north of Brampton.
The road looks alot better. I'll be checking it out today hopefully. The same thing happened 2 summers ago. The truck was stuck for awhile. They ended up putting a silver diamond shaped sign saying the road is unpassable by big trucks before you hit the turn going northbound.
God damn rookies! Thats what interaxle differential locks are for! Lock em up and full throttle ahead! I could understand if there was a guard rail on both sides of the road...but not if theres still room...
I'm guessing this is the corner this happened on.
Damn! Nice corner! But still dude should have been able to make it...
Dude... just wondering if you've ever driven a tractor/trailor before?
a tractor/truck with a 53footer trailer would not make that turn.. impossible!!! the one side of turn has a 50+ft drop off a railway bridge. and the outside radius of that turn is 12-15 meters apart with heavy decline drop if you are heading from west to east on Forks...
Last edited by Arai-ko; 11-12-2007 at 08:53 PM.
Ya thats what i do for a living, except i drive a stretched out volvo with a sleeper and 5th wheel moved pretty damn far back...and in that truck i'd still be able to make it. As for his guys truck hes got a day cab with an insane turn radius, theres no reason for him to end up like that unless hes a rookie...
Look at the guys trailer wheels, those axels slide, he should have moved them all the way up, slid his 5th wheel all the way towards the cab and gone on the left side of the road and i guarantee it he would have made it. He would have gone off the road a bit but would have made it...
has anyone check out the road lately to see how it was repaved! I might go but tomorrow and take a look.. i'll report in the eve when I get back...
I went out with Brian P to the Forks.. and was really impressed with the road improvements there... abot 80% of it was redone or repaved... all the corners have been repaved as well
I didn't find there was that much of a change. One corner going from east to west you have to be careful because the road drops off and you catch some zero g's as you enter the turn...and you can't see that this is going to happen.
Keep the front wheel in the air and the shiny side up.
Guelph
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I took that on the 11th and I loved it. I went from FOTC to Mississauga rd. Except it was wet and cold, I think most of the bumps were done?? I didnt use to go that route alot.
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You seeing this?
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en...=20&iwloc=addr
You ever been on Forks of the Credit Road?????
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Ya im seeing it...from the photos and the map it looks like he should have made it...i aint perfect and could be wrong but id be willing to bet if done correctly it could be done...
ok... LOL so all this time I thought you've been thereyou should go sometime... fun road.. now back to this... just a FYI.... the railroad what you see in the goggle pic above... the other side of that railroad is a 35-40ft drop... LOL That railroad is actually a bridge.
Been there but can't recall which corner that is...ok... LOL so all this time I thought you've been there
35-40 ft drop? Ahhh thats nothing! Ive always wanted to go cliff jumping
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