ARVADA, Colo. – Interstate 76 eastbound through part of Colorado Friday was shut down after an 18-wheeler’s trailer collapsed under the weight of too much beer.
According to the Arvada Police Department, the truck was overloaded with a large quantity of beer.
“Too much beer is never a good thing,” the APD wrote on its Twitter page.
There were no injuries reported. The highway was backed up for several hours.
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Too bad they didn’t give the weight of the load. Anytime a trailer snaps in two, it is too much weight. But that break possibly could have been caused by metal fatigue or improperly loading the cargo.
It’s a 53 blow up the pic and you can see it..they move your wheels to the back for loading and never move them forward its the Drivers job to put them back forward.
I was unable to tell if that was a 53′ trailer or 48′. If it was a 53′ then this might be the reason for the bridge law as those axles seemed to be all the way to the back of the trailer.