Everybody into the pool: When will the first truck be peeled back like a sardine can on Storrow Drive?

I was just about to write up and post that!

Ah well ... I suspect it will be around 2 pm Friday 29 August myself.

Move-in day is Monday, I am going with Sunday, 11:30am.

Put me down for 1:30 Saturday.

5-day forecasts are saying rain later on Saturday, so if that holds then I think people are going to get an early start. 10:00am Saturday.

I was lucky last year, as I got to see the pop-top truck up close as I drove by a few minutes after it happened, but just before Storrow completely turned into a parking lot. I laughed out loud when I saw it. If I wasn't driving, I may have even pointed and laughed Nelson-style.

This year, I don't think we make it to lunchtime without an incident. 11 AM Saturday is the time I'm going with. Also, the bridge stays undefeated.

Friday, 4PM.

At 4 pm.

http://1smootshort.blogspot.com

Truck: U-Haul
Driver: from either New Jersey or Lawn Guy Land
Location: Storrow Drive West exit for The Fenway/Kenmore

And it will be glorious.

Ahhh, reminiscent of the old "Big Bucks for Stuck Trucks" contest.

Put me down for Saturday @ 1:20 pm.

Driver will be a Yankees (or Giants) fan.

;-)

4:00 PM. Trying to get the truck back before the extra charge hits.

Tomorrow by end of business

Does it count if an overheight vehicle slams on its brakes before the bridge, then causes a traffic jam while it reverses off of Storrow? Or does it need to make contact with the bridge? ;)

I'll go with 2:59 PM on Friday.

Saturday 3:48

My gut says Saturday at 10:30 am. Then again, my gut also once said chipotle barbecue potato chips was a good idea.

But hey, long weekend, Saturday's going to be a true zoo. I shall be hiding inside and enjoying not having to be on any roads.

Any ideas? Anything anybody doesn't want?

So I'll say, 10:15 AM Saturday

:)

I say we also speculate about which area college the offending truck driver will be attending this fall.

.. Thursday by 11:30am, and not a U-Haul, and it will be a first year student.

Or you can read the punishing version if you prefer low humor. Aaaah, must go find some of those old Max videos now...

I'm going for the Price Is Right strategy (get close without going over) and go for 12:01 a.m. Saturday. This year it'll be due to hangover or sleep deprivation.

There was a stalled out UHaul truck on Storrow Drive today, immediatly after the Mueseum of Science merge, in the right hand lane of traffic. This stopped truck seemed to be responsible for backing traffic up for almost a mile. It appears that the truck was in the right hand lane but wanted to cross three lanes of traffic to take the exit that was twenty feet diagnally away from it. Needless to say that wasnt happening. The matter remained unresolved as I drove by. Its only a matter of time now...

In other news the left hand lane at the Fenway/Kenmore exit on Storrow was closed for an undisclosed reason and Harvard University had people power washing its sidewalks along Storrow drive. There was also a sighting of a grown man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk with a bright orange and yellow safety vest, and another grown man in a suit rollerblading with a suitcase.

I find it hard to believe the truck rental companies escaped the weekend unscathed, except for the beautiful picture of two U-Hauls in love on that Allston street. Anyone have a report here?