And that's how you do it. Photo by Matthew Christensen.
2021 was a peak year for storrowing. Drivers were back on the roads and once more ignoring the "CARS ONLY" signs bouncing off the cabs of their trucks. It was a great year to capture the screeeeeeech of metal being peeled back and, for the lucky few, like Matthew Christensen, to witness the truly sublime: A truck peeled back and tilted precariously on its side after its driver tried the Kenmore exits.
 Teacher says: Every time a truck storrows, an angel gets his wings3/22/21State Police report the driver of an "over height" truck wedged his vehicle good and tight under the Mass. Ave. Bridge on... |
 Is this how they get flatbread pizza?3/30/21Chris in 02134 reports the driver of an Oath Pizza box truck storrowed but good at the train bridge under the BU Bridge... |
 Bostonians were storrowing long before Storrow Drive was even built5/12/21The folks at the Boston City Archives found an example of storrowing roughly 45 years before Storrow Drive was built: A cart... |
 You can take your mask off, but, no, you still can't drive a U-Haul on Storrow Drive5/14/21Schmitt spotted this storrowing aftermath being hauled down a Back Bay street today. What makes it a bit unusual is that it's... |
 Truck folds like a house of cards6/2/21Joe Kidston captured this fine storrowing this afternoon on Soldiers Field Road near the Harvard Business School. |
 What's silver and goes 'screeeeeech'?6/25/21Jim spotted this freshly shorn truck on Storrow Drive outbound at the Fairfield Street bridge early this afternoon. |
 Florida Man narrowly avoids fate of Man from Nantucket and Man from Martha's Vineyard8/7/21Somebody hauling a boat learned first hand shortly after 1 p.m. that despite their names, the river roads aren't meant for... |
 Just in time for Allston Christmas8/11/21Artist Eric Funk has come up with this design for pre-existing Boston residents. And it's available as a sticker, a tote bag... |
 You don't have to come all the way into town just to storrow8/21/21Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac shows us what happens when a truck driver doesn't stay to the middle of the Belmont... |
 Bridge wins another game of inches on Storrow Drive8/29/21Ethan McCoy got a grand view of the storrowed box truck at the train tracks by the BU bridge (where Storrow turns into... |
 Somebody got quite a haircut on Storrow Drive this morning10/15/21Mike the roving UHub photographer wasn't able to rove much this morning after another driver cleverly used one of the bridges... |
 She warned him not to wear his costume on Storrow Drive10/31/21But did Justin listen to Erin? The photo tells the story. Elsewhere in Cambridge: Our North Cambridge neighborhood... |
 A perfectly executed storrowing11/9/21Matthew Christensen got a great view of a successfully storrowed box truck at the Kenmore exit from Storrow outbound tonight... |
 An artist at work with a huge audience this morning on Storrow Drive12/2/21Nothing like a good storrowing to start the morning commute, as Log shows us, with a snap of a freshly peeled box truck at... |
 Storrowers have really been stepping up their game of late12/4/21Dr. Ed spotted the remains of a box truck sitting on Western Avenue after a very, very solid storrowing this afternoon on... |
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is there a calendar?
By scollaysq
Sun, 12/26/2021 - 2:39pm
I'd buy one!
Relatedly, a slow-motion video
By Tim Mc.
Sun, 12/26/2021 - 2:52pm
of a truck getting peeled by a makeshift "bridge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7klO0p092Y
...for people interested in the physics of such things.
I'd love to rig up something to auto-capture such a video on Storrow, but it would be expensive and tricky. Maybe ultrasound to detect an overheight-truck approaching and turn on the high-speed camera, then a noise burst sensor + a timer to end the capture period? But it would have to sit out in all weather and be at risk of theft.
Let's take this national.
By anon
Sun, 12/26/2021 - 4:02pm
Let's take this national.
Could have been worse, https:
By anon
Mon, 12/27/2021 - 8:30am
Could have been worse, https://weartv.com/news/local/photos-show-c-130-ai...
If we are voting...
By Don't Panic
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 12:26am
My vote goes to 6/2/2021 for the 'Storrowing of the Year, 2021'
It's a perfect peel with just enough cargo to make you go "You needed a big ass truck for that?"
What is the cost to the
By Phqname
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 2:49pm
What is the cost to the driver when they Storrow a truck?
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