Illegal transportation of house in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • 394 points JoeBrownshoes

    I love the Fortunate Son playing. I just picture the guy with the house hopping in the truck, putting on some aviator shades and going "Fuck it, let's do it."

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    163 points db720

    I never considered fortunate son as house music

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    44 points SwimmingCommon

    I hate you. Now take my up vote.

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    19 points placerouge

    r/Angryupvote

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    4 points Spork_Warrior

    This is a remix that needs to happen.

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    2 points Juan_Moe_Taco

    Right, like clearly it was more of a "Free bird" house music kinda house.

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    2 points VodkaShandy

    Fuck you. I mean thank you. No, maybe I mean fuck you. Whatever, you still got the upvote

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    31 points Violoner

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    7 points Future-Try-1908

    The way of the road, boys.

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    12 points BalanceEarly

    I guess we didn't deflate the tires enough!

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    1 points WhoandtheWhatnow317

    CCR gives zero fucks

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    1 points WrongReference54

    Fuck the Roof

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  • 221 points BarkerBarkhan

    It just blows my mind that someone would go through all the trouble to physically remove a house from the ground, place it on a truck, and then... this.

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    80 points AltruisticBob

    One would think that getting all the equipment to lift the house and get it on the truck would have been the problematic part, not measuring the overpasses along the route. Of course, "one would think", just not THIS "one".

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    10 points Salty_Feed9404

    "Meh, she's close enough b'yes!"

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    2 points thealmightyhippo98

    Pardon my ignorance, but wtf does "b'yes" mean?

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    5 points Salty_Feed9404

    "boys". More of a Newfoundland thing than Nova Scotia tbh

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    3 points BarkerBarkhan

    If Trailer Park Boys taught me anything about Nova Scotia... they just say "boys."

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    2 points thealmightyhippo98

    Gotcha, thanks

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    12 points OneAndOnlyJackSchitt

    It's more likely something like "We're declining to provide a permit until you get an engineer to stamp your plan" followed by 5 different engineers telling the guy he's dumb and the plan won't work, in turn followed by the guy just fucking going for it.

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    1 points Haku510

    "I'll show all of them!"

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  • 142 points benjiefrenzy

    The ol Sunday permit. Their only mistake was doing it in daylight.

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    11 points Late_Influence_871

    If it don't look right, haul it at night.

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    15 points muppetwash

    Sunday permits feel like church. Slip in late, knees sore, whisper yes to something heavy, and trust it’ll move without anyone asking how.

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  • 108 points copingcabana

    Hot shingles in your area.

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    26 points NoImNotHeretoArgue

    I hear this in Sean Connery’s voice

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    11 points Late_Influence_871

    I'm talking about the Hot Shingles, mish moneypenneh

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    9 points stevein3d

    I’ll take “The Rapishts” for 200, Trebek

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    3 points mechashiva1

    Ruff. Just how your mother likes it, Trebek.

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    2 points Late_Influence_871

    Buck Fudder

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    1 points MrMcgruder

    I she…

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  • 119 points Infamous_Ad8730

    "Just a little off the top, please".

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    13 points VinceVino70

    Easy way to add a sunlight.

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    5 points Alarming-Instance-19

    Dude shaved me bare

    Gave me a lollipop

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  • 167 points Apprehensive-Low-337

    There wasn't a shingle thing they could do about this....

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    20 points OmegaGoober

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    10 points broesel314

    The house didn't stud a chance

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    14 points spap-oop

    One might say they hit their peak.

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    10 points JetmoYo

    I'm not gable to take any more of these

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    8 points BB_210

    It's hard to when you frame it this way.

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    7 points Caribou-nordique-710

    They saw a window of oppotunity

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    4 points SadMap7915

    I'm guttered by all these comments

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    3 points MerlinCa81

    “truss me, we got this”. The driver - probably

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  • 60 points GoldenLegoMan

    "Newly ventilated attic"

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    7 points paleologus

    How to install a ridge vent in an existing structure. 

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    3 points GoldenLegoMan

    How to bridge the trusses?

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  • 67 points na3than

    Is there a second stupid prize for driving over shattered roofing materials which undoubtedly include nails and tacks pointing in all directions?

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    11 points Rockin_my_roll

    I did chuckle at the last few seconds...

    "Puncture detected"

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    6 points AyBawss

    I thought it was "Crash event detected"

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    3 points JaesopPop

    It was. I dunno how a dash cam would detect a puncture lol

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    2 points thealmightyhippo98

    It looked to me like the driver was stopping next to the other vehicle to block the road (preventing others from driving over it) while they got the debris out of the road

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  • 34 points buttcheze

    "Way she goes boys"

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    8 points Trevor_Lahey330

    this must be why Ricky couldn’t get his double wide in time!

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  • 13 points Ok_Case2941

    Hopefully they get charged for this, damaging a bridge.

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    14 points pud_009

    *damaging TWO bridges

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  • 11 points TheDevilsAdvokaat

    These movers are ruthless.

    The house is now roofless.

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    2 points Late_Influence_871

    The law is probably toothless

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  • 18 points temeces

    You guys are clear now, no point in stopping anymore.

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    16 points seriousjoker72

    No point on the roof either 😀

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  • 7 points Kon-Tiki66

    Ricky and Julian leaving Sunnyvale?

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    5 points cupidstunt01

    You know Jim, or Jim knows you?

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    2 points Late_Influence_871

    Gold star, sir.

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    2 points mouse6502

    Wow, can't even quote the show here!

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    1 points [deleted]

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  • 5 points Magus_5

    That soundtrack is so fucking awesome with this.

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  • 5 points Caribou-nordique-710

    Free skylight!

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    1 points Zakluor

    It certainly saved some in labour.

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    3 points Late_Influence_871

    Now that's fortunate, son.

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  • 2 points Tasty-Maintenance864

    We do some dumb things here in NS, like putting in skylights using bridges. It's cheaper than hiring a contractor! 🤣

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    1 points Late_Influence_871

    Normally we do renovation by homelite or Poulan... Haven't done renovation with an overpass yet,

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    1 points Tasty-Maintenance864

    Haven't you heard? It's the biggest thing in renos since newspaper and seaweed insulation. 🤣

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    1 points Late_Influence_871

    'MAGINE BUD

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    1 points Tasty-Maintenance864

    No joke; we found a wall in our house that was lined with The Herald dating back to 1924. A friend purchased an old fishing shack near Shelbourne decades ago that used actual seaweed as insulation.

    Us Bluenosers are resourceful, what can I say. 🤷‍♀️

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    1 points Late_Influence_871

    My old house on the south shore had layers of newsprint between the oil cloth flooring. Oldest I found was 1920's. The laths in the wall that hold the plaster, some of them were pieces of old crates, surprise soap, millionaire sardines... Pretty cool, really.

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    1 points Tasty-Maintenance864

    Part of our house was originally the mining office & stables for the old gold mines in the area. We've done numerous renovations since we purchased in 1972, so not much except one wall is still original. We've found all kinds of stuff like an old mining helmet with the original carbide headlamp, hand-carved clay and bone pipes, hundreds of square-head nails, pick axes, and even a few horse shoes when we dug out the basement. Every few years my lawn mower catches bits of nails & other pieces of rusted old metal that works its way up through the ground.

    We also recently discovered that we're sitting on 3 untouched gold seams that were surveyed back the 20s. One of them is directly under the house, about 30 feet below the basement floor. We have 4 mine shafts that are visible in the back yard that were backfilled in the 40's/50's, but we were told they were long since depleted. Then a chance conversation with someone from DNR resulted in him sending us a copy of a survey map. My jaw hit the floor. If they can be mined, just one of those seams could produce a few thousand ounces alone.

    There are going to be restrictions that will prevent us from easily accessing it (local bylaws, provincial regulations etc) but we're considering getting a lawyer to look into it.

    I can honestly point at my back yard and say "there's gold in them thar hills". 🤣

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  • 3 points Skelletonike

    Eh, who needs a roof anyway?

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  • 3 points jalanajak

    They needed to load one more house on the vehicle

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  • 3 points Paraxom

    Eh its just a little off the top 

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  • 3 points Itisd

    Two East coasters were driving in a big rig with a large load one day, and came upon a yellow warning sign at the side of the road. The sign said: 

    LOW BRIDGE AHEAD: 3.6 METER / 12 FOOT CLEARANCE

    The two stop their rig at the side of the road and get out. The passenger pulls out a measuring tape, climbs up on the trailer and measures the height of the load on the truck... He yells down to the driver:

    "Hey, it's 14 feet tall, what should we do?"

    The driver thinks for a minute, and then yells back up at the passenger:

    "We'll be ok, there's no police around!"

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    1 points SolidDoctor

    Why do I get the feeling that "East coasters" is a euphemism for some other class of people who are commonly the brunt of 'stupid jokes'?

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  • 3 points Rs583

    Someone forgot to convert yards to meters.

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  • 3 points 1Courcor

    We have trucks pealing off the roofs of semis all the time at the end of our block. We’ve lived here since 87. Up until 2000 only one truck has ever hit the viaduct. It’s clearly marked & even has flags on the height sign. It’s nearly a weekly experience now. Then the railroad has to come out & make sure it’s safe. Last week they had to get a crane to pull out the truck, it was so wedged.

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  • 2 points stinky143

    That’s what I was waiting for. To see the roof damage.

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    1 points Late_Influence_871

    The ceiling is the limit

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    1 points stinky143

    🤪

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  • 2 points AccurateArcherfish

    It's self clearancing lol. 

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  • 2 points FunkU247365

    It’s just a flesh wound…

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  • 2 points kansascitymack

    He should have removed some of the air in the tires….lol

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    2 points Salty_Feed9404

    Think they'd be rolling on the rims to clear that mess!

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  • 2 points SleepiiFoxGirl

    Bro hit that overpass so hard the video had to buffer for me when it hit

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  • 2 points 1933Watt

    It's weird to think somebody could just like call as their buddies get them over to put a house up on a trailer and drive it with no thought about permits or mapping at a route that's not going to take you under low bridges.

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  • 2 points TheKalEric

    Just a little off the top, please...

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    2 points tesla3by3

    “Ehh, how about a little more.”.

    “ No problem, another bridge in a quarter mile”

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  • 2 points pooinpanty

    “Son, we are moving, but we don’t have to pack this time!”

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  • 2 points Whoudini13

    Just a little off the top plz...this is PEAK entertainment

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  • 2 points GrassBlade619

    Our house, In the middle of the street, our house.

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  • 2 points dcanderson4247

    We call that a Nova Scotia clipper

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  • 2 points nunr4per

    Bro carrying his trade to the nearest Porsche dealership

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  • 2 points philfightmaster

    Canadian Seth Rogen going "Holy fuck, there we go!" as if he knew what was coming way in advance lol

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  • 4 points HaRd_To_UsErNaMe

    How did I not know Nova Scotia was in Canada?

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    7 points srirachabagel

    Where did you think it was located?

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    1 points Late_Influence_871

    On oak island

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    0 points HaRd_To_UsErNaMe

    Contextually when I've heard about it I always thought it was tropical or subtropical so I assumed it was a lot further south

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    4 points Egoy

    Not feeling very tropical today that’s for sure. Did you think tropical due to the only time you hear about us is when a hurricane hits us?

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    1 points mikemantime

    DEFINITELY not tropical. -10c right now

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    42 points Phitos2008

    Did you go to school in the US? If so, that’s understandable

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    3 points HaRd_To_UsErNaMe

    Yeah, I did. I try to not be ignorant about geography, but guess I never bothered checking where Nova Scotia was

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    1 points AdultishRaktajino

    Some people think Alaska and Hawaii are next to each other off the west coast, depending on which condensed US map they were most exposed to.

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    4 points fluffynuckels

    Where did you think it was

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    3 points Latranis

    Near Luna Scotia, of course

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    1 points fluffynuckels

    Nah thats in the other hemisphere

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    3 points ClownfishSoup

    Is this sarcastic or you thought Nova Scotia was somewhere else?

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    1 points I_Saw_A_Bear

    this is literally one of the final jokes in the movie "The Campaign" https://youtu.be/jrWe5lQyAGk?si=cpq94qsGNNFgeKBp

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    -1 points MzzMolly

    Are you from the USA? That might be why.

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  • 2 points vediogamer101

    This is a complete Nova Scotia moment

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  • 2 points Inaccurate93

    That's how they do it on the east coast, nothing to see here.

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    1 points Phitos2008

    You misspelled best coast 😄

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  • 1 points ghintec74_2020

    Depreciation

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  • 1 points Zealousideal_Award45

    Just scrapping off excess pieces

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  • 1 points Latranis

    I keep imagining the driver as an angry Russian dude

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  • 1 points OmegaGoober

    Grandpa thought he was being clever when he left Alex the house and Betty the land. He thought it’d force them to work together and make amends.

    He thought wrong.

    On the bright side, Betty no longer has to explain to family members why she doesn’t talk to her brother anymore.

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  • 1 points Tryndamere93

    Yup…

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  • 1 points Long-Jackfruit427

    “Just a little off the top.”

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  • 1 points Deufuss

    Parliament's "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" plays in the background (there's a whole lot of shingles goin' down)

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  • 1 points crankbot2000

    Trust me bro

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  • 1 points Heamsthornbeard

    Only like 10% damage should still get mission complete lol

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  • 1 points gjm40

    This is why we have to get permits when we have to transport larger items. 

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  • 1 points willark1990

    Typical day in ohio

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  • 1 points runnindrainwater

    If you don’t have parts left over after you do a thing then you’re not doing that thing correctly.

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  • 1 points Skirt_Thin

    Newly installed skylight!

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  • 1 points MyLinkedOut

    Complete with cursing Canadians - amazing

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  • 1 points Silentarian

    You’re good… you’re good… you’re good…

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  • 1 points fordnotquiteperfect

    WHERE THE HELL DID THAT BRIDGE COME FROM!

    CAME OUTTA NOWHERE!

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  • 1 points Jwzbb

    If this dipshit follow van kept more distance he would be able to see more and actually warn them.

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  • 1 points OptimusCrime29

    It's no longer a house but just a basement

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  • 1 points ThePupnasty

    That bridge was so bangin that it nearly brought the house down.

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  • 1 points OldMackysBackInTown

    Friggin awesome

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  • 1 points varicose_veins

    Cory and Trever.

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  • 1 points IdenticalTwinCO

    To have gotten it that far in the process, only to go to sleep.... Ouch.

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  • 1 points J_Thompson82

    That has to be a unique post title, right? You don’t read a sentence like that more than once 🤣

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  • 1 points Lowie_240

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  • 1 points Inside_Rub_3381

    Damn you know the werent rich to begin with

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  • 1 points johndoeisme00

    That’s the quickest way to add a skylight roof to your home.

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  • 1 points Character-Parfait-42

    I feel bad for the owners. They likely aren’t the ones driving. They probably just paid a company that claimed they were professionals to do the job.

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  • 1 points Xenolog1

    r/idiotstowingthings

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  • 1 points tehsecretgoldfish

    now they have a ridge vent

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  • 1 points Jessie_C_2646

    Was Red Green involved in this?

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  • 1 points nthensome

    Give'r Bouy!

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  • 1 points dadonabuffalo

    An efficient way to add a ridge vent.

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  • 1 points slindner1985

    Its fine we can do the roof later

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  • 1 points Neverlast0

    Meh. Repairable.

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  • 1 points GalickGunn

    Well by the third bridge they should clear it!

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  • 1 points emptinessmaykillme

    Just casually moving the From set.

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  • 1 points kokopete

    Noice

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  • 1 points KrampyDoo

    I want to insurance claim demanding roof replacement due to Hurricane Bridge Impact.

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  • 1 points TheLastBoat

    The house look like a rummage sale.

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  • 1 points GrnMtnTrees

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  • 1 points slipnipps

    Measure twice, drive once?

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  • 1 points Metrilean

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  • 1 points skulleyb

    Leave them alone

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  • 1 points CA_Dukes90

    I saw a truck driver take down all kind of street lights transporting an home through a suburb of Atlanta! It’s amazing that you can strap a house to a truck and start driving!

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  • 1 points Gravitas__Free

    That’ll buff out

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  • 1 points Postulative

    “Just a bit off the top today, thanks.”

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  • 1 points Palm_freemium

    This reminds me of the YT channel description for the 11" 8' railroad bridge.

    and it has earned a reputation for for its rigorous enforcement of the laws of physics. No truck taller than 11 feet and 8 inches will pass under this stubborn piece of infrastructure. Period.

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  • 1 points thejourneybegins42

    Those bridges can't stop him, cause he can't read!

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  • 1 points AHumbleSaltFarmer

    Man, I hope that guy has bridge insurance

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  • 1 points meabbott

    "So what caused the damage to your roof? Storm knocked over a tree or something?"

    "Nah. Low bridge."

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  • 1 points Superman_Dam_Fool

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  • 1 points Zemom1971

    He bought the house for the spare parts anyway.

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  • 1 points AmIThisNothingness

    C'mon now, that was the last of two bridges!

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  • 1 points Gamerloaf1

    This was actually a pro move, he needed to move the house, so he did, and now it’s also going to go under all the other bridges just fine, patch up the roof after no big deal.

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  • 1 points TermusMcFlermus

    Why would they stop the video there? I want to see more house removal.

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  • 1 points PEDROLANGO

    Engenheiro de arquitetura levando suas coisas embora quando são são demitidos

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  • 1 points chilldabpanda

    Thats not what Sundays are for.

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  • 1 points withomps44

    How many nails did bro run over? Haha

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  • 1 points GodPerson132

    This is that one scene from Bolt

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  • 1 points englishand48

    “Just a little bit of the top please “

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  • 1 points ResistPatient

    Unfortunate son

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  • 1 points Key-Word1335

    Crazy he doubled down on his fuck up

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  • 1 points Quankers

    I don’t get the honking. Do you actually think the driver didn’t feel every millimetre of that collision? It’ll haunt him for life.

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  • 1 points goaliesdad1978

    There goes the neighborhood

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  • 1 points Avatar_Blues

    Just a little bit off the top!

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  • 1 points rush87y

    This.... THIS is why America never fully adopted the metric system.

    /S

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  • 0 points foxontherox

    The rare instance where the clip is improved by turning up the volume. 🤣

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  • 0 points SpiralGray

    How do we know it's illegal? Stupid, certainly.

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  • 0 points LWDJM

    What makes you guys think they haven’t gone through all of the correct procedures?

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