Gary heard the rumble of a big 18 wheeler down the street and looked out to see this truck first going down the other side of the street. In fact, it parked in one of the lanes for awhile and then backed up the hill only to come back down and then attempted to turn into the narrow, downhill driveway for our building----this is a 52' truck and our driveway is narrow--barely room for two cars to pass and a sharp downhill. We watched the process from our balcony....as he pulled in and started down....
and then heard a very loud scraping sound as the "legs" on the trailer began to scrape on the ground.
When the tires reached the curb, the angle didn't allow them to push the trailer anymore and they simply spun, getting no traction. It made so much noise that I am sure that we weren't the only one watching the show. Notice the men in the street guiding traffic as the driver of the truck tries to figure things out. They finally made some adjustments in the trailer and were able to pull the truck and trailer out of there. They pulled in front and unloaded from the street--taking each item and box down the hill, into the parking garage, into the elevators, and up to the apartment. That did not look fun!
And while looking out the windows, we noticed this van "on top of a nearby building."
And THAT is how you spend a Friday night in downtown Salt Lake City!
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