My dad did something similar but for a different reason
Way back in the '50s, after a prolonged booze session, he decided to give a mate a lift back to a neighbouring army camp from his RAF base in a Leyland Hippo (8 ton) truck. He reports that he dimly recalled seeing a row of telegraph poles disappearing under the front but thought he had dreamt it. Turned out he hadn't - truck was written off.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
