A man is hauling cargo in a tractor trailer, the total weight of said trailer is just over ten tons, fully loaded.
He comes to a bridge with a weight limit of 10 tons. Knowing that it weighs too much to drive across he thinks for a moment of what he can do.
He picks up a stick from the side of the road and beats on the side of the truck and drives across the bridge without incident and without having to remove any of his cargo.
What is the man hauling?
2006-09-12 03:36:47 · 16 answers · asked by jadednihilist 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
birds, like chickens or somthing whe he beat on the trialer they started fluttering around and stuff so the wieght was off the floor.
but that is ridiculous
2006-09-12 03:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to the riddle is "birds" since it presumes that when they are excited and flying they aren't weighing down the truck. However, this is not true. Assuming that they are in a closed-off area (and if they're not then how come they don't fly away?) the air pressure that they have to exert on the truckbed to fly is equal to their weight and therefore the truck wouldn't get any lighter.
2006-09-12 10:13:09 · answer #2 · answered by Amy F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an animal that flies because when he beats on the trailer he startles the animals and they start flying around which means they are in the air and the trailer weighs less. I would say chickens , birds, or ducks maybe even geese. ;) Thanks for the 2 points awesome riddle.
2006-09-12 03:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birds
they flutter around as he crosses the bridge - therefore lighten his load
if he beat the truck harder could the birds fly the truck across the river????
2006-09-12 04:03:46 · answer #4 · answered by smartypantsmbcanada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birds. or some type of flying animal. He beats the sides so that they fly and are not a factor in the weight.
2006-09-12 06:05:48 · answer #5 · answered by Paul S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man is hauling cargo. =D
2006-09-12 04:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by yweouch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chickens.
2006-09-12 03:42:25 · answer #7 · answered by Monkeyboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yah, some kind of bird.
2006-09-12 04:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by arnab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ten tons of bees
2006-09-12 03:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by Answer Schmancer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birds
2006-09-12 05:02:55 · answer #10 · answered by lenz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋