other dog Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I went to Moneta this morning and unloaded 4 packs of lumber that I brought back from Fairview Pa. because it was supposed to have been "ground contact" but it wasn't. Then they loaded a load going to Erie, Pa. on me. I was headed up rt.220 a little south of Fincastle when I heard a loud "clunk" and the truck kind of lurched for a second. Then a few seconds later it did it again. I pulled over at the wide spot just north of town where the DOT checks trucks a lot...looked all over, under, around, and through, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I called headquarters and Jeff said to try it a little farther and see what happened. A little farther was only about 17 feet,4 1/2 inches, then it made the biggest "clunk" yet.I turned around at the next cross-over to try to get to Truck Enterprises in Roanoke. And I might have made it, I was clunking along pretty good for a while, but that last stop light before you get to I-81 caught me. Then I couldn't get up the hill. I came to a complete stop and locked the power divider in. Just managed to get it onto the shoulder, inching along, loud banging and clanging at this point, but I figured I couldn't hurt it any worse by then.I was on the phone with headquarters before I got off the road, and told them to call a wrecker. A state trooper pulled in behind me, then a deputy sheriff pulled in behind him. I told them i'd already called a wrecker, so they said "OK", put some flares behind me, and left.I'm thinking it's either the rear end or the power divider's done come undone.It looked like this waiting for the wrecker-I took a photo of the wrecker truck after we got to Truck Enterprises- nice unit.Jeff came and picked me up in his pickup, now i'm sitting at home. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 the only thing worse than mondays.......when your mondays run a day late! sorry too hear about your income loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 That sucks. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 A Mack would've at least gotten you to the Pizza Hut a safer place to park. Hopefully the boss will put you in something else so you can get back to taking pictures making money. 2 Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 ya sounds like a monday....sorry tom.......bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Let's hope it will need some easy fixing wich doesn't require a while.Mmmm... I mean it's faster to swap an axle than re-rail the chassis.Sorry to hear. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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