HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad that no one was hurt!




On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:28:01 GMT, "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote:

>>heres the dope.....
>>
>>So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>>Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
>>for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
>>years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the trail,
>>the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to hook the
>>Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in Denton at
>>Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was tracking perfectly
>>behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper place in her car so she
>>was behind me. We were through Denton and about to TMS when I called Char
>>and had here go on ahead of me to get to her sisters in FW where we were
>>going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was cruising nicely at about 65
>>mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got this big I have arrived grin
>>on my face while I cruise down 35 at about Alliance Gateway, when this lady
>>with a crazed and frantic look on her face pulls up beside me and was waving
>>me over. I immediately checked my rear monitor thinking perhaps something
>>had gone wrong with my Jeep back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK.
>>The monitor has a bit of a wide angle lense and distorts the image some
>>what. But considering the look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to
>>stop and check things out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep
>>wiggled some.

<snip>

 

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad that no one was hurt!




On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:28:01 GMT, "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote:

>>heres the dope.....
>>
>>So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>>Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
>>for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
>>years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the trail,
>>the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to hook the
>>Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in Denton at
>>Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was tracking perfectly
>>behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper place in her car so she
>>was behind me. We were through Denton and about to TMS when I called Char
>>and had here go on ahead of me to get to her sisters in FW where we were
>>going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was cruising nicely at about 65
>>mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got this big I have arrived grin
>>on my face while I cruise down 35 at about Alliance Gateway, when this lady
>>with a crazed and frantic look on her face pulls up beside me and was waving
>>me over. I immediately checked my rear monitor thinking perhaps something
>>had gone wrong with my Jeep back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK.
>>The monitor has a bit of a wide angle lense and distorts the image some
>>what. But considering the look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to
>>stop and check things out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep
>>wiggled some.

<snip>

 

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad that no one was hurt!




On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:28:01 GMT, "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote:

>>heres the dope.....
>>
>>So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>>Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
>>for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
>>years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the trail,
>>the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to hook the
>>Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in Denton at
>>Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was tracking perfectly
>>behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper place in her car so she
>>was behind me. We were through Denton and about to TMS when I called Char
>>and had here go on ahead of me to get to her sisters in FW where we were
>>going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was cruising nicely at about 65
>>mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got this big I have arrived grin
>>on my face while I cruise down 35 at about Alliance Gateway, when this lady
>>with a crazed and frantic look on her face pulls up beside me and was waving
>>me over. I immediately checked my rear monitor thinking perhaps something
>>had gone wrong with my Jeep back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK.
>>The monitor has a bit of a wide angle lense and distorts the image some
>>what. But considering the look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to
>>stop and check things out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep
>>wiggled some.

<snip>

 

I SHOULD SAY..........THIS ISN"T ME, I copied and pasted off a website
"Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> heres the dope.....
>
> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
> for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
> years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about to
> TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was
> cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got
> this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at about
> Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on her
> face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked my
> rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep back
> there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of a wide
> angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the look in
> that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things out. As I
> slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>
>
> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>
>
> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting on
> what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at the
> damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come back. Wes
> was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked behind me for
> the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must have drug the
> Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't see the
> accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved about 1.5
> to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks were wrapped
> under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up and we called a
> wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the fire had started and
> found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha holds the carrier
> brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and had fallen out of
> the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have kept it but it was
> too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it. It took 3.5 hours for
> a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit the flat side of the
> tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The passenger side tire was
> never recovered.
>
> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>

 

I SHOULD SAY..........THIS ISN"T ME, I copied and pasted off a website
"Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> heres the dope.....
>
> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
> for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
> years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about to
> TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was
> cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got
> this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at about
> Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on her
> face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked my
> rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep back
> there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of a wide
> angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the look in
> that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things out. As I
> slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>
>
> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>
>
> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting on
> what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at the
> damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come back. Wes
> was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked behind me for
> the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must have drug the
> Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't see the
> accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved about 1.5
> to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks were wrapped
> under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up and we called a
> wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the fire had started and
> found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha holds the carrier
> brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and had fallen out of
> the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have kept it but it was
> too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it. It took 3.5 hours for
> a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit the flat side of the
> tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The passenger side tire was
> never recovered.
>
> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>

 

I SHOULD SAY..........THIS ISN"T ME, I copied and pasted off a website
"Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> heres the dope.....
>
> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
> for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
> years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about to
> TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was
> cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got
> this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at about
> Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on her
> face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked my
> rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep back
> there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of a wide
> angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the look in
> that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things out. As I
> slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>
>
> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>
>
> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting on
> what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at the
> damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come back. Wes
> was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked behind me for
> the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must have drug the
> Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't see the
> accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved about 1.5
> to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks were wrapped
> under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up and we called a
> wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the fire had started and
> found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha holds the carrier
> brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and had fallen out of
> the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have kept it but it was
> too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it. It took 3.5 hours for
> a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit the flat side of the
> tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The passenger side tire was
> never recovered.
>
> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>

 

I SHOULD SAY..........THIS ISN"T ME, I copied and pasted off a website
"Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
> heres the dope.....
>
> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my Jeep
> for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a few
> years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about to
> TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH was
> cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've got
> this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at about
> Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on her
> face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked my
> rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep back
> there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of a wide
> angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the look in
> that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things out. As I
> slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>
>
> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>
>
> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting on
> what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at the
> damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come back. Wes
> was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked behind me for
> the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must have drug the
> Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't see the
> accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved about 1.5
> to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks were wrapped
> under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up and we called a
> wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the fire had started and
> found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha holds the carrier
> brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and had fallen out of
> the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have kept it but it was
> too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it. It took 3.5 hours for
> a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit the flat side of the
> tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The passenger side tire was
> never recovered.
>
> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>

 

It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?

--
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to warn
> you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas tank
> would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
>
> Yikes.
>
> "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
>> heres the dope.....
>>
>> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
>> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a
>> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
>> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
>> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
>> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
>> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
>> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
>> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
>> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
>> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've
>> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
>> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on
>> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked
>> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
>> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of
>> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the
>> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
>> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>>
>>
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>>
>>
>> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
>> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
>> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
>> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
>> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
>> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
>> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
>> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
>> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
>> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
>> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
>> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
>> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
>> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't
>> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved
>> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
>> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
>> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
>> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha
>> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and
>> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
>> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
>> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit
>> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
>> passenger side tire was never recovered.
>>
>> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
>> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
>> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
>> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
>> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
>> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
>> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>>
>
>

 

It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?

--
there is no .sig
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to warn
> you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas tank
> would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
>
> Yikes.
>
> "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
>> heres the dope.....
>>
>> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
>> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a
>> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
>> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
>> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
>> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
>> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
>> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
>> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
>> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
>> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've
>> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
>> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on
>> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked
>> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
>> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of
>> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the
>> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
>> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>>
>>
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>>
>>
>> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
>> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
>> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
>> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
>> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
>> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
>> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
>> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
>> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
>> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
>> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
>> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
>> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
>> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't
>> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved
>> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
>> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
>> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
>> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha
>> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and
>> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
>> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
>> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit
>> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
>> passenger side tire was never recovered.
>>
>> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
>> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
>> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
>> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
>> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
>> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
>> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>>
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>

 

It looked to me like in that first pic the gas tank had already contacted
the ground. What exactly caused this? Why did the wheels come off the axle?

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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:7qidnTQT1fi-017fRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Imagine if you were on a lonely stretch of road, no one behind you to warn
> you what happened, and your diff wore down to the point when the gas tank
> would be in contact with the ground and eventually rupture.
>
> Yikes.
>
> "Pi-Eyed Piper" <notta@hello.com> wrote in message
> news:58Gwe.66277$wr.62936@clgrps12...
>> heres the dope.....
>>
>> So I bought this motorhome on Friday and was planning to take it to the
>> Baertrax run for it's inaugral camping trip. I've been flat towing my
>> Jeep for many years behind what ever else I had around the house. After a
>> few years in the pop-up, needing people to help me get all my **** to the
>> trail, the motorhome is the perfect scenario for us. So... I proceed to
>> hook the Jeep to the 35 foot class A I just bought. I bought the thing in
>> Denton at Ancira. I headed south on 35W about 3:30 PM. The Jeep was
>> tracking perfectly behind the MH. Charlotte had come over to the camper
>> place in her car so she was behind me. We were through Denton and about
>> to TMS when I called Char and had here go on ahead of me to get to her
>> sisters in FW where we were going to leave her car for the weekend. MH
>> was cruising nicely at about 65 mph. I had owned it about 1 hour. So I've
>> got this big I have arrived grin on my face while I cruise down 35 at
>> about Alliance Gateway, when this lady with a crazed and frantic look on
>> her face pulls up beside me and was waving me over. I immediately checked
>> my rear monitor thinking perhaps something had gone wrong with my Jeep
>> back there. In the monitor everthing seemed OK. The monitor has a bit of
>> a wide angle lense and distorts the image some what. But considering the
>> look in that lady's eyes, I thought it prudent to stop and check things
>> out. As I slowed and moved to the shoulder the Jeep wiggled some.
>>
>>
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAD GONE.
>>
>>
>> The back tires and wheels were gone, and I don't mean ruined, I mean not
>> there, GONE! I jumped out of the MH and ran to the Jeep. It was sitting
>> on what was left of the diff. I looked behingd me, some folks had stopped
>> behind me and were fighting the grass fire I had started on the shoulder.
>> The lady that stopped me ran up to me and said, "you wheel came off and
>> went across the median and hit some body." Well, my heart sunk. I can see
>> from what was left behind that not only did my wheel cross the intersated
>> at 65 mph, but it had an axle shaft and brake drum attached to it. I just
>> knew I had killed someone in rush hour traffic. She saw the panic in my
>> eyes and quickly followed up with, "but he's OK, he got out to look at
>> the damage." That was a relief. I called 911 and called Char to come
>> back. Wes was asleep in the MH. As I surveyed the damage and looked
>> behind me for the north bound acciedent I had caused I realized I must
>> have drug the Jeep a couple of miles before anyone stopped me. I couldn't
>> see the accident or the traffic jam it caused and the pumpkin was shaved
>> about 1.5 to 2 inches. The shock mounts were ground off and the shocks
>> were wrapped under the fuel tank. I have pictures. The police showed up
>> and we called a wrecker. The policeman and I walked back to where the
>> fire had started and found what probably started it. One of the bolts tha
>> holds the carrier brackets in the diff was shaved in half length wise and
>> had fallen out of the bottom of the diff into the grass. I should have
>> kept it but it was too hot to touch and I forgot to go back and get it.
>> It took 3.5 hours for a tow truck to show up. The fellow my tire hit, hit
>> the flat side of the tire and dug the axle shaft into the asfault. The
>> passenger side tire was never recovered.
>>
>> In conclusion, on the trail Saturday, someone I didn't know mentioned my
>> bad luck. I say my luck could not have been better. A mile before the
>> wheels came off, my wife and one year old were right behind me, the had
>> passed me just in time. A 65 mph wheel crossed the median on 35 W and
>> didn't hurt anyone. I waited 3 hours for a tow truck but I was in an air
>> conditioned motorhome not a broke down civic. And finally, my Jeep is
>> fully insured and I wanted a better axle for a really long time.
>>
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