Re: Today's funny

Posted by janicholson on December 19, 2020 at 22:03:56 from (24.240.46.228):

In Reply to: Today's funny posted by jon f mn on December 19, 2020 at 03:26:56:

On I 80 going east as fast as a Rider truck will go ~71mph, the pavement crew didn't mark a 3 inch drop where they stopped the new asphalt. I was in a 24 footer, with a vw microbus filled with tools on a Rider 2 wheel tow dolly. The whole truck shuddered hard, and I stayed into the pedal. Looking back, I could see the dolly fender. However instead of the slice of it I could see normally, there was more of it, then less of it, then more. I put the truck (gear tranny) into neutral and coasted. Emergency blinkers on, zero brakes. at 20 MPH I pulled onto the shoulder (very nice packed earth, no ridge or drop off). as I rolled to a stop, the dolly and VW followed well enough. I rolled to a stop made sure I was stopped, and set the brakes. Completely off the road.
Inspection revealed the 4 inch square hitch beam had snapped the fillet weld at the 4 inch square axle. Zero metal attached. The only thing holding it together was the 1" diagonal pipe braces with flattened ends and 1/2 inch bolts (4 total) holding together. Woof.
We drove the Car (wife was convinced we were going to be stranded) back to the town we just passed Wamsutter, WY. There on the only road into town was a sign that said Rider Truck Welding Station (seriously) We pulled into the two stall shell station with great hope. The young man working said well the welding man was fishing for 3 days. O said well I am a welder, I see the welder, and I will weld it, OK? He said no. i said I will call the Station Owner and convince him to let me do it. He said sure, he lives in Rawlins.
I did. He took a bit of convincing, but when I discussed E7018 rods on the shelf, and DCRP, he said I think you might know how to weld better than Jake. So I ground the T joint with their 6 inch side winder, clamped (they had bar clamps!!) measured, and welded for 20 minutes. I checked the angle braces and all had stress cracks at the flattened bend. Ground and welded those as well. There was zero black paint, so it stayed in the silver. The station called Rider the next day, and explained what happened. When I turned in the dolly, the station owner took a look at the wels and got out the black paint. He gave us a meal at the diner and said wow what an adventure. The difficult part was taking the VW off the dolly so we could pull it back 1 mile to Wamsutter. Jim

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