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Rbertalotto
Mar 07, 2020Explorer
I had driven cross counry to Oakland CA. I stayed at a campground up in the hills that had a 12% grade for a mile or so when you departed the campground. Engine brake on the diesel and trailer brakes were used to slow me down.
We surmise that somehow, that brake jammed on either there or somewhere between Oakland CA and Bakersfield CA. The trailer fabricators suggested that the brake "shorted".....We really have no idea. We were surprised the wheel didn't come off or start a fire! That was one hell of a trip....And It didn't get better from there!!!!! Two blown universal joints, rubber alligator I hit in the middle of the night destroyed the radiator fan and then the brand new transmission I just had installed two months earlier started leaking....All of this happened in three days!!!!
We surmise that somehow, that brake jammed on either there or somewhere between Oakland CA and Bakersfield CA. The trailer fabricators suggested that the brake "shorted".....We really have no idea. We were surprised the wheel didn't come off or start a fire! That was one hell of a trip....And It didn't get better from there!!!!! Two blown universal joints, rubber alligator I hit in the middle of the night destroyed the radiator fan and then the brand new transmission I just had installed two months earlier started leaking....All of this happened in three days!!!!
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