Re: The Colorado BS thread
Left the house at 0030 we live on a small steep dirt road ...so you can imagine my surprise when I rounded the bend to see a Full size semi with a 53ft trailer on the hill ...stuck...I ask the driver what's up he says he's delivering furniture ...lol...I say not in that on these roads and who ever sent you is a moron . He then asks the town he is in I said BAILEY and he says is that In La Junta ...lol...Hell no ! you're 200 miles away . He then says it's the same ZIp code...my reply no way not a chance. So now the fun stuff he's blocking the road and can't get moving forward or back , so I back up turn around and get a tow strap and return hook up and we manage to get it unstuck and lined up as to where he should have been able to back out onto the main road . He never did get out and walk around the truck to see where his,truck was as I had asked him and when I said do not steer just stay straight he did not do that either he steered and was headed right off the mountain side I was screaming for him to stop and I got him to stop just as his trailer tires were in the dirt bank less than 2 feet from going off . So now he's stuck again and can only go forward so I hook up the Dodge again and we manage to get it moving and set up again to back to the road . I ask him if he wants me to back it down and he replied...NO!...so we start backing and he stops and gets stuck , but it's still good just needs a tug from the dot bar , so I once again ask him to get out look where he's at so he understands why I don't want him to steer , but he declines so before I get in my pickup I once again stress the importance he does not steer . I start tugging anf the truck starts rolling I feel a bump another bump and we stop . I get out and he has steered hard passenger which has now put his drives into dirt bank and almost off the,side of the mountain . The only way to go is forward and I gave it a try ,but he's in soft dirt and the pull is up hill so no dice . He then asks me if dumping his air bags will get him out I said...NOPE...he decides to try anyway and he dumps the bags and dumps the clutch and I hear a loud pop and his drives stop I look and he still has a drive shaft , so I think he roached a ring and pinion since neither axles move a tire when the drive shaft spins ...just a grinding noise .
He put me on the phone to give his location to his boss and towing company ...lol...his boss must really be confused how his truck os in Harris park in Bailey co stuck when delivery is in La Junta . I still can't see how this guy left 285 got on back roads to nowhere and whole lost decided to take a semi off paved road onto washed out dirt roads ?
