Wearing seat belts ....saves lives.

Dang - probably some kids with wet pants ---much like yours!  

Whew. Glad you're ok Al!

X2 what Paul said!

So sorry, Al. I feel your pain.

I spend a lot of time in my work truck- and after a lot of trouble-free miles, have had a run of bad luck this year.

I'm glad you (and the kids) are OK.

Trucks can be fixed; glad you're ok, Al! (and you too Stan).

Al,

Glad your OK! Good thing it was summer time, you know what our roads a like in the winter:-)

Bill

Glad to know that no one, especially you, was injured!

Alan:

I hate to read of things like this.  That's a lot of damage to your rig, but - as everyone else has said - we are all glad you are okay.

We need Dr. Clock around here to keep the rest of us straight.

Thank God no one was hurt. 

Sounds like Mr. Walkers last ride.

Glad you made out OK.....   Hate to hear about the truck.....  Hope you have an easy time getting everything squared away......    One question...Do I need to come up there and pry the steering wheel from your white knuckled grip????

I was calm through the ride , in an instant knew it was going to happen and had time to slide my hands to the bottom of the wheel. Thanks all !

Glad you're okay. Was it the brakes on the tractor or the trailer that locked? I wonder if you had a load if the brakes would not have locked up. My son drives and he has mentioned how squirrelly and dangerous a tractor drives without a load on it.

The tractor drive axle locked, ( loaded, would have been a much better outcome ) car trailer empty the trailer pushed. I was at an exact point in a curve and rise in the road, a "perfect combo for a jack" so it naturally took off following the crown of the road. All I reacted to was avoiding plowing into that school bus, that sucked the breath out of me, I truly believe my 41 years experience lead me the right way and lucky I stopped a good distance away. Now weighing getting another truck tractor to get me to retirement the first of the year or just hang it up now .... Sure was nice sleeping in till 7:30 the last few days though ....

Alan,  Congrats on your defensive driving instincts. A very unlucky situation, handled by somebody with his wits about him, and knew what to do.  I'm still unclear what happened, exactly.  The drive axle froze, you say, but why?  and how did it unfreeze and allow you to drive home?  Not sure what the root cause failure was here.

To clarify, I hit the brakes causing the drive axle to lock up ( hard braking) 

Tnx Kelly ~

OK, I see where it says "I hit the brakes . . ." but I read between the lines that something else mechanical happened/broke, that caused the lock-up.  My bad. And I guess un-hitting the brakes would not have saved your bacon, as the dynamics of the jack-knife were already set in motion at that point.  Correction of this "drift" not possible, only option: just haul it all down as quickly as possible.  Then stop by K-Mart and get some fresh undies . . .

Glad you are alright, Alan. Right on about the seat belts, too. I still from time to time see people who don't use them, or use them only reluctantly (like when i prod). What IS that?

I think it's time, Al. It's 4 months early as you are counting it, but it's time. 

Good on ya, Alan, for coming through that experience with no one hurt, and a vehicle you could drive away!  

Retirement sounds great when you're working, but I can't seem to make it stick. Both times I "retired", I ended up increasing my work load with new projects.  Hope you'll have better luck (smile).