Knoxville TN, Broke down TN i-40 eastbound near Knoxville

[Danger Ranger]

For those of us uninformed...what is this trip about. What are they hauling?

 

[m16ty]

They are hauling a M936 wrecker bed on a gooseneck trailer.

Who's the guy running the zip lines in Pigeon Forge? He's the closest I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[m16ty]

Here's the guy- Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite - View Profile: SmzZip865

Anybody know how to get in touch with him?

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Its striped of easy to steal items. It is on the west side of knoxville, mile 385. Might have to sit there all week.

If there are any members in the knoxville are, please keep an eye on it if you can.

 

[m16ty]

Adam, I may have some "friend of a friend" contacts ( I though of after I talked to you) in that area but it's too late tonight to do much. I'll call you tomorrow and see if we can at least get it off the road if you haven't worked something out.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Ok thanks TY.

The biggest thing is getting it somewhere safe. Don't want to go out there and the whole thing is gone.

I wish I hadn't have screwed up my m915, or we had brought Brandon's M52 and lowboy. We can't believe this newer equipment is causing us so much grief. We would be done by now if we had driven an MV!

 

[Ferroequinologist]

What Brandon is thinking is we find a member with a wrecker close, fix the one tire, pick the wrecker bed off the gooseneck and put it on either his lowboy or my 270. Since we haven't blown the same tire location twice, my money is on crappy tires failing. I want to just buy 3 more, to replace the one blown and the one yet to blow, and have a spare. We just don't want to keep getting an hour down the road and then putting another tire on. This trip has gotten awefull expensive. I wish I had just waited and done it in the big truck.

 

[onegmjack]

Sorry I can't help,no tires or rims.About a 100 miles away.Hope some members in the Knoxville area will chime in.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Ÿwe did get the truck back to Brandon's. I'm on the way home. Its looking like his truck is down for a bit and I don't have a dually or a gooseneck hitcH. Not sure what our next move will be but we can't leave it where it is.

 

[Jimma]

Can anyone near Knoxville help them get this equipment to a safe location?

 

[Ferroequinologist]

I made it in around 0510.

Can a mod please change the thread title to something that reflects equipment stranded in Knoxville?

 

[doghead]

Just to confirm, the trailer is a gooseneck with a 2 5/16 ball?

What size/bolt pattern is the trailer rim?

 

[TMNT]

I'm glad to know you guys made it home ok. I've been following this story and I hate that you had to leave your trailer stranded on the highway. I actually woke up about 3:00am thinking about it.

I live about 3 hours from Knoxville in north Georgia. The company I work for has several trucks capable of towing your gooseneck trailer. I just don't have a way to send any of them in that direction right now.

I'm checking with some connections that might be able to help in that area. Where is the destination for the trailer?

 

[Ferroequinologist]

E,
those would be Brandon questions. It is an 8 lug pattern, that's all I know. The rims on it the center is bigger than it has to be, the tire shop had a couple of rims that would have worked, so we should have bought them and more times, but B was pretty sure it wouldn't work as the center was smaller. Oh well...

Being on the side of the interstate I'm pretty sure the cops and or a local wrecker service will remove it.

Trailer destination is either the GA rally site at Durhamtown (or close) or to Morganton, NC. At this time I'm not sure which is closer.

 

[gimpyrobb]

So, does this mean that your "eastbound and down"?

 

[tennmogger]

Just read this because I was camping for the weekend. Location here is about 30 miles SW of Knoxville. I do not have gooseneck hauling capability, or tires that size, so about all I can offer is a secure place to store anything you want to leave here. Not much help, I know.

Bob

 

[EMD567]

You know it's bad when your best friend calls you at 0330 in the morning. I don't have a vehicle capable of towing the gooseneck, but I did give Ferro some ideas. I hope that he can work one of them out to take care of the problem.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

BigUgh and I are looking at going up to the trailer tomorrow or Wed, I'm going to find a shop in Knoxville, and put load range F tires on if I can find them ( I know they are availible in that size)

I'm working with my boss, he has an old dodge dually gasser with a gooseneck hitch, I'm going to see if he will let me borrow it. I'm also looking at a 5th wheel to gooseneck converter, then I can haul it with the m915.

Bob, please stay on hot standby if all we can do is move the trailer off the road and need to store it. Thank you for the offer.

 

[swiss]

Ferro how is the body holding out, all nighters are for the college days! Sounds like a plan is slowly coming together.

Best luck and thank you for the updates

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Sleep? what is this sleep you speak of? you mean other people stop working for part of the day? that's just crazy talk...

I did get some cat naps in between blown tires and the like last night, and got an hour when I got to the house, and now we are done moving railcars, I might go sling a hammock up under the locomotive and nap a bit.