Trip not soon forgotten!
 

Ever had one of those trips you want to forget? Well, after so much hype, I couldn't wait to get down to Dularge. Too bad my 2010 Dodge w/ only 67K miles on it wasn't! Got off of Hwy 90 and heard a strange sound. Within 5 miles of hearing the sound, I was dead in the water on the side of the road. Apparently my rear end seized up and when that happened at 50 mph on Hwy 182 in Gibson, all hell broke loose. My rear end blew out, which then caused catastrophic failure to the transfer case. The flying drive shaft then proceeded to tear up all kinds of stuff under the chasis. All of this in a curve where we were almost run over several times trying to direct traffic. Troop C sent a unit out to me in a hurry to keep us safe and I had a guy passing pull us down the road and off the highway. The wife grabbed a ride from the trooper to Enterprise rental in Houma, and a wrecker took the "goat" to the dealer in Opelousas.

Got back on the road with the boat and arrived after a long delay. The next day continued with the antics, but we did catch some nice specks despite the high winds at the islands on plastic. The low tide on the way back to the dock were noticed by me, but I didn't think twice about it while putting the boat on the trailer. Too bad for me the deep keel of boat hit a cross member a shaved about 6" of the newly patched keel down to the gel coat. I say "newly" as in just picked it up at the fiberglass shop prior to leaving on this trip and planned on leaving it down for the summer. Instead, I picked up a new keel roller and bracket to install and have the boat back home to get it repaired again!

My momma always said there would be days like this.....just didn't know they would be so frequent!

Man, that sucks!!!!

man dat sucks. hope you drank away your pains.

That sucks!!!

We had a great time Saturday night, ate some "fresh" trout last night and will live to fight another day. Just glad it's under warranty - looks like some major $$$$.

Saw you exit i49 yesterday heading east. Told paul that cant be good.

man that is a rough one!

That was my stop at the Academy before heading home to get new roller for trailer.

I was hoping you weren't headed to henderson for motor repair.

Dang Brian. Need a vacation from the vacation

had a blowout right at the gibson exit just a few weeks ago. starting to beleive there's something fishy about that area?! ;) glad everything turned out ok and you were able to get out on the water

I feel your pain!!!

glad you were able to somewhat salvage the trip

67,000 miles already! Wow! You know that rear end did pretty well considering the power of the HEMI and your love of the little peddle on the right......... Thats alot torque to gave to lay down!!

Pfff typical dodge owner excuse

That sucks!!! Still put some fish in the boat!!

Up to this point, I have had no problems with that truck and use it in a way no truck should be driven. Just ask Duckaholic about my driving style when someone needs some help in a bad way! All I know is, from the time I heard the noise till catastrophic failure was too quick to be something ordinary. It had to be some off the wall scenario that only I would find.

To top off this story, I am driving a brand new Laramie with all the bells & whisltes with 1000 miles. Trying to be the good husband, I was cutting the yard of my wifes grandmother yesterday evening. Loading up, I notice the rear window of the truck is shattered from an apparent rock strike. I need a bath in Holy water or something to get this JUJU off me!

Wow!

Man that is rough....those bad strings of luck seem to be stuck on me too.

B,

Be a good time to invest in a EPIRB and inflatable raft!!!!