My 'little whoopsie' began with a small wiggle in the trailer and VERY quickly started going full side to side until I jack-knifed, in the middle of I-10 during rush hour, in the the City of Banning.
Once I started to slide with no control I held on, bracing for impact....there was none. When I looked up I was facing west in the three middle lanes with traffic stopped. No contact whatsoever. I managed to get my truck restarted and finish the 360 and make it to the shoulder. The odd thing was no one honked, made rude gestures or anything, just watched my circus act and went on. One kind lady waved as traffic resumed moving.
I got out after a few minutes and checked for damage and it was driveable so i went to next exit in Banning and found a dirt lot with a no parking sign and parked anyway.
Jimindenver had called while I was sitting facing oncoming traffic but I had to let the call go. After I had smoked a cigarette and quit shaking I called Jim and told him what had happened. His first question was "where are are you?" When I told him Banning he must have looked at his map and told me to stay there, he was on the way. It's a 2 hour drive from where he was and he and Pat showed up and got the propane bottles situated and tied down, the battery tied down and me calmed down.
He hooked my trailer to his hitch and we went to near Yuma.
It's hard to express in words how grateful I am to Jim and Pat and to the many others who commented or sent pm.s offering help.
Here are a couple of pictures of the truck and trailer after I got it to a storage lot.
Rob
