Wow

<< Back to archives | Friday, May 30, 2008

This is what it looks like as a big 6 inline diesel engine self destructs.  Fairhaven had a some excitement this noon when this semi tractor trailor hauling a load of concrete blocks to a contruction site near Boulevard Park came through.  The driver said the engine “popped” and started getting rough and then speeding up.  Corey, who hawks hotdogs at the old service station, said he saw it coming north on 12th belching smoke and getting noisier.  By Harris the driver had to stop as the engine surged out of control and could not be shut down.  It went past the 2200 rpm redline to exceed 4,000 with a huge amount of noise until the driver stuffed a jacket into the air intake.  With the modest breeze today, the awful smelling smoke cleared out pretty fast.  A tow truck retrieved the rig.