Originally Posted By: Dwight
The gear oil in the transmission breaks down under the stress, overheats and ignites taking anything that will burn with it.


So it was improper maintenance? I've seen a lot of these sitting idle in rotation with one or two that is/are running off of Interstate 80/90 headed west across the country. I've been told they constantly need maintenance.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.