Almost went up in flames

[eptp88]

I picked up a 46000 lb load of hay in Panaca Nv last week. I went down to Vegas to shower,eat and fuel. The load delievered in Hart Tx. So never running that area before I looked at my map and nav system and decided to run 95 down to 163 over to Kingman Az and pick up 40. Good except one thing, I drive for a small company that leases cheap Frieghtliners with no extras. 79000 lbs, 6% grade for 6 miles and who put that damn redlight there in Laughlin?? Had dry hay on a stepdeck, smokin so bad at the light I had to bail out with the fire extinguisher. Never do that route that heavy with out JAKES again........

[GMAN]

You've really got to keep it slow and easy when you don't have jakes. When I first started we didn't have jakes on our trucks. We all took it veeerrrry slow down steep grades, especially when we were heavy. The first truck that I purchased didn't have jakes. That is the last truck that I bought without a jake.

[VPIDarkAngel]

For a minute, I thought it was going to be the hay catching fire due to a regeneration.

[TruckingGuy]

Whoa! Good thing you made it out... That route can be tricky with heavy loads.