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Originally Posted by DaveP
I WILL get up there soon though...even if the truck is a different color :wink:
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Sorry Dave, only red trucks allowed in New Hampshire during the winter months!! lol
I'm sitting about 100 miles from my delivery point and ready to head out in a bit so I can unstrap, untarp and unchain before they arrive this morning then off to the T/A in Florence SC for the rest of the day. I hope to get a load out tomorrow to who knows where. Just as long as it's not onions and back up through the East Coast.
I pretty much came the whole way down Rt 95 and there was maybe 5 miles of the road that was in good shape and the rest was just bumps left and right. Cops everywhere pretty much the whole trip. Just one after another either on the side waiting for the next victim or already had someone pulled over. It was tough just being able to do the speed limit.
I stopped around noon yesterday here in NC and it was about 75 degrees out and the sun was shining. I had to take care fixing a few things on the truck and it seemed that everyone else was doing the same puttering around. A few people came over to ask questions about my Rigmaster. I can't believe some of these drivers have to spend the night in a truck that can't idle in temps below zero!! Both drivers said they were going to put the money up themselves to buy an APU.
All my external optional lights stopped working the other day and found that the fuse was blown so I replaced it but it blew right away. So yesterday I figured I would try and find the problem so I checked as much as I could but didn't see anything wrong. I put another fuse in, turned on the lights and in about 2 seconds the whole engine compartment was filled with smoke and a small fire going on inside the end of the bumper. So, now I'm running back into the cab to shut the lights off. The fire started at the end of the bumper lights where the end of the wire was cut off and taped. Not sure why the shorted but I separated all the wires and taped them back up better.
Fixed my Superman. He was kind of flying drunk the past few days. One of the bolts came loose and when I tried to tighten it up, it snapped off. Off to my junk box for a better bolt. So much for stainless steel not rusting.
Fill up some tires with air, wash windows, Rain-x the windshield then explain to a few people who asked why I was polishing the windshield. I should get a kickback from Rain-X.
Suppose to be another nice day here and in SC. I was dying yesterday in my truck with the heat and kept turning it down and down and down until I saw a convertible pass me with the roof down. Then I noticed people had their windows down. I put my window down and it was like, HOLY CRAPOLA, it's freaking hot outside!!
Between a phone call in the morning and talking for a little bit at the truck stop I lost my voice when a friend called a little later. This happens more and more the longer I'm in this business. I don't really talk to anyone for days at a time so my voice goes south pretty quick now days.
I'm sitting at the counter having lunch and there's this guy talking real loud on his cell phone to his wife. I was there for 45 minutes and for 30 minutes the conversation was non stop about, how come the AA batteries in the mini mag flashlight were dead. This was like a full blown criminal investigation with a single possible cause as to why they were dead. Each member of the family was put on the phone to be interrogated right down to the little one possibly replacing his X-Box remote control with better batteries. I was ready to leap over the counter and yell into the phone to just go out and buy some more freaking batteries so this poor guy can eat his cold lunch.....GEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZUS
I posted my truck as available for a load to Hawaii but no calls yet. I guess freight isn't moving much to that area this time of year. :sad:
