Wow - talk about a crappy week - and it's only Tuesday...
Yesterday (Monday) morning I started out by having to drive about 20 miles to unload. No problem there.
I then drive about 30 miles for my next pickup. The place I was loading at only has one forklift and the hydraulic pump exploded on it when he picked up the first pallet for my truck. After the mechanic saw it, he said the lift would be down for at least the entire day. Ok - load cancelled and about 2 hours wasted.
I'm then sent about 90 miles for another load. I get there and all of the information given to me by my dispatch and the broker are wrong. Wrong load number, wrong address, etc. After an hour we get it straightened out and I get loaded. Down the road I go - sort of.
About 5 miles from where I loaded, my truck decided that it REALLY liked 7th gear and wouldn't come out until I lugged the truck down to about 200rpm (the truck is an autoshift). I pulled over, got the transmission code and called the shop. They had me reset the computer/transmission and try it. It's shifting ok, so drive.
On the 300 miles I drove yesterday, the transmission got "stuck" about 4 more times. Each time, the shop had me reset it and keep driving.
So, I wake up this morning to finish out my run - ya, right...
I've drove 90 miles and now I'm sitting along the side of US-360 about 40 miles from my delivery point. The truck is stuck is some gear or neutral. Not sure because it flat out refuses to do anything.
So, I'm eagerly awaiting my first tow in a big truck, which should be here in the hour. Yay me!!!
It's 9:55am - think I'll make my 11am appointment in Prince George, VA? :lol: