ESTES Express (5 Year Review)

I'm in El paso. So much money out here been. I'll definitely get 3500 miles

 

Well boys it's our favorite time of the year... Rip off KaoMinerva time!!!!!!

So man I'm running good right. Memphis, to Dallas to El Paso... Ahhhht... Blowout in Merkel, TX. Takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to get fixed and I head on to El paso. I wake up... BAM... TUCSON TURN! That's the money run. I run it just fine and I'm happy.

Wake up today (Thursday) and get a dispatch changed back to Tucson. Ok, I'm in 4000 mile territory now. I make it to Tucson, drop my set, hook and head back to El paso. Then... Truck acting weird won't hit full speed. ACM fault on the Volvo but I've been driving. It's threatening to derate to 5mph because it's reading no def I'm truck. I limp to loves in Benson, AZ.

This is where it gets ####ed up. I get fuel and BAM, truck won't go over 5mph. I got a full tank of def mind you. Loves shop won't touch anything def related but there just so happen to be def specialists there working on other people trucks. I call road breakdown and they schedule a wrecker!!! WHY!!!!!!?

I'm sitting there mad googling tryna prevent it. I find a video that says hit the kill switch for 5-10mins and that'll kill the faulty ACM warning. I do it and the truck is normal. I call road breakdown and explain I'm ok now I can make it. They say nope, wrecker already paid for.

This was around 1730. I DIDN'T MAKE IT BACK TO TUCSON UNTIL 0130!!!! I sat there for basically 6.5 hours bro. Man I was so pissed I literally almost called my ex and told her to come take me to Tucson International because I'm flying home! I get towed in and the truck is still normal. All that time wasted man. I definitely can't hit 4000 this week now.

The only really I didn't shoot somebody is because I'm guaranteed 3500 miles and all that down time in breakdown pay. I'll see how it goes next week. Tune in next time for the next episode of... F&*$ KaoMinerva!