Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

I'm in the Fayetteville, AR area, doing my daily walk.

I feel bad for Hillary, just watched her press conference, she should tell everyone to #### off.
Me, great day, I finally bought a bottle opener.

 

My buddy's truck has been in the Little Rock International Shop for most of a week.

 

I'm pretty sure they waive the cleaning fee when you're broke down on the road and have to swap trucks. Bad news is you still have to swap trucks which is an all day affair for the most part. I was holed up in Hot Springs, AR for three days but they couldn't get me into another truck so they kept me in a hotel. They tried to make me pack up and go sit at the dealership each day but I out foxed them and rented a car to go exploring. The lady at the hotel even let me keep the room since I promised to pay for it should Crete flake out.

 

I'm paying for the hotel, it's easier this way, then when I finally check out, I transflow the receipt and a RCC number in to get paid back.
Checkout time here is noon, my truck failed the road test this morning, I hope they get her fixed today.
Or not, I'm not a job jumper, (this is my 3rd employer) I just filled out an application with a local company, big knot in my stomach,

 

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. I know I'm happier sleeping in my own bed each night. I do miss certain aspects of being on the road.

 

Heading up to Massachusetts. Gonna have sunshine all week. Looking forward to this springlike weather. I would think a lot of the snow around Boston has melted. We shall see.

 

Hang in there,i see a couple of more raises this year too.

 

Finally got the truck back, looks like a bomb went off in it.
You all might want to see how many recalls your truck has and get her fixed on your home time.

update, they sent me to the big walmart dc to pick up a certain trl..... yes, I have to wait for a mechanic now, Big Shock
Then the first preplan that didn't go near home, second one goes to Seymour, 130 miles from home.
If I deliver it too early, I'll get sent to Crawfordsville to get a load of scrap paper to Owensboro, all side roads and I'll get home a day later for just a few extra miles,hmmmm

Plus I had 12 messages waiting for me, they really want me to Transflo my last 2 loads, todays the 12th, I just delivered them on the 4th and 5th.

 

I don't get anything done on hometime, because the nearest AMS shop is 302 miles away...would have been 90, but they had to close Ottawa and #### it all up for me.

 

It's recall work, it can be done at any dealer, like the one 20 miles from my home.

Like Poly told Snack not to use his bunk fan a while back because of the recall. I thought our shops could do recall work,. but they never,
Last November I had an airliner blow out of the front brake chamber, they replaced both hoses. Makes me wonder if the chambers were under recall then.
My terminal said they'd pay the 20 bucks for the cab ride I took to the shop to get more stuff. Yeah!!!