Good Night From II

Wasn't going to beaver anyways. Denver emailed my dl saying they have no loads yet.
So was.gonna tcall that one load to Las Vegas dropyard. not now lol.

 

ended up doing that one local today.
Will get a head start tomorrow to beaver ut.
picking up a load in pomona ca tomorrow.
won't have to be in beaver till saturday evening so not sure where I will stop tomorrow nite
Hope the weather behaves this time lol.

 

Sitting in the Lab office, moved up schedule. I wont be coming back on till the 30th.

And i do have a skateboard behind me but don't mean it will get used.

 

Barstow ca at flying j.
wanted to get to Las Vegas b4 I stopped but dl said I need to wait till in the morningand see what direction the driver from Denver is gonna take
If weather is real bad over the 70 we meet in Lupton az. If not then it's beaver ut..
got to Petro to weigh this load and after 3 tries got it close enough. still 20 lbs over on tandem but not going to worry about it. might go back one more hole when i get to state line.
scales at Cajon pass were closed.
Traffic up the grade was terrible.

 

Portage, WI at the Petro.

Nice day today, except for the accident in I-39 in Madison and my cooler burning out.
Delivered at a Walmart in IL then picked up at Costco in Morris. About 15 minutes in and out for both.
3 cars involved in that accident. The first one I saw was nose first against the center divide, the second had the rear bumper ripped off, and the third was very well smashed both front and rear.

And my Coleman cooler went out, again.
I think that is it for Coleman coolers. That is the fourth one to go out this year. The quality control seems to be way off these days.
I'll have to find something else now, and this Petro has zero coolers in stock.

I'm headed to Fargo, ND with a load that is supposed to deliver tomorrow at 1400.
That won't happen with that storm. Fargo is getting plastered.
I'll get as far as I can tomorrow as the weather won't get too bad until west of Minneapolis.

 

I’m a truck cooler expert. If you leave your cooler plugged in 24/7 you will burn out the outlet and you will never be able to use that outlet again. Might take take one month or six months but it will happen for sure. You have to unplug it for several hours a day, usually when your sleeping, Your food will be fine, Try to push it away from the bunk heater vent as much as you can.

The big advantage of the igloo coolers is that the plug/cord is detachable. Since that is always the first part to fail you can just keep extra plugs in your truck. If you unplug your cooler and the tip of the plug burns your thumb it’s time to replace it. You can buy the plugs on Amazon or use your points at the truck stop.

 

It is only the past year or so that I have had that problem with the Coleman coolers, and I have been checking it often now and unplug it when it gets too hot.
But too often now it gets very hot within 10 minutes.

I replaced the plug on one of the last ones with a heavy duty plug and it ran very cool for quite some time, then it simply melted and blew the truck fuse.

The funny thing is, it is not plugged directly into the outlet of the truck.
I use a splitter and it shares with my GPS.
And while the cooler plug gets very hot, the splitter plug that is plugged in to socket of the truck stays cool even with the GPS plugged in.
There is something about the Coleman plug that is wrong.
Among other things, I think.
Maybe they changed some components in the design recently.

And today the plug never got very hot, the unit just quit.
I replaced the plug, but the unit is dead.

I have been using this same model cooler for 9 years. It is only very recently that these problems have come up.
Prior to the past year or so, the cooler stayed plugged in 24/7 without a problem. The only time it would be unplugged is if frost formed or I had to thaw out food it had frozen.

 

Get the Igloo. That’s what they sell at the T/A anyway so you can use your points.

 

I went with the Koolatron this time.
Way more expensive, but I like the option of AC or DC power.

I don't really like the size, inside or outside.
It is wider than the Coleman so I have less room to get by it, and I think I can fit more in the Coleman even though the Koolatron boasts a larger capacity.

At nearly $250 I am hoping this one does not fail too soon.