What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    There are little perks that making trucking worthwhile.

    Coffee
    To go boxes from the buffet ( Breakfast )
    Being able to get out of the truck and go in and BS if you choose
    Getting loaded and unloaded without TOO much hassle
    Making decent money
    TTR

    When these things aren't in play, it's not so palatable.
     
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  3. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    I sleep just fine when Im not getting kicked in the balls at 2am.

    As for how my day is going...Im on the side of I37 S of SA with a dead truck. It died with no warning and now won't restart. Called my guy in SA and I think the hook is on the way. 1st time in 5yrs.
     
  4. x1Heavy

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    Pine Bluff has gone to 9 PM to 5 am curfew and also a ban on travel within the city. Truckers should be left alone same as Little Rock.

    State ordered 500 new ventilators from dear uncle sam. UAMS will run out of kits this week sometime and need to get more. Our AG made availible a million from our fund to buy PPE and masks etc.

    I went ahead and canceled all doctors until the virus is over. The medicines will stop at some point and thats just the way it has to be done until later this year when all of this clears up and we can get going again. (By Law Prescriptions are on paper with notary seal hand deliver from doctor to pharmacy. Dr is not allowed to do telemedicine or electronic scripts etc. And the State house has legislated severe limits anyway. So for me it's going to be bottoms up before bed most nights temporarily as a form of medication. Crazy how that goes.

    I have spoken in the past years about how the medical system has been broken from my point of view as a patient with any of my doctors due to medicines. And so I put myself back a hundred years and seek out remedies for home style medicines so to speak. I am waiting for a supply of herbs to finish growing this spring at the store up the ways and bring home a small supply of certain ones which will be as medicine.

    The Covid19 and pending increasing bans and limits on freedom of travel imposed on those from NYC, Chicago, Big easy and other states hotspots are becoming apparent here in Arkansas. They have a choice. Get back on plane, train or bus back to where they came from or find a quarantine for two weeks. We have not started to stop people at the state line just yet. If we did that will be a first in modern times since Reconstruction years.

    I do not like the situation as I see it versus this Virus, we had a oppertunity to isolate china 5 months ago when they started getting sick by simply ending air travel and other transport sources to and from that hotzone. But the world does not think or act like that until it's too late. And here we are.
     
  5. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Well this is the most bizzarre thing Ive ever had happen. My left side fuel tank is completely overflowing and my right side tank is bone dry. I put 120gal in on Fri and drove about 225mi to the house and another 75mi this morning.

    Im baffled here
     
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  6. Blu_Ogre

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    return lines and crossover lines ---damaged/kinked/valves shut off?
     
  7. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    yeah, we understand, but the higher ups never do.
    Maybe it won’t be like mine, my computer went out without warning and like you just shut the key off..
     
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  8. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    See I had this happen to me last year in OKC one morning. Had probably 15gal in the left side tank, didnt bother to check the right side. Pull out onto the road and the truck dies at the light. Decide to look in the right tank and it was empty, like now.

    I started putting 15gal more fuel in the right side tank and then when Id refuel they'd always be level. But this is just ####in strange
     
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  9. Wasted Thyme

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  10. Troy_

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    check your tank vent lines, if they aren't plugged it's most likely the equalizer under the sleeper between the frame rails. every KW we've had since '94 had that valve fail and only draw from one tank. we just run crossover lines and it solves the problem.
     
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