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Silverdriver · Nov 15, 2020

runningman0661 said: ↑

So the nightmare at KCMO Freightliner continues, I was assured on Friday when the line was overnighted in on Saturday my truck would be given priority by the weekend crew and I should be out of there Saturday afternoon. Yeah right, stuck in the hotel until Monday. Went back up to the truck this morning to get another change of clothes, it appears the new radiator is in, just need the cooler line to the transmission installed, and to put the front bumper back on. Maybe I can get back to earning Monday afternoon.

Here are few numbers to think about when broken down for an extended period of time. Lost gross revenue $5100, repair estimate $3800, expenses (hotel, food, Uber) $650. Luckily I have just shy of $14K in my maintenance account and $8225 in my rainy day/slush fund account. So yes, being down for six days sucks, but in reality in won’t faze me. There has been an Asian dude from California that’s been broken down for as long as me, and he has been sleeping in the drivers lounge every night. He says “I can’t afford a hotel room.” I told him he could come to my hotel room and use my shower if he wanted, he declined.
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O!
No bueno indeed.
Good thing that you always plan ahead!

supersnackbar · Nov 15, 2020

Loner2legs said: ↑

This wind in the Central area is pretty interesting today with the light load. Supposed to be in Florida Wednesday at 8 PM
And I haven’t even picked a load up yet I still got to deliver this Jayhawk load and then run down and get it in Lincoln from chewy
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It was pretty breezy in Indiana today too. Thought I woke up in Wyoming, minus the snow, ice and 100 vehicle pileups.

Knucklehead · Nov 15, 2020

supersnackbar said: ↑

It was pretty breezy in Indiana today too. Thought I woke up in Wyoming, minus the snow, ice and 100 vehicle pileups.
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And the pretty little cowgirls.

gntorres61 · Nov 15, 2020

MidWest_MacDaddy said: ↑

I should have played the Lottery yesterday.

Picked up in Joliet and there was only one other truck checking in and none in my lane so I breezed through that normal bottleneck... plus I didn’t have to even leave the property to search for an empty.

woot woot

bonus, they are in the process of repainting the lines and, more importantly, the numbers.
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Good! They needed to.

Loner2legs · Nov 15, 2020

supersnackbar said: ↑

It was pretty breezy in Indiana today too. Thought I woke up in Wyoming, minus the snow, ice and 100 vehicle pileups.
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I’m not looking forward to Wyoming this winter after the budget cuts I read from there official website. All I Gotta say is it sound like it’s gonna be super interesting winner in Wyoming

MidWest_MacDaddy · Nov 16, 2020

runningman0661 said: ↑

So the nightmare at KCMO Freightliner continues, I was assured on Friday when the line was overnighted in on Saturday my truck would be given priority by the weekend crew and I should be out of there Saturday afternoon. Yeah right, stuck in the hotel until Monday. Went back up to the truck this morning to get another change of clothes, it appears the new radiator is in, just need the cooler line to the transmission installed, and to put the front bumper back on. Maybe I can get back to earning Monday afternoon.

Here are few numbers to think about when broken down for an extended period of time. Lost gross revenue $5100, repair estimate $3800, expenses (hotel, food, Uber) $650. Luckily I have just shy of $14K in my maintenance account and $8225 in my rainy day/slush fund account. So yes, being down for six days sucks, but in reality in won’t faze me. There has been an Asian dude from California that’s been broken down for as long as me, and he has been sleeping in the drivers lounge every night. He says “I can’t afford a hotel room.” I told him he could come to my hotel room and use my shower if he wanted, he declined.
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That’s got to be so frustrating.

Glad you are financially prepared for such events when they pop up. I cannot imagine just how exponentially more frustrating it would be to have to deal with an extended breakdown and not know how it’s going to be paid for or even be able to stay in a hotel during it.

Also, nice to offer the other not so lucky (or not so well planned) broke down driver an opportunity to at least grab a shower... good on you sir.

Loner2legs · Nov 16, 2020

MidWest_MacDaddy said: ↑

That’s got to be so frustrating.

Glad you are financially prepared for such events when they pop up. I cannot imagine just how exponentially more frustrating it would be to have to deal with an extended breakdown and not know how it’s going to be paid for or even be able to stay in a hotel during it.

Also, nice to offer the other not so lucky (or not so well planned) broke down driver an opportunity to at least grab a shower... good on you sir.
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Your going to have to change your name from running man to super man to Replenish your maintenance account after this one

runningman0661 · Nov 16, 2020

Loner2legs said: ↑

Your going to have to change your name from running man to super man to Replenish your maintenance account after this one
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Free at last, free at last, thank the lord I’m free at last. Only took 5.5 days to put in a new radiator and coolant hose to the transmission. The bill is about $3600 for the repairs, about what I figured. My maintenance fund will still have just over $10K in it, so I’m right where I like to be as a minimum in the maintenance account.

Silverdriver · Nov 16, 2020

I want to give a big thank you to all the FCC family in the office. In all my years of driving trucks I have never had a company that would take the time to send Qualcomm messages from different people in the office saying “Happy birthday “ (I even forgot it was my birthday today).

The reason I mention this is because for me personally this act of kindness is another demonstration of the quality of outstanding people of FCC that really care about its drivers.

Thank you again FCC for your kindness and support!

I turn 59 today but just to go on record! George is the Oldest by Month’ssssss.

Silverdriver · Nov 16, 2020

runningman0661 said: ↑

Free at last, free at last, thank the lord I’m free at last. Only took 5.5 days to put in a new radiator and coolant hose to the transmission. The bill is about $3600 for the repairs, about what I figured. My maintenance fund will still have just over $10K in it, so I’m right where I like to be as a minimum in the maintenance account.
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Glad to here that!

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