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Talk about a rough day

Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by tinytim, Feb 16, 2021.

  1. Feb 16, 2021 #1
    tinytim

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    Today was a ####ty yet amazing day. I woke up this morning and started my day. It was storming pretty hard. Got on top of Montreal River Hill and started losing all my air and it wasn’t building back up. Made it to the next pull-out. Little to no cell service. I get out, start checking things out.

    I’m not gonna say what or how I fixed it, cuz this post isn’t about me. I’ll just mention it took 8 hours of laying down in a frozen puddle under my truck in -25 blizzard weather. Pretty sure I have some major frostbite cuz #### does it hurt. If the next town wasn’t 100km I’d a walked away from trucking today. Glad I didn’t. That would have been a cold long walk......
    Highway Closures & the ups and downs of trucking...

    *Not my story*
     
    Last edited: Feb 17, 2021
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  3. Feb 17, 2021 #2
    Ol'Shusquatch

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    A character builder...if it doesn't kill you first. ;)
     
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  4. Feb 17, 2021 #3
    Weekend Warrior

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    Although it may not be about you, if you gave the details of what the issue was and how you fixed it, that info will likely help someone else here to avoid an 8 hour ordeal of their own............and that's what this forum should be about.
     
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  5. Feb 17, 2021 #4
    tinytim

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    If you go to the link you'll find the name of the author. Maybe you can find him on Facebook, get the scoop and report back to us.

    I'm sorry if my sharing his story doesn't meet your expectations of what this forum is for.
     
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  7. Feb 17, 2021 #5
    Weekend Warrior

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    I was simply trying to get more information that would very likely be useful to someone on here, and in turn hopefully save them a ton of grief.....that's all.
     
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  8. Feb 17, 2021 #6
    mudflap77

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    So this isn't your story? Is that what you ment by this isn't about me? Kind of confusing the way that was worded. Seemed like you were being modest and not that you were sharing someone elses story.
     
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  9. Feb 17, 2021 #7
    tinytim

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    Lol, I directly quoted the first part of a story from a news source and provided the link to the full article.

    What I thought obvious apparently wasn't.

    I'm curious about his air issue but only know what was in the article.
     
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  10. Feb 17, 2021 #8
    mudflap77

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    Lol I didn't click the link I just figured it was to back up your story of how ####ty it was up north.
     
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