Talk about a rough day

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  1. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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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
    Reason for edit: Add disclaimer
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  3. Ol'Shusquatch

    Ol'Shusquatch Light Load Member

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    A character builder...if it doesn't kill you first. ;)
     
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  4. Weekend Warrior

    Weekend Warrior Light Load Member

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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. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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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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    Weekend Warrior Light Load Member

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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.
     
  7. mudflap77

    mudflap77 Heavy Load Member

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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.
     
  8. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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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.
     
  9. mudflap77

    mudflap77 Heavy Load Member

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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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