Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Oh and once again please feel free to offer advise. I really do want opinions and other driver perspectives.

 

Well widow, got your advice just to late. TN hasn't been 2 bad so far but VA sucked on I 81. Don't know what time it started snowing but when I hit the road at 0400 this morning, there was 4 to 5 in on the road and still comin down in spots. Am in Lebanon, TN now and have the rest of TN, AR, and some of TX to go thru. Here the temp is supposed to take a dive tonight and could be crappy tomorrow.

 

1bad left around 10:30 this morning got about an hour up the road and has been sitting ever since. It appears the turbos went out on the truck. They sent the monkeys from conley to fix it they showed up without even a wrench must less the parts to fix it. Now he waits for them to go back to Conley get what they need and come back he was supposed to be in SC 2 hours ago needless to say that didn't happen. they had to change his appt time to tomorrow sometime. DM is pissed but what can he do as a driver nothing but wait and that is exactly what he is doing. Doing it with his uncle but still just waiting. He said it is snowing there now so really hoping he can even make it to his pick up at all tomorrow. Then he comes back he drops and hooks and heads to chi town early Monday morning we will see how that goes.

 

Well we are doing very well with Central, just got started on the dreaded taxes, ATBS says we are looking good.

 

2009 was a rough year for pretty much everyone, we did ok. This year has been great so far, except for all this hard weather. Snowstorm in Missouri last night shut us down. Slow going today over OK. Going to warmer weather next week. YAY!

 

I JUST LOVE THESE!!

 

THESE ARE AWESOME SHOTS, I KNOW I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER.

 

if i may be so brave as to make a minor correction of the above posting without stepping on toes and causing trouble.

it's the unemployment that's at it's highest level in 25 years.

the recession!! it's the worse since the GREAT DEPRESSION.

those numbers are continusouly announced online in the local news around here.

of course. we already knew that as we've all been broke for almost 3 years now.

 

those are pretty cool pics of the truck in ice. i'm wondering how it runs though. as the air cleaners look completely blocked off from air flow.

 

Hope he makes it.

Chihuahua Puppy Saves Trucker From Fire

Coco wakes owner by nudging him

Updated: Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 6:09 PM EST
Published : Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 9:49 AM EST

BY CLAUDIA COFFEY/myfoxdc
A tiny Chihuahua is being credited with saving the life of his owner from a burning tractor trailer truck.

While the owner is recovering from second degree burns at Baltimore Burn Center, the dog named Coco is fighting for his life at a Hagerstown vet clinic.
Four-month-old Coco is clinging to life in this oxygen tent, hooked up to a humidifier, and IVS.
The tiny Chihuahua suffered severe smoke inhalation after rescuing his owner from a burning semi-truck.
Doctor Diana Saxton has been with Coco since he was brought in yesterday morning.
"He's not doing too well today. He has taken a turn for the worse which usually happens with your smoke inhalation victims which usually happens within the first 24 to 48 hours after they come in. So his big thing is keeping him stable with oxygen fluid things like that," says Dr Saxton.
Coco and his owner, truck driver Tim Harris, had just pulled over at a rest stop off I-70 to sleep Wednesday night when something went wrong.
Harris spoke to us on the phone from Baltimore Burn Center where he is recovering from second degree burns to his arms and face. He says he had just fallen asleep when Coco started nudging him. Little did he know that the entire cab was on fire.
"He was clawing at me, nudging his cold nose up in my face, barking at me, usually he is just sound asleep," says Harris.
There is not much left of the tractor trailer. When Harris woke up, he says the cab was filled with smoke and flames. So he grabbed Coco and got out, then he realized Coco wasn't breathing.
"He was limp in my arms. I had to give him mouth to mouth like a person. I had to pinch his little nose off, opened his mouth and breathed in four or five times. Did that a couple of times to give him an air passage and finally he came responsive," says Harris.
Dr Saxton says Coco has been breathing on his own but he faces major challenges
"Its very severe. It's touch and go," says Dr Saxton.
It's hard to say exactly when Coco can go home. He could be here for weeks. And that means his vet bills will be in the thousands. But already the community is stepping up.
People have been stopping in all day at Cumberland Valley Vet Clinic donating money to Coco's recovery.
Harris plans to take Coco home as soon as he's well enough. He says this little dog is his hero.
"How in the world did you get out?" asks Reporter Claudia Coffey. "Thanks to Coco thanks to Coco. If it wasn't for Coco I would still be in that truck," says Harris.
The cause of the fire is an electrical malfunction in the tractor trailer's engine. The Human Society of Washington County has set up a fund to help with Coca's vet bills.