Calex Express....My New Home!

It wasn't so much the uphill, it was all the downhill s-curves and the occasional camper on the wrong side of the road.

 

Sitting at the Petro up from the terminal. I got unloaded at 10am and had to drop my empty at one of our customers on my way into the yard. By the time I got there it was to late to have my write ups taken care of. I was told to be back at the shop at 7am and it would be put in first thing. My regen system is having a nervous breakdown and Ray told me it's time to change out the filter and service it. I also need my front end aligned again, pulling to the right is very hard on the shoulder. I also am at the point for new drive tires, I thought maybe I could make it to the end of the summer but they aren't looking to good.

 

I always laugh when this ad shows up. They need to write in it the fact that we are only 130 miles from NYC and go there quite often. Writing this blog I get to explain how things are for me, and going to NYC is second nature for me. But someone who is not from these parts might not like going to the big city.

 

Well I get to spend the night at the motel here in Pittston. Louie had me set up to load today with an LTL load that finished in Miami on Friday, but my write ups turned into major surgery. I got new tires put on my truck, the regen work has turned into a major fiasco. It's been in the shop since 7:15 this morning. I am told that it will be done tomorrow. Meanwhile Louie took me off the LTL load and has me on a drop and hook tomorrow night delivering in Orlando on Friday. Here's what the truck looks like as of 2pm.

(1) The mechanic getting started, hoping it's just minor.
(2) Work has started.
(3) Parts?
(4) Look, no Regen.
(5) There it is!

 

Boy are you right. I must say though that I now have 390K on the truck and this is the first issue this truck has had with the regen system. Apparently and I'm not sure about this, two of my injectors went bad also so they replaced them. I'm not sure if they went bad because of the issue with the regen, but I will find out tomorrow.