Lewiston is pretty good about fixing things Wyld. Hubby much prefers it over taking his truck to Sumner. Much faster.
We hope it doesnt take a long time as we have been off since Sunday. Ya know how it is, if the wheels arent turning ...etc. The Lewiston shop has been great an we know she will be right as rain soon. We are itching to go, all laundry done shopping done etc lol. I found a home remedy for kidney stones...lemon juice...an I am trying it...still having problems .,.no pain but now am peeing like a racehorse lol Luv you gys
Wow what a time it has been lol. We are now in a 2011 international. Not bad but we sure liked the room in the frieghtliner. We took off for Wisconsin an of course ran thru the storm most of the way. Blowing snow drifts etc. Actually went off the road after big truck passed an couldnt see, thank the Lord there was a flat spot we landed on! Huge ditch in front of us an behind us only flat spot around! Continued down the road fighting the storm the whole way. Dropped the load by that time 3 to 4 ft drifts on the road. They wanted us to deadhead up further in WI ..we shut it down. Then did a run to Pittsburg an then back to MI to get a load to Texas. LOL wow we get to the warm weather NOT! We went from Big Cabin down to Dallas at a crawl. It was so frustrating as Ok wasnt plowing an we saw plows just sitting in the median an one driving down the road with his plow up in the air! Got to Dallas, run from hell. Ice an snow covered roads an huge ridges of ice all over. We shoulda made that run easy but went as fast as safely possible an got it done. We dont wanta c Texas for a long time, least til that stuff is gone!!! Luv you gys, miss ya'll
This is my first post. This has been a great thread! I am currently looking at going to the PHX Swift school. It will be a few months before I can do it, but after reading through your thread Wyld, I decided to register and thank you (and everyone else too) for your informative and personal experiences. Stay safe everyone! FuzzieB
Thanks Fuzzy!!! I havent had this thread updated for a bit cause we have been running hard. I have been brutely honest at times but thot if it can help peeps it is better not to sugar coat. I have had alot of positive responses, especially from females who wanted to know how it really is without the guff ya know. Without my friends here I wouldnt have made it...so don't be shy...start yer own thread or reply to others so we can support yas. Luv you gys
I ran down fron KC...thru Big cabin to Dallas also....thought my teeth were gonna rattle out of my head!
OMG it was just an awful run. Add to that we were of the mind going south we would get outta the weather we had in WI an MI lol. We saw way to many wrecks on that trip all together.Goes to show ya it just doesnt happen like ya hope lol. We also saw a car that had to be on cruise control in the ice, cause it literally left the road air born hit a hill an did a 360 before coming to a stop. It looked like it was taking off, went at least 10ft in the air! But out of everything I think the scene from behind a passing truck in blowing/drifting snow has been the most terrifying yet. Luv you gys
I knew we shoulda stayed with our ol Freightliner lol. But they insisted we couldnt stay with her cause she had to many miles. Well we are in a 2011 International and she came into the yard in Lewiston with her wipers not shutting off no 12v system etc. Now we are stuck in Montgomery AL with her in the dealership. Wipers wont shut off, no 12v system etc. They have worked on her for 2 days an cant find the problem cause it is intermitant. They took her out yesterday evening an everything was fine, started her up this morning an same problems. Sigh. Luv you gys
