Having the trip from hell- top it

That all wait till you jackknife in cali.BY the way I jackknifed in wisconson and that was a good week.

 

Top this first week with a NEW company. Got my truck and get my load assignment. Go to the shipper and get the trailer pick it up and head towards Joilet IL. On the way to Joilet the reefer unit takes a dump blew a relay and shuts off. Called the shop they called TK and mechanic comes out gets it fixed. Deliver that load get my next load assignment going to Newcastle DE. Dropped the trailer I got the night before picked up the next one and the FUN begins. 6 hours out of Joilet the Alt in the Trailer blows. However I did not know it since the Gauge was busted. Reefer Unit dies that night in PA. I run a Jumper Wire from Batt Box to get it running. Deliver load go to Philly TK get it repaired since load was on such a tight sched that I had to get it there. Get unit repaired gage and Alt and new Battery.

Get next load from NY State for GA head to GA. Unit Crapped out again. Blown Fusilble link in the cycle Sentry circut flipped to Cont for rest of weekend. Deliver load and get unit repaired on Monday. Head to Eutaw AL for a load of Wood Veenar. however slight ISSUE called HURRICANE DANNY in the area. Find shipper able to sleep there. Wake up in the morning to find a 12 inch Tree limb has gone thru the Roof Fairing of my truck. Called safety Dept and Breakdown to let them know. I was told you are KIDDING RIGHT. Hand phone to shipping manager he goes he is not KIDDING. My crew is removing it as we speak. Then find out my father his having Heart Surgey and need to get home ASAP. Hell of a first week HUH.

 

I want to top that, I really do. Unfortunately, I can't. I don't run reefers, or flats, so most of my loads are boring as all get out. And even my bad loads don't compare to the nightmare reefers and flats can sometimes cause.

 

Well I haul bio-solids down here in Florida, just a fancy word for poop. Well as you know it rains here a lot, especially lately and last week was no exception, well long story short when it rains the "bio-solid" gets really nasty and when i proceeded to loosten my turn buckles on my tailgate I got a nice coating of some of Leon counties finest waste all over my shorts, shirt, and shins, and this happened about 4 times last week. Maybe not the trip from hell, but it sure makes for one hell of a day.

 

Trashtrucker1265 a rainsuit would fix that.

 

It probably would, but when you're in and out upwards of ten times a day it's not real practical, I just pray it doesn't rain, and when it does I bring a change of clothes.

 

Must be a Florida thing. We haul a lot of Black Kow manure for Lowes out of Oxford FL.
Not bad though, it's in bags, just heavy.

 

I've had many bad trips, most of them mechanical issues.

I used to work for an exporter and we would buy trucks & buses all over the country and bring them back to FL. I had a crew of 6 drivers, and basically spend months on end running second crap.

Of course most of the stuff we bought had sat a good while and would develop issues once they got a few miles put on them.