My Experiance with Watkins Shepard!

some of it is in boxes and thats ovious how youd pick those up but for the recliners and stuff you just catch the edge of it and tilt it back onto the dolly. If i ever get one lol I'll take some pictures and post them on here.



American Trucker

 

got screwed on the third and finnal day on that last load, but this time it was the terminal, they wasted most of my 14 hours, but I just hammered down for 9.5 hours straight and skipped one of my fuel stops and I was able to get to conover with a few minutes left on my 14.

Then I got to hang out with Walstib for a little bit, showed him a thing or two lol


Then I went to get food and of course the only thing open is the drive through at the fast food places at 11pm....so I had to walk up to the window at wendys and there like "we can't take orders from people that walk up to the window......" so I said "no problem just let me drive my tractor trailer (as I point to it) threw your drive threw lane....You don't find if I take the awning and the corner of the building with me do ya?" and she was like "oh ok sorry" hehe long story short I got my food.



then I got my truck fixed again at the shop then sat around all day, then got a load at 4pm and the trailer had another tire with a bunch of flat spots...., so I took that to get replaced then I drove halfway to Iowa! now I'm here in Memphis, IN for the night, then I'll drive to the T/S near my first stop and do a 34 hour reset again lol seems like I'm doing one every weekend. But It looks like Iowa 80 is right down the street from the first stop so maybe it wont be SO bad lol



So this loves here is rather interesting, they have this area for more trucks to park with NO lines so one guy parked in the middle and then guys started parking around him.....well now its this giant circle of trucks parked in every which direction...... some of these drivers could qualifi for the special olympics haha. The guys in the middle of the mess can't leave until ALL the guys on the outside leave....im talking about 50+ trucks lol I'm just happy im on the outside edge of the Fluster-Cluck!


Now my bunk heater wont work! Great its only 30 degrees outside haha. Well I'm gonna yell at it some more and if that don't work I guess I'll have a vibrating bed tonight but at least it wont cost me .50cents like at the motel





American Trucker

 

I'd love to post some pics of it but......I just pulled back my curtins and theres only 2 of us left here, not sure how that happend I've only been here 9.5 hours. lol

I know I'm headed to iowa today not sure what to do about the bunk heater




American Trucker

 

I was talking about idleing the the truck, the whole truck shakes kinda like a cheap motel with those vibrateing beds


Oh and on the Lot lizards Just tell them its your first time and they'll do ya for free!















American Trucker

 

Thanks, the way I see it getting all mad and pissed off won't fix my bunk heater or my truck that goes 20mph up even the smallest of inclines, or the idiot that cut me off, etc so I just let it go and try to find a way to entertain myself...


I learned a VERY hard lession when I was in 6th grade, about why you need to remain in control of your anger. So ever since then I've looked at stuff like this like I can let it go........OR I can get pissed. It usually takes quite a bit to piss me off now adays but when I DO get pissed I leave simple as that, because if I don't remove myself from the situtation I know what will happen and no one needs that







American Trucker

 

I've tried EVERYTHING on this thing, i've tried....yelling at it, telling it where I was going to insert my foot if it didnt start to work, etc and nothing!

I had my fuel filter changed yesterday and after the truck didnt want to start (which is normal after changeing a fuel filter) but thats when it stopped working so I'm wondering if maybe theres a connection between the two.

OR


It could be the so called mechanic that put 15 EXTRA gallons yes I DID say GALLONS of oil in my truck yesterday could have done somthing to it while he was beating the #### out of somthing under my truck for 30 min.


He put the oil pump in the filler neck and locked it in the on position 30 MINUTES later a O/O says to him "hey does that thing shut itself off" and hes like "its slow it takes a while" so yea then he got to drain THREE 5 gallon buckets full of oil out of my truck.......I was a mechanic prior to getting my CDL and I have never seen anyone do somthing so stupid in my life

At least I got my motor flushed while I was there haha


But maybe now that I need to go to MT for a mattress and to get this heater fixed maybe they'll actully get me there! lol


I don't like the vibrateing bed so much, it doesn't bother me as far as sleeping but I just dont like it or wasteing fuel that could lose me my fuel bonus.




American Trucker