My new experience with Gordon Trucking, post-buyout

As with all good things, they come to those who procrastinate long enough that their good sense finally takes over. I now have an OPERATING APU, thanks 100% to my conversation with Tow...and I don't care what everybody says. He's a nice guy!

The windshield washer is now the Most Critical Item due to be fixed. And after a phone conversation with Bri, I now understand how to make that happen, which I will do as part of tomorrow's load.

There is no wonder why I continue to refer to myself as Student; clearly, I have much to learn. Thankfully, there are many teachers.

 

Walking me through on the phone was the secret. Thanks!

 

Well, you probably do, but it's that grill. Pretty imposing and intimidating, if you ask me. Which you didn't

 

I am now in the Taylorsville Rest Area on I65N just outside (past) my pickup location in Columbus, IN. It was a pleasant -10 outside when I woke in the Sam's Club parking lot, and I am very happy th bunk heater and APU worked all night!

I'm here because I ran out of HOS70, having pulled in wasting a whole SIX minutes. I told Bri that I was going to run out several times yesterday and she told me to run it and we'll see how the hours go. Maybe she thought I'd been there long enough for a reset; well, I did get the two 1-5 a.m. slots but only 32 hours, so no reset.

Consequently, I'm here until midnight, when I pick up almost 12 hours. I will need them because I also am about to ask them to route me to Green Bay to get my one remaining safety issue fixed...my inoperative window washer. I'm not confident they'll go for that because my receiver is in Hammond, IN, and Indy is a whole lot closer. But Tow said its a better place to go for "speedy service," and that's what I want.

I will also need 2 gallons of oil to replace what I've used - I hope they replace oil in GB since it's not a GTI facility - but the good, no GREAT news is there are NO WARNING LIGHTS on my dash! APU regen - Completed, light out. APU Status light - Off. Man, I feel powerful, having whipped this puppy into shape.

Uh huh. Until the next one.