Running with JCT, Part Deux

So this is how my Friday the 13th started this morning...



Luckily, the brunt of the impact was taken by the deer guard. Bambi did however crack an AC line under the radiator, which is now leaking. Other than that, the radiator itself is bent inward about 2 inches (but no leaks thankfully), the license plate is caved in, and the plastic grill is cracked slightly. Have to put the truck in the shop once I deliver my current load in California, as summer hasn't died yet and I need my AC.

 

My Friday the 13th consisted of me being hit on by 3 old Japanese ladies while I ate lunch at the Asian Food Court across from the Flying J in Barstow, CA. It ended with them grabbing my ### as I left.

 

Mine consisted on me buying a new Stainless steel Dry Van trailer.

 

2017 GREAT DANE VAN
This is the new(er) trailer Im buying.

 

Used, but never used....nice.

 

I told my wife and I thought she was going to piss herself because she was laughing so hard.

 

Just a friendly reminder when you bring a trailer to the terminal in Sapulpa and they find something wrong with it at the gate you still have to write the trailer up in the shop or else they won't know....

I was given a swap with a trailer that came from the yard two of the tires have flat spots. The spots are actually marked with a grease pencil meaning the gate guy marked the problem but someone didn't report it. The next driver apparently thought the trailer was okay because it came from the yard and didn't pre-trip and now it's my problem...

 

Looks like I am coming back after the first of the year. Are they getting the 126's consistently now, or are they still in a purchasing hold? I REALLY wanna get hold of one of the 126's with the Aero X package. In my old Cascadia with the DT-12 I was pushing 9.2 mpg. That Aero X pack should push it up to 9.8 or higher. I was just looking at the website and they have final drive ratios of 2.26 and 2.16! The truck I had was a 3.08

 

Just for the record, writing up a trailer and explaining when it's going back out doesn't always get the job done there...
Once I had ever tire marked on the rear axle. Wrote it up saying going out tomorrow. Next day I had ever tire on the front axle replaced and same marked bad ones on the back. lol