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I gotta give credit where credit is due. I had reserved a space at the Flying J in San Antonio because I knew I would be there around 2am for a swap at 5am.

I got here at 3am and sure enough all the paid spots were taken. I go inside and inform the on duty manager of the issue. He wasn't able to go outside and check who the free loader was because the other employee called in and he was by himself. He instructs me to go ahead and park behind the building for the rest of the night.

At 430am there is a knock on my door. It's one of the morning shift employees. He tells me that I can't park there and I have to move.

I explain the situation and he goes and gets the parking list and boots the free loader out of the space. Which by this time spaces are starting to open up so it's not like the guy wouldn't have a place to park.

I go park in the paid space (which now I won't get much use of before having to go unload) and go inside to use the restroom. The manager sees me and informs me that he put in for a refund on my behalf and I should be hearing something about that today. At that moment my phone notifies me that I have an email. It was from PFJ saying that I have been issued a refund.

I know he didn't have to do that, but I am glad he did.
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Just curious, how much do those spots cost?

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Just curious, how much do those spots cost?
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$13.

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MachoCyclone said: ↑

I gotta give credit where credit is due. I had reserved a space at the Flying J in San Antonio because I knew I would be there around 2am for a swap at 5am.

I got here at 3am and sure enough all the paid spots were taken. I go inside and inform the on duty manager of the issue. He wasn't able to go outside and check who the free loader was because the other employee called in and he was by himself. He instructs me to go ahead and park behind the building for the rest of the night.

At 430am there is a knock on my door. It's one of the morning shift employees. He tells me that I can't park there and I have to move.

I explain the situation and he goes and gets the parking list and boots the free loader out of the space. Which by this time spaces are starting to open up so it's not like the guy wouldn't have a place to park.

I go park in the paid space (which now I won't get much use of before having to go unload) and go inside to use the restroom. The manager sees me and informs me that he put in for a refund on my behalf and I should be hearing something about that today. At that moment my phone notifies me that I have an email. It was from PFJ saying that I have been issued a refund.

I know he didn't have to do that, but I am glad he did.
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Similar thing hsppened to me at the TA in Harrisburg, PA. I got a reserved spot and in the morning a medical emergency and the TA called me an ambulance.

Got back that evening and let them know I was dropping the trailer and my carrier would be coming out to get it at some point. Asked how much I owed for the continued use of the spot. Manager said don't worry about it.

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Wow I fell pretty far behind on this thread.

Sunday, developed a flat tire on the trailer. Went to Danny's in Avondale for a washout, notice they have a shop and since JCT has a washout account, must be OK to do tires here as well. Called Breakdown who said as long as the tire was Michelin or BFGoodrich maybe Goodyear they can do the tire.

Macro 30 to pay for it and they say "call in". Then the whole "who told you to get that tire done there?" Long story short Breakdown refused to pay for the tire so I shelled out $626 dollars so I could go get my next load.

Monday got a call from someone at JCT who reimbursed me so it is all good now.

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scottied67 said: ↑

Wow I fell pretty far behind on this thread.

Sunday, developed a flat tire on the trailer. Went to Danny's in Avondale for a washout, notice they have a shop and since JCT has a washout account, must be OK to do tires here as well. Called Breakdown who said as long as the tire was Michelin or BFGoodrich maybe Goodyear they can do the tire.

Macro 30 to pay for it and they say "call in". Then the whole "who told you to get that tire done there?" Long story short Breakdown refused to pay for the tire so I shelled out $626 dollars so I could go get my next load.

Monday got a call from someone at JCT who reimbursed me so it is all good now.
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Wow wtf. Your a better man than me. That's a leap of faith of epic proportions.
Glad it worked out in the end, gives me hope.
Dealing with breakdown has been like playing a game of Craps lately..

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scottied67 said: ↑

Wow I fell pretty far behind on this thread.

Sunday, developed a flat tire on the trailer. Went to Danny's in Avondale for a washout, notice they have a shop and since JCT has a washout account, must be OK to do tires here as well. Called Breakdown who said as long as the tire was Michelin or BFGoodrich maybe Goodyear they can do the tire.

Macro 30 to pay for it and they say "call in". Then the whole "who told you to get that tire done there?" Long story short Breakdown refused to pay for the tire so I shelled out $626 dollars so I could go get my next load.

Monday got a call from someone at JCT who reimbursed me so it is all good now.
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I never would have paid for the tire myself. Glad it worked out for you though.

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I never would have paid for the tire myself. Glad it worked out for you though.
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I would get it in writing first on the omnitracs.

If they didn't want to pay for the tire, or call road service, that trailer would not be pulled from that spot.

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