Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

Master cylinder didn't do the trick. So, they're replacing the clutch pedal assembly. (Found out from one of their techs that the slave cylinder isn't inside on a manual like the one guy said, only the automated transmissions have an air pressure slave cylinder inside)...so I am back at the hotel another night...

 

I got 2 days last week, and then the Walmart run down to Pueblo and back. After I gave up on doing the Walmart dedicated, any breakdown pay stopped.

 

This whole ordeal has me seriously considering total retirement from trucking even more than I already was. I have, for the most part, lost the drive to be out here.

 

Well, I only got 1 day breakdown, and, then the #### fools paid me for that 1 Walmart load, that I finished on Saturday morning, on this weeks check instead of carrying it into this weeks miles like I expected so I would at least cover my health insurance costs. This is the thanks I get for getting this truck and the load to the Cheyenne yard and the truck to the dealer without being able to use the clutch and saving them a huge tow bill. This is the last time I sacrifice anything to save this company a dime.

 

Just checked with Deland. He floated the idea of getting me a car rental and getting me to a different permanent truck if this latest repair doesn't fix the issue. I checked Enterprise, there are 0 available one way rentals anywhere around, even as far down as Denver. I may be totally screwed thru the whole friggin weekend if this clutch pedal assembly doesn't fix my problem...and I honestly don't see how the clutch pedal assembly would cause the problem I am having. I may just see if I can talk them into letting me drive bobtail with the truck as it is to Lincoln. As long as there isn't any dead stopped traffic or the scale pulling me in, I could make it.