Where are you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZwm_OKh6bw

Good song!

 

I am north East ya ya in Rain soaked Monticello, MS Took a shower at a Camp ground that was closed because of Isaac. Free! Load is now 2 days late being made.

 

Monticello? If WM in Brookhaven needs me, I will be tomorrow... In Brookhaven that is.

 

y'all be safe on the road this weekend......

 

Well I thought I was going to load wheat at Stickney for KCMO. That was changed to loading soybeans at Larned for Bunge in Emporia. I thought yipeee, get to be home again......WRONG... There were 3 of us that loaded the soybeans, only 1 load was accepted, and not mine!! Yep got rejected, said it was FM47 (I guess that's Foreign Material 47), anyway had too much crap like wheat, corn and dirt. So I got to haul it right back to Larned. Spent Thursday night in Wally World parking lot, Great Bend, then went to the elevator in Larned on Friday morning. Should have been a 30 min MAX stop. Nope, they're not setup for End-Dumps. Took 2.5 hrs to dump.

So now instead of loading at Stickney I was sent back to Otis to load wheat for Bartlett in KCKS. I preferred this anyway. Well that didn't even want to go well. I discovered in the morning that I have a chunk of tread missing on my Left-Inside dual of my lift-axle. Oh well as long as the tire holds together, which it did. Oh that's not all. Just prior to leaving Larned, my AC/Def blower motor quit. I pulled fuses hoping that was it... NOT!! So I got to listen to the wind blowing. If I had the windows closed, it got real warm, real fast. When I get close to Topeka, it's looking like it could rain, so I pull up the weather radar, yep raining in KC area. No biggie right??? WRONG... after unloading in KC, I'm heading south on I-635, in heavy traffic. It's Friday, around 4pm, holiday weekend. I look down and notice the indicator light on my marker-lights switch is flashing on and off then staying off. Look in my mirrors, and yep, the lights are doing the same. If it wasn't raining, I'd just shut them off. Oh it's not the pigtail, as the marker lights on the tractor are doing the same.

Long story short, after stopping on the shoulder checking the pigtail, I have no choice but to keep going. I stop in Gardner at the Wal-Mart, pull the panel where the switches are, but can not get it to stop doing this. I did find that it must be a short, or loose wire, by kicking the panel where the fuse box is. So anyway drove back to the yard, kicking the crap out of that panel all the way.

When I got about 10 miles away from the yard, it wasn't raining, so could shut the lights off, go figure!!

Suppose to do the Hartford to Newton or Hartford to Hutch run on Tuesday. Yep, we don't run on Labor day. Always puzzled me, Labor day is a day you don't do labor. Only in America. However I won't be going anywhere until they get my truck fixed. Looking at the positive side, I'm thankful that my windshield wipers didn't stop working, that the wheels didn't fall off, the engine didn't blow up, and we were not nuked by our allies!!

 

my blue beacon scrubbed truck doesnt look too good after hanging around the dirt lot at cargill in ottumwa iowa.....poor lil girl
my wife says i like my truck better then her my truck never tells me what a POS I am or thinks a quart of wine and 10 vicodin is dinner
no wonder I stay out 3 months

 

Still sitting in Monticello, MS. Still waiting for the load that was supposed
to be ready yesterday in the morning when I got here, Still missed my anniversary dinner with my wife. Grrrrrrrr!

 

rut ro....somebody is gonna be in trouble.....man that stinks..sorry to hear that....but since she is married to a trucker, i am sure she will be understanding...at least i hope so for your sake WISEGUY

 

On the beach between Lincoln city and Newport Oregon . Taking a reset after going like hell for the last week. Haven't even had time for TTR lately. Been go go go! Might go for a stroll along the beach later and enjoy the last warm days of summer. Fall is definitely on its way , then my favorite season .....winter!

 

She is good about it. Your Thanked part of your profile says 4749 out of 5650 post. Hmmmmm