Sunday
01/18/09
Broke down again and I’m fed up with it! I just had the truck in Werner’s shop for its regular maintenance. The day I got it out of the shop, Friday, the clutch went out. The breakdown dept. was so backlogged that they did not contact a towing Co. till 5:30 AM the next day, and only then because of my badgering them on the phone. Also the place I stopped at was a dead zone for the quail comm.
Saturday morning I got towed to the Freightliner dealership on the outskirts of Kalamazoo MI. Guess what greeted me. A facility that is closed on the week-end.
With the temp. in the teens I have been idling day and night. I’m sure there will repercussions from that. Also with my quail comm. Out of service I could not send my nightly inspection report and I could not change my status from driving to in the sleeper. I received a warning for those also.
Staying in the truck for this long a period is sending me to the looney bin. I can’t leave it though, because there is no motel close and no transportation to it.
I have got to find a job befitting a person my age! Wal-Mart greeter here I come!
Remember, speed kills. Be safe out there
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- Clarence the Trucker
- An old man that feels very young. I soon will be 64 and feel like I'm 30. I have lost over 30 lbs. and feel great.
1 comment:
If the company gives you warnings for things like that, I would be getting out of there as fast as my feet could carry me!!! If they don't want you idling, do they want to pay for your funeral???? All along I have thought a WalMart Greeter would be a great job..or maybe a little higher paying job with WalMart. Don't say, they don't pay enough. They pay more than you are making now, you would be sleeping in your own bed, with your family,etc. and not having to put up with all that crap!!! And it ain't nothing but crap!!! You have to look at ALL SIDES of things.
Hope you have warmed up!!! Is truck up and running????I doubt it!! How many days will you be laid up with the truck???
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