Oh What A Night. Truck That.

So last night started easy. When the last day shift guy gets back, go load the Semi and wait for Linwood yard to text for fuel. No problem. Several hours later when Linwood texted, off I went. They are off exit 84 on I85 in NC. I'm cruising along and see in my right mirror something flapping at the back of the trailer, where nothing should be flapping. Then I see some sparks and think WTF. No sparks are a small concern when hauling 6800 gallons of diesel. 😱 The next exit, just ahead, is 81 and I know they have a 7-11 there with truck parking, so I head there and pull into the fuel island. I look back there and see one shredding and one flat tire.

I called my coworker to put him on alert and called road service. They gave me a two hour ETA for the tire guy. When I sent that update to Linwood, my coworker called me and said he was just finished reloading and he would go fuel those engines since they needed them fueled ASAP.

I waited. Five hours later they showed with my trailer tires. It was a long frustrating night of doing nothing the hard way.

You never know when Murphy will screw up your plans.

Stay safe out there.

That's rough Big Scott!

Trucking is full of surprises. Some of them not always enjoyable.

I'm glad it wasn't worse!