Thursday, May 14, 2009

Buffalo, New York: Loaded and Broken Down

Just when things start to see like they are going well, something happens. In this case a brake chamber on my trailer decided to blow. In a parking lot, not a bad thing, but if this had happened on the road, the two tires that just got replaced would likely need replacing again. As fast as the air went out of the system, I likely would have needed another six as well. I would have been leaving a trail of black rubber and smoke as I tried to get over to the side of the road.

What makes this really bad, is that if it takes too long to fix me I will end up missing out on a thousand mile run tomorrow to Spring Hill, Tennessee. One of the runs I used to do as a dedicated driver. That would have made a horrible week into something decent at least. So this break down is really frustrating right now. Hopefully this won't take too long to repair, but they have to get here first, with 42,000 pounds on, I am not dragging this trailer anywhere.

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