On Sunday, I had a trip to Metairie, LA. I was supposed to leave about 11:45 a.m., but I was a little late, because I couldn't find my trailer; we have loaded trailers all over the lot, due to the Christmas season.
So, I headed out east on I-20. I got out by Canton and stopped at the rest area. When I pulled in, I heard a funny noise, like something rubbing on something else. I stopped and found the inner fender had fallen off and was stuck behind the tire! This is a fender liner, made of plastic. It looks like the nuts holding it just fell off! My guess is that one of the mechanics had it off to work on something and didn't tighten it up. I picked it up and put it in the passenger seat.
Soon after I got to LA and headed down I-49 toward Lafayette, dispatch called and said that the previous load for the store I was going to had been delayed and that I would have to wait for them to finish unloading it before I could deliver my load.
Then, just south of Ville Platte, out of the dark I saw a sudden flash of brown and white and a big thud came from the front of the truck. I'd hit a big deer! I pulled over and examined the truck; the front bumper was ruined, but there didn't seem to be any further damage. I called dispatch to report it, then headed on my way again.
Sure enough, I had to wait 2 hours at the store before I could deliver it. No major problem, but it just capped off a pretty rough trip.
But it seems like these things run in groups.
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So, I headed out east on I-20. I got out by Canton and stopped at the rest area. When I pulled in, I heard a funny noise, like something rubbing on something else. I stopped and found the inner fender had fallen off and was stuck behind the tire! This is a fender liner, made of plastic. It looks like the nuts holding it just fell off! My guess is that one of the mechanics had it off to work on something and didn't tighten it up. I picked it up and put it in the passenger seat.
Soon after I got to LA and headed down I-49 toward Lafayette, dispatch called and said that the previous load for the store I was going to had been delayed and that I would have to wait for them to finish unloading it before I could deliver my load.
Then, just south of Ville Platte, out of the dark I saw a sudden flash of brown and white and a big thud came from the front of the truck. I'd hit a big deer! I pulled over and examined the truck; the front bumper was ruined, but there didn't seem to be any further damage. I called dispatch to report it, then headed on my way again.
Sure enough, I had to wait 2 hours at the store before I could deliver it. No major problem, but it just capped off a pretty rough trip.
But it seems like these things run in groups.
When