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BrianR · 03-06-2009, 10:57 PM

Damn! It's COLD up here in Havre, MT!

I delivered my load here and can't seem to find another load out, been here in a hotel (too cold in the truck). Last night I slept in the truck because I didn't know what time the customer started work so I wanted to be ready at a moments' notice. Turned out they start at nine here. Couldn't start the truck (dead batteries), brakes frozen to the drums and a huge sheet of ice across the (slanted) parking lot.

Got a jump courtesy of the company's breakdown dept ($75), broke the brakes free with warm liquid (yes, THAT) and managed to get the truck across the lot without losing control. Now I'm here all night again and I'll have to do it all again tomorrow IF I can get a load out.
It's the boonies out here and there's no freight that I know of for a hundred miles.

Ah, me. Such is the life of a trucker.

03-06-2009, 10:57 PM	#11
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Damn! It's COLD up here in Havre, MT! I delivered my load here and can't seem to find another load out, been here in a hotel (too cold in the truck). Last night I slept in the truck because I didn't know what time the customer started work so I wanted to be ready at a moments' notice. Turned out they start at nine here. Couldn't start the truck (dead batteries), brakes frozen to the drums and a huge sheet of ice across the (slanted) parking lot. Got a jump courtesy of the company's breakdown dept ($75), broke the brakes free with warm liquid (yes, THAT) and managed to get the truck across the lot without losing control. Now I'm here all night again and I'll have to do it all again tomorrow IF I can get a load out. It's the boonies out here and there's no freight that I know of for a hundred miles. Ah, me. Such is the life of a trucker. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous