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Old 06-16-2012, 11:41 AM   #5020
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Originally Posted by speedster View Post
I am trying to confirm pickup. You know my luck. While heading from FL to CA, on the leg from Phoenix to LA, the clutch fan for the the tractor trailer let go and took out the radiator. The dispatcher said that has never happened before and the tractor is a pretty new one. So they were delayed 24-48 hrs getting it repaired. They were going to send another rig, but it would have taken longer. Makes you wonder sometimes...

Hope it get home by the end of this week.


In their defense, that is some treacherous mountain country in the summer, really overworks the cooling system... then again, dispatchers and lies go together like beans and cornbread.

"Speedster, the Saint of Patience"
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