Driver Had a Stroke, Need to get Truck Home
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Tim
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Duck
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I saw a cool looking cloud. Looks like an angry ghost holding up it's arms.
The pilot got lost. I saw the convergence of the Illinois River & the Mississippi River & was able to visually follow the Illinois River up to the Ottawa/Lasalle area, and then the damn thing flew directly over Stateville Correctional Center & I was PERFECTLY lined up with what would have been a kick-ass picture of Lewis University Airport & the neighborhood I grew up in, and the damn flight attendant said to turn off my "electronic device" because they're not allowed on when we're below 10,000 ft.
Right before final approach in to Midway though, the pilot said we detoured west, near St. Louis to avoid a storm or something like that. It turned a one-hour flight into an hour & a half. My poor old dad was circling the arrival loop thingy for half an hour wondering where the hell I was, .... til finally I managed to get a signal long enough to tell him we were just now passing over Lockport, IL.
The pilot got lost. I saw the convergence of the Illinois River & the Mississippi River & was able to visually follow the Illinois River up to the Ottawa/Lasalle area, and then the damn thing flew directly over Stateville Correctional Center & I was PERFECTLY lined up with what would have been a kick-ass picture of Lewis University Airport & the neighborhood I grew up in, and the damn flight attendant said to turn off my "electronic device" because they're not allowed on when we're below 10,000 ft.
Right before final approach in to Midway though, the pilot said we detoured west, near St. Louis to avoid a storm or something like that. It turned a one-hour flight into an hour & a half. My poor old dad was circling the arrival loop thingy for half an hour wondering where the hell I was, .... til finally I managed to get a signal long enough to tell him we were just now passing over Lockport, IL.
Your humility is refreshing but.... and don't think for a second I'm being crass or indifferent to the family... they gotta truck for sale.
You went above and beyond!
I was considering your post on this while doing my usual 730+ mile daily run from CO to .... ugh God help me.... Williams, IA .... and I had the most beautiful things to say about you and @Duck and @Tim and @blackw900 (k... maybe not so beautiful for him)...
.... but I forgot them.
For me, it was a privilege to lend a hand because I could. Many here likely would have done the same had the opportunity been convenient.
Sad part is ... Helping is expensive these days.
This industry, the one we all do, driving around the country, pretending to be America's last cowboys and cowgirls ain't terribly conducive to aiding those in need if they are on the opposite side of the world.
This is not over... we need to keep this alive. Companies that profit from our chosen occupation, the one that has us sacrifice daily... have a responsibility to those who pull their wagons and loads! Julian made the ultimate sacrifice, the one we all dread and know how real it can be.
Dead is Dead. Surviving means having to clean up the mess (so to speak)... I look at my family and hope good hearted people like you, Duck, Tim, B-Dub... will be there for them if I should happen to meet the same fate as your dear friend Julian did.
RIP now Julian.
Duck
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Um.... ok, ... so ... maybe it's not angry. Maybe it's riding a Harley with big "ape hanger" handlebars.
Happy now?
Chris doesn't. Julian's kids do.
Amen to that.
Duck
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All of us who were involved in this thing should set up a time when none of us will need to drive, so we can get beer & make a toast to Julian.
I guess maybe tap the glasses to the computer screens or iThingy screens since we're scattered throughout the country & can't do it the normal way.
I guess maybe tap the glasses to the computer screens or iThingy screens since we're scattered throughout the country & can't do it the normal way.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
How cool was that? Landing at Chicago Mid-Way. The final approach must be awesome.
That airport fascinates me. Right in the city. Driving down, What is it? IL 50? Cicero ave and Stores, Stores, Airport!
skateboardman
Member
what the deal on his trailer?
Blood
Driveler Emeritus
Duck
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Julian's trailer wasn't paid for, and we couldn't get the "hunters permit" or "bobtail insurance" if I was to be pulling a trailer. It was a brand new Great Dane, no payments made yet, except possibly a down-payment. So the family told me to drop it & leave it in ND.
The shop where it was parked had me move it into a corner of the lot & they backed an old junk International part-way under it so it wouldn't get stolen until Great Dane's repo gets there.
skateboardman
Member
saw it was a closed tandem, used by the guys that run Canada, rest of us all run spreads. I guess they repowered and brought the trailer back to the lot and rehooked it. at mercer we all own the trl, not drops and hook, we are married to the trailer. one reason I don't do canada, I did a lease purchase on this trl from mercer two more payments and its mine, its a spread
So Mercer is an all O/O company but they lease equipment to the drivers?
No different than renting trailers from your authority, which IMO is a pretty ridiculous thing to do.
skateboardman
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many companies rent trailers, i.e. landstar, crst/Malone, the universal am/can companies. versus many companies who pay 65 per when using their trl.
mercers does the lease to own deal instead of the rental. its a pretty straight up deal, the payments are reasonble(my flat was 500 a month vs 185 to 200 a week trl rental at most places) new trailers are a 60 month term, if you want a used , you make the remaining payments, if a guy keeps a new trl 20 months only 40 payments left,
they only do that with trailers, they don't do the tractor, its not a bad deal at all. like at the company store in Louisville, we can straps chains tarps etc at cost, example 4 inch cargo straps 8 bucks.
mercers does the lease to own deal instead of the rental. its a pretty straight up deal, the payments are reasonble(my flat was 500 a month vs 185 to 200 a week trl rental at most places) new trailers are a 60 month term, if you want a used , you make the remaining payments, if a guy keeps a new trl 20 months only 40 payments left,
they only do that with trailers, they don't do the tractor, its not a bad deal at all. like at the company store in Louisville, we can straps chains tarps etc at cost, example 4 inch cargo straps 8 bucks.
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