Sunday 24 January 2010

Update

We did the switch in Winnipeg, and the trailer we got was full of paper cups for a midnight delivery in Delta. After the Delta tip, we got a load from Richmond to Calgary with 3 drops on it. We did those then parked at the flying j in Calgary. The next morning, while doing my inspection, i noticed there was hardly any coolant in it, so i topped it up. Strange as it was ok the previous day. There was no sign of a leakage, so i carried on and did my walk around. Thats when i saw the nice red puddle under the tripack. So after a bit of digging about, i found that one of the hoses that runs coolant between the engine and the tripack, had rubbed through, and the fluid was running along the inside of the insulation to the lowest point and dripping. So i turned of the taps, and isolated the tripack. I mentioned it to dispatch, and said i was off to penske to get more coolant. While in penske, we got a message saying as your off tomorrow, and cant use your tripack, do you want to finish early. So we said yes, to right. We got a message straight back telling us to bobtail to High River and pick up a trailer to bring straight back to the yard. When we got into High River the trailer was actually ready, thats a first! So we got finished about 4pm saturday evening. Result. We are staying with our friends in Lethbridge for the week, and will no doubt be spending a couple days looking at houses.

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