There and back again…again – 1659hrs

Well, I went up to Sugar City, UT and grabbed my first load.  Headed out of there about 2130hrs… and all of about a mile down the road when I realized that my trailer lights were flaking out.  I also noticed that every time I hit the brake, my left marker light would come on.  AND I noticed that if I had my left directional on and hit the brakes, it would kill the directional.  So I pulled off on a ramp and checked the electrical “pig-tail” that connects my truck to the trailer, it was loose, but plugged in.  Then I noticed that when I wiggled the pig-tail, the trailer lights winked on and off.  <sigh>

Grabbed a small bungee cord I had and “rigged” the pig-tail to be pulled to one side which made it LESS bad…  rolled on to the next Rest Area and shut ‘er down and called it a night.

Called my FM first thing this morning, he wanted me to call Road Assist… they said to try to drive it to Salt Lake City (about 75 miles out of route).

So I got in here this afternoon, lost my load (there was no longer enough time for a solo person to be able to make the appointment time, so a team truck will take it from here) and I sent my truck into the shop… not 24 hours after getting it!  <sigh>

The GOOD news is that the shop only took about an hour to diagnose the problem with the pig-tail.. apparently two wires were broken inside it and were shorting out… back-feeding into the cab causing all kinds of problems.

So, I now I have a new pig-tail and a new load!

I have to pick up at 2100hrs local in Ogden, UT going to Brownsville, TN for Friday afternoon at 1630… a trip total of 1563 miles.  Hope I actually can DO the run this time!!  LOL