AllAmericanPilotCarServices.com » Illinois http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com All American Pilot Car Services ... We're NUTS about your safety!!! Tue, 18 May 2010 19:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mechanical problems on a load http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/06/20/mechanical-problems-on-a-load/ http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/06/20/mechanical-problems-on-a-load/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:11:19 +0000 MrBoyd http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/?p=78 Today, I picked up a load out of Laredo to Illinois, courtesy of Linda Blowers with Emerald Equipment Escorts.  We got on the road pretty quickly.  However, about 20 miles down the line when we pulled off the road to check the load, I heard a loud rumbling in the back of the truck.  I tried to continue the run but the noise got louder and the vibrations in the back of the truck got worse.

We pulled off at a truck stop and I checked out my truck.  It seems that the differential had lost a bearing and seal.  Unfortunately, I had to quit the load and limp back into Laredo.  The good news is that I was able to find a differential and got it repaired this afternoon.  My driver found another escort relatively quickly, and I was able to get back on my original load, which is scheduled to leave tomorrow, finally.

]]> http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/06/20/mechanical-problems-on-a-load/feed/ 2 We roll tomorrow http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/04/10/we-roll-tomorrow/ http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/04/10/we-roll-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:42:01 +0000 MrBoyd http://allamericanpilotcarservices.com/blog/2008/04/10/we-roll-tomorrow/ I am in Clinton, IL, tonight.  I dodged thunderstorms all day to get here.  We leave in the morning, going west into Nebraska.  Right now, the weather people say there are blizzard warnings across most of that state.  Hopefully it will clear up by the time we get there.

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 I am leaving a day early so I can meet those folks and maybe do a little sightseeing on the way.

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