What a horrible day!! Over the objections of my better judgment I accepted a load that I didn't want to take. When will I learn that my "better judgment" is a lot smarter than I am!
Went in to the port at Dundalk, MD arriving at about 12:30 this afternoon. After the port staff came back from lunch at 1:00 pm, loaded a John Deere Combine. That thing is difficult to load, but I got it up there.
Things went down hill from there. It was 98 degrees, no shade, and no breeze. The thing is too tall. I am permitted for 13'11" and as it sat I was 14'8". Fiddle farted around and finally decided to take the front wheels off.
That didn't help much, brought it down to 14'3". Even let air out of the tires. I tied it all down and was just about to pull out and head for the TA truck stop when I got a call and said to drop the trailer there for the night and someone was going to come over and assist in getting it lower tomorrow.
By now it is after 5 pm and I'm physically exhausted from the heat. Everyone else had gone home and I was the only one there. I found a spot and dropped the trailer for the night. Then drove over the the TA truck stop and took a very long cold shower. I could barely eat dinner, I was so tired and drained. Hope tomorrow is better.
That's aweful!!! Hope your ok?? The inner voice always knows!
ReplyDelete