Thursday - evening
No lack of excitement around here. Tornadoes, ultra-heavy rain, flooded streets, constant lightning, park is half flooded. When I got back from this ridiculous run, I ended up putting on my boots, getting out in the driving rain - and that is no exaggeration - and unplugging several pipes that were underwater and hardly any water going through them. I was quite wet even with an umbrella by the time I got through. I gave up quickly even trying to stay dry, useless waste of time.
So, let's back up. First, Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts and I'm sure leftists/communists everywhere are all gleeful. I'm also at least fairly sure that there are a large number of things that will be put on appeal. Mostly, the way that judge behaved himself and the "instructions" he gave to jurors. But make not mistake, that jury was probably filled up with Trump haters.
Anyway...After getting unloaded in Gurdon, I headed to Crossett. The problem? You have to go through El Dorado to get there, the other route was an hour plus longer. Crazy. I get to the washout over there, drop my trailer so they can wash it out and then someone will haul it back to the yard to do the repairs and the inspection.
I was instructed to look up into the manifold (the valve assembly where the glue comes out the bottom of the trailer) to make sure they had cleaned it properly. Now I know why that trailer unloads so slowly: The valve does not go all the way down. In fact, it only goes down about half way, greatly restricting the flow. So I called the manager and he decided he wanted that trailer back at the yard to fix it. Great. Take that other trailer, it hasn't been washed out, you'll have to have that done tomorrow at the normal place.
Ok. So, I hook up the air lines, electrical, etc., open the service valve to let air into the tanks in the trailer. I hear the air passing through the valve, all normal well and fine. However. It never stopped going through it. I just sighed. I knew what that meant: there is a massive air leak somewhere on the trailer. Mind you, that trailer had just been brought in there by the "king of truck drivers", an old, whiny, cranky bastard, sorry but that's what he is. This dude said nothing to no one about this huge air leak.
I had to crawl underneath the trailer to find out what it was. A brake chamber, they call it. It's the can where pressurized air goes in, pushes against a rubber diaphragm which pushes a lever, turns other levers, pushed and S-cam, which pushed the brakes against the brake drum. HUGE air leak. I mean, even if you couldn't hear the air going through the valve in your truck - which anyone surely could - you would definitely hear that racket outside of it.
This is one of the biggest gripes I have against this company: jerkoff drivers that don't give a damn. Tires, brakes, lights, this thing, out of inspection, all kinds of stuff I have endlessly encountered. I made sure everyone knew that that dude that claims he's the king of all truck drivers or some self-made trucking god did nothing about this situation and just dumped the trailer in the yard over there.
So, I had to drive the damned thing back to the yard in El Dorado where, at least, the mechanics got right on it. That because the manager was all over it. You can't have that many trailers down, you have to keep some of them going at least. It took him maybe an hour, not terrible, but I had already been out on the road many more hours than normal. Like, around 6:45.
Then, faced with trying to get the drain pipes to - drain. Oh, btw, the power is out at the park. The entire street is dark. There are fully 5 power company crews out there working on restoring power, at least they're trying. I don't envy their jobs in inclement/foul weather. They are required to work out in it unless there is something dangerous going on, such as tornadoes. But, I can tell the power is still out cause' I turned the light switch to the on position in the laundry room. Apparently, my battery-powered cameras are using the sim cards to send out the signal. Cause I can see both the outside and inside cameras, they are both working.
The park is literally flooded. I mean, once it gets to the west side of the setup, it all drains away, but those east side lots are full of water and there's nothing I can do about it. It's just ultra-heavy rain and it doesn't happen that often, it is what it is. I will add here, my property is on a hill. I'm nearer the bottom of the hill and a vast amount of water comes down the hillside, even if thick woods, which is why the park gets flooded out in these heavy rains.
I'm not watching the news. I don't want to hear the gloating. Leftists got what they wanted: Trump is a convicted felon, they are already saying. How can you vote for him? Easy, look at the alternative. Trump is not going to destroy our constitutional rights, if he were capable of doing that, why didn't it happen his first four years? I will guess that this situation will only solidify Trump's base and probably sway undecideds his way. I can tell ya, I'd vote for Trump even if he were sitting in a jail cell. Another 4 years of Biden WILL destroy this country, it will be unrecognizable.
I made it all the way up until now not eating. That's 48 hours. I'm not sure I can make it until tomorrow, I'm awfully hungry, it was a long day and I really want to eat something. It doesn't help the folks are making these awesome looking sandwiches...amazing what kinds of food look the same as a steak dinner when you are extremely hungry.
That's it for now. I have another couple wanting to move in, they came and looked, said great and that was that. I told them I don't have a lot available until next week, they were fine with that.
Anyway, time to wind things down. Almost 8 pm and bedtime isn't far behind it.
