Thursday - mid afternoon
Got back from Gurdon and was greeted from the front of the truck a very, very loud, constant noise like something extremely loose. Whatever it was, it was quite noisy. I sent a video of it to the mechanic and he called me and asked me where it was coming from? the front of the engine somewhere, I can't tell, it's too noisy. That engine is already noisy as all get out without whatever is going bad on it. The have stethoscopes you can use to pinpoint noises, nothing I'm interested in buying. Get a mechanic out here and have them use their tools, this ain't my truck and not my responsibility beyond reporting it and getting the ball rolling.
As for Gurdon, I was second load but slated to be there at 11 am. I got there at 9:50 am. I figured if I had to wait, no biggies, I'd be ready to jump on it as soon as the first load driver was done, I could play my game while waiting.
Instead? There was no truck there. But I knew gut feeling that whoever was the first load hadn't shown up yet. I didn't care, got weighed in, got to the delivery shack, hooked up the air pressure line, went inside and got it signed off, came back out and got everything hooked up and got the resin flowing.
It was 10:20 am by the time that was all done and the resin flowing. Then? The first load truck shows up. Nosympathy.com, they should have been there an hour and a half ago at the very least. If they wanted to chat with me, they could certainly get out of their truck and come do so. They did not. New drivers, they don't seem to last long. It was an hour and a half before I was out of there, shrugs shoulders and moved out of the way once I had everything completed.
The delinquent renter finally paid last night. I had the boy go over there and get it from her, I owed him some money for doing that dirt work anyway. She still shorted it $15 and I immediately called her out on it. "Oh I was fixing to get to you about that.." as if somehow I wouldn't catch it.
I intend on going over to the park tomorrow morning and getting some mowing done and also trying to get a mechanic out there to look at it. That was the end story of that, our mechanic dumped it on me to find someone. There are plenty of truck mechanics in my town and tomorrow is Friday so it shouldn't be terribly difficult to get someone to come look at it.
