Like Rosanne Rosannadanna Said...

It's Always Something

Published on May 28, 2007 By MasonM In Blogging

I got up nice and early this morning, had some coffee and oatmeal while trying to fight off a serious cigarette craving, cleaned up a bit, took a brisk walk around the parking lot, and then put my rig in the wind.

It was looking like it might be a decent day. That is until it started warming up a bit and I realized that somewhere between yesterday afternoon and this morning my air conditioner went south on me. Damn. It's always something isn't it? I pulled off my shirt and hit the buttons to roll down the windows to let the wind blow in to keep me reasonably cool.

Now I like fresh air as much as the next person but after a few hours the wind noise becomes annoying as hell.

I finally made it to the truck stop in MO where I had planned to stop to fuel up and grab a shower. The shower had me feeling a bit cooler and I had changed from jeans and boots into my normal FL wear of shorts and flip flops as well as my tee shirt from my favorite recumbent dealer.

I rode a few more hours with the windows down and finally had enough of the noise and pulled into a small truck stop in IL. I'll just break here for tonight and get an early start in the morning. Maybe I can beat it on up to WI before it starts getting warm again.

I have to get the truck to the body shop tomorrow after unloading so as to get an estimate on the needed repairs, so I guess the ac won't get fixed until Wednesday.

Oh well, at least my generator is still working.

So far.

Comments

terpfan1980

on May 28, 2007

Funny T for sure.

MasonM

on May 29, 2007

Funny T for sure.

Yeah it's one of my favorites

Dr Guy

on May 29, 2007

I rarely use my AC (in my new truck even!), but then I am not driving for a living. The wind noise would get to me after a while if I was!

I think you got gremlins!

MasonM

on May 29, 2007

I rarely use my AC (in my new truck even!), but then I am not driving for a living. The wind noise would get to me after a while if I was!

I think you got gremlins!

Yeah, when I owned a car it didn't even have ac. But in a rig they have such a huge surface area that the sun turns them into an oven in no time, and running with the windows open really gets to you after a few hours.

MasonM

on May 29, 2007

If your genny is working at least you can plug a fan in...

Not much help if you're driving a cabover though, those fuckers get HOT inside. For your sake, I hope you're in a conventional rig.

The generator is working fine. When I am parked it provides ac for me. It's enough to cool the sleeper but that's about it. I have a 12 volt fan I'm using right now while driving but it isn't really a lot of help.

Yeah, I drive a conventional. A 2006 Western Star. I haven't been inside a cabover in years.

foreverserenity

on May 30, 2007

Haha, nice T!

MasonM

on May 30, 2007

Haha, nice T!

Thanks

Moderateman

on May 30, 2007

Think cold mason, let the power of the mind work. hahahahahahahah

or get it fixed, I hate wind noise while riding in my car.

MasonM

on May 30, 2007

Think cold mason, let the power of the mind work. hahahahahahahah

or get it fixed, I hate wind noise while riding in my car.

They repaired it today. A relay had burned out.

InBloom

on May 30, 2007

Hope you keep cool, Mason.

MasonM

on May 30, 2007

Hope you keep cool, Mason.

Thanks.

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