Got to Saskatoon at 15.30 had 8 hours off and went round to the steelworks where I was due to tip at midnight. The gates were open so in I went only to be told to park in the corner till midnight. Took off the tarps and straps ready but then my truck wouldn't start, flat batteries. Nothing had been left on and it just refused to turn over so had to call the breakdown company. They were out within the hour and jump started it. The truck has an auto shut off that cuts the engine after about 5 minutes idling, there is an override but you can only activate that once the warning light starts to flash 5 seconds before shut down. I managed to keep it running till I had tipped and run round to the shop that would test and change the batteries.Parked up at 4.00am and was woken at 9.00am by the shop wanting the truck inside to load test the batteries, result was 4 new ones.
Got a reload of fence posts from Glaslyn, Saskatchewan to Neepawa, Manitoba then reload lumber from the same place in Neepawa to Winnipeg then back to Steinbach 18.00 Friday.
Monday I am taking a load of plastic pipes to Portage La Prairie then into Winnipeg to swap trailers, a box van loaded with lumber to go to Dallas, Texas.
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