Added another State to my list that I have been to, picked up a load in Paw Paw,  Michigan going to Avenal, NJ. I convinced dispatch to let me drop the load at our Edison yard so I might get a load home. I knew if I got there before 6:00 pm I would have a great chance of heading home. However, the road gods had other plans for me. Just after getting into New Jersey about 10 miles from Bloomsbury  had a check engine light go off and an alarm then low water warning. Pulled over found I blew a radiator hose. 2 1/2 hours later I was back on the road and then arrived to the terminal at 9:00 pm and given a load to Ohio? Dispatch said I may get a load to Texas which would get me home (we have a lot of loads going there from there). This morning I did a rookie driver and I mean a 16 year old never having worked on a car mistake. After checking my coolant level I forgot to put the cap back on. After 16 miles I got all the bells and lights discovered what I did and called the terminal (I am sure they are all laughing at that, I know I would be). Got fixed and rolling again but 30 minutes later the same thing pulled over and check reservoir was full? So, I continued and again the alarms and the reservoir was still full. The next time it happen I decide to slow down and watch my gauges temp stayed around 190 degrees and the alarms stopped after 5 minutes, this happened two more time so I decided I better pull into a shop. I stopped at the Petro in Carlisle, Pa around 1:00 pm est after the mechanic checked it he discover oil in the reservoir? Not good , so I got towed to Peterbilt in Lancaster . They said with any luck it will only be a day or two, but with my luck? Also discovered why my truck seemed a bit louder the past couple of days, I lost a piece of the muffler. Goes to show need to do a better job with that pre-trip .

Keep It Safe, On that road

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