Shock and awe. No start. Worked with breakdown for an hour or so before they opted to turn it over to the local shop. Current guess is the starter relay. Myself, I'm not sure that's the issue, but what do I know?
Ha! I was right. Shop dude jumped across the starter contacts. Starter is definitely getting juice, so it's the item at fault. Shop has the repair estimate in to Brooks, waiting for a reply. I'm going to take advantage of the lull to finally take a shower.
Took a LONG shower. Just about an hour long. Run-out-of-hot-water long. Got back to the truck just in time for the shop dude to get started on the .. starter. Took Brooks a bit to ok the operation.
I let Sharla know via phone, since the shop has the batteries disconnected. Load is resched for monday morning at 07:00. Getting shut down by 20:00 Saturday will give me a 34...
Stopped for the night at North Plattte Flying J. 20:00 and the place is packed. There's a dirt lot just to the south that seems to be handling overflow. No problem, except SOME drivers – as usual – park with no consideration for others. One, in particular, is taking up a bit more than one “stall”. Fortunately, there's still room for me to squeeze in.. though it's snug. I made sure the guy on my right has room to get out of his cab, though. But the moron on my left (well, at least as much a moron as I am) is going to find it more difficult to get his truck out.
I should point out that this lot is.. um.. unimproved. It rather looks like a lunar landscape, to be honest. In fact, a Werner truck just pulled in and sank out of sight in one of the craters. I'm pretty sure he's ok, though – his lights are still moving around down there.
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