This Damn Truck

Alright so I am sitting here in my work truck wondering just how much more of a piece of shit this thing could be. Let me give you a bit of history on this thing. First off it is a bucket truck, for those unfamiliar when you see utility workers on the road up in "buckets" working on cable or power lines those are bucket trucks. I can almost assure you though mine is no where as nice as theirs though.

These things get super hot inside of them. Part of the engine sits right under the driver's seat and there is a power inverter between the driver and passenger seat that gets very warm. My A/C went out last year during the hottest part of the summer. My boss refused at the time to pay to have it fixed. I was the only person in our department without air conditioning. No big deal right? Well I checked one time and it was getting about 20 degrees hotter in my cab then the outside temperature on warm sunny days. I would literally sweat so bad just driving between jobs that I had to use old work orders to wipe the sweat from my eyes.

So finally in the middle of the summer they pay to have it fixed. Perfect. Then it goes out again a week later. Not so perfect. Still under warranty, perfect again! The repair shop saying there is no hope for fixing it, not perfect again!

Fast forward a few months. Now nothing works. If I just turn the vent on the engine starts grinding. Don't ask me what the fuck that means. That also means no defrost. Right now I am sitting in a truck with the windows steamed up and no idea how the fuck I am going to drive home. I tried rolling down my windows but it doesn't seem to be helping that much. Maybe if I hold my breath?

This morning another interesting development happened. I was trucking along the freeway to work blasting out whatever shitty band the radio was playing. I forget which but it was a band I heard before. Next thing I hear some poping and cracking and thought "damn this must be a remix." LOL nope that was the engine to my truck. Next thing I know the fucker starts shacking like one of those battery operated boyfriends. Seriously have you ever sat in one of those massage chairs at the mall that vibrates the fuck out of your back, well this is what my truck does.

Now anytime I get to about 50 mph the whole truck just starts violently shaking. Both beacons on top of the arm that lifts my bucket have fallen off (you know they are used to alert people driving at night that you are up in the air and don't hit my truck!). There is so many wholes in the goddamn roof that it is literally flooded in here from the rain we got today. And to add insult to injury it just sprung a leak right above the drivers seat with keeps pelting rain drops on my right shoulder.

I do have some good news though, I just saved a bundle of money switching to Geico.