dale farley
09-20-2008, 09:42 PM
Notice the picture where we were all pushing. It was because this bus wouldn't go any farther under its own power.
Notice Roger getting into his car that is still attached to the bus.
Notice how unhappy Roger is when the service guy is adding diesel to Roger's bus.
There is a story behind the pictures:
After Tom had bailed out on us because we were going too slow, Roger, Micki, Paulette and I had been having a fun time traveling and talking on the CB Radios. Roger and I had discussed how much fuel we had left in our tanks since the last fill up. When the CC monitoring system came on and told Roger that he was dangerously low on fuel, we discounted her input, knowing he still had at least 100 gallons left based on miles traveled since last fill up.
I was so sure, that I even promised I would blow some diesel in the lines if Roger ran out before we reached Kansas City, MO. I said this knowing we didn't have a bug sprayer like Jon uses. All four of us had a good time making fun of the talking woman on the monitoring system.
Since things were going so well, we decided to pull into a rest stop and eat some lunch. As we pulled in, Roger notified us that he was "Dead in the Water". At this time we had the main entrance blocked. We were stopped right in front of the walkway to the information desk and restrooms. We were also blocking all the other trucks that were coming into the rest area. The truckers were not happy as they were having to run over the curb in order to pass us.
As noted by one of the pictures, Eric and several others were unable to move the bus, but Roger came up with a plan that did work. I guided his bus to the side of the parking lot as he pushed it with the Mini Cooper. This is not a joke; he pushed it with the Mini.
The 3rd picture shows how happy Roger was about this whole situation. He was telling me to cease making pictures of this unfortunate situation.
As it turned out, he contacted a service station about a mile down the road, they brought some diesel and had the bus started in just a few minutes. We went to the station and filled the busses. Roger put 211 gallons in his 208 gal tank. That sounds a little fishy, but I was there, and I saw it. I filled my tank also and it took 104 gallons. We had traveled 750 miles since the last fill up.
Roger and I learned two important lessons from this incident. First of all, listen to the voice in the CC, especially when she says you are out of diesel.
Number two thing is, "Lock your diesel filler door". We have determined that while we were parked in a Flying J lot in Gillette, WY, someone stole over 100 gallons of Roger's diesel that he had just paid about $400 for. We each filled our tanks then went to eat dinner. He was parked on the end where a thief could be well concealed. Evidently someone was watching us and took advantage of the situation. I have left my door unlocked several times in the past, but I won't do it again.
Notice Roger getting into his car that is still attached to the bus.
Notice how unhappy Roger is when the service guy is adding diesel to Roger's bus.
There is a story behind the pictures:
After Tom had bailed out on us because we were going too slow, Roger, Micki, Paulette and I had been having a fun time traveling and talking on the CB Radios. Roger and I had discussed how much fuel we had left in our tanks since the last fill up. When the CC monitoring system came on and told Roger that he was dangerously low on fuel, we discounted her input, knowing he still had at least 100 gallons left based on miles traveled since last fill up.
I was so sure, that I even promised I would blow some diesel in the lines if Roger ran out before we reached Kansas City, MO. I said this knowing we didn't have a bug sprayer like Jon uses. All four of us had a good time making fun of the talking woman on the monitoring system.
Since things were going so well, we decided to pull into a rest stop and eat some lunch. As we pulled in, Roger notified us that he was "Dead in the Water". At this time we had the main entrance blocked. We were stopped right in front of the walkway to the information desk and restrooms. We were also blocking all the other trucks that were coming into the rest area. The truckers were not happy as they were having to run over the curb in order to pass us.
As noted by one of the pictures, Eric and several others were unable to move the bus, but Roger came up with a plan that did work. I guided his bus to the side of the parking lot as he pushed it with the Mini Cooper. This is not a joke; he pushed it with the Mini.
The 3rd picture shows how happy Roger was about this whole situation. He was telling me to cease making pictures of this unfortunate situation.
As it turned out, he contacted a service station about a mile down the road, they brought some diesel and had the bus started in just a few minutes. We went to the station and filled the busses. Roger put 211 gallons in his 208 gal tank. That sounds a little fishy, but I was there, and I saw it. I filled my tank also and it took 104 gallons. We had traveled 750 miles since the last fill up.
Roger and I learned two important lessons from this incident. First of all, listen to the voice in the CC, especially when she says you are out of diesel.
Number two thing is, "Lock your diesel filler door". We have determined that while we were parked in a Flying J lot in Gillette, WY, someone stole over 100 gallons of Roger's diesel that he had just paid about $400 for. We each filled our tanks then went to eat dinner. He was parked on the end where a thief could be well concealed. Evidently someone was watching us and took advantage of the situation. I have left my door unlocked several times in the past, but I won't do it again.