Things a trucker has to think about

Terry is taking a load of trucks from Portland, OR to Bangor ME (about 3200 miles).  Most of the time, there is now problem with the trucks, but this one had a tire problem so Terry was 'broke down' in LaGrande, OR.  The next thing that went haywire was the air conditioning not working.  When you think about the heat wave currently in the mid-west and east, driving without air conditioning would be very, very uncomfortable and also a safety hazard.  If you are too hot, you might be distracted while driving.  So, he stopped in Salt Lake City, UT to get it fixed.  Now he is heading toward Ohio which has power outages.  Hopefully, the power will be fixed and OK where he has to stay the night.  He also ran out of gas once!  Since he is hauling new trucks every load, the gas tanks are different sizes, the gas gauges are different and they are hard to estimate from one  load to the next.  Some trucks have small tanks and others large.  You also have to plan for toll roads, whether the motel has enough room to park a large truck hauling two other trucks, are their restaurants within walking distance?.  Then throw in all the driver regulations.  It really is not as 'easy' a job as many people think!!