Adversity
It's time for another fun filled adventure with Trucker Jongo!
In today's episode, we go through the events that I've dealt with as a new trucker over the past few weeks.
The first hiccup was last week when my coolant line exploded and I was stuck on the side of a highway for about 5 hours until my co-worker came with some extra coolant to fill up my tank with.
Lesson - Bring coolant with you, and have a wrench on hand!
Next hiccup, last week as well....Remember you are driving a 53 foot trailer, which means...You need to make extra wide right turns.
Lesson - Check your turns or else you will puncture a tire or two.
Another hiccup, when driving through the mountains, the amount of coolant you have is never enough!
Lesson - Bring water as well as coolant to top up when you don't have enough!
The first lesson of today was, retreaded tires are great for saving money but they can fail pretty quickly!
And finally, this evening's lesson....
As seen in the images above....Coolant is your friend and enemy. When your hoses aren't properly secured, you can expect to sit on the side of the highway for hours waiting for coolant to be brought to you.
So what's the point of this post?
Lessons in adversity. I have to admit it, I've felt like giving up on this trucking thing multiple times over the past week just because everything seems to break. But this evening a fellow trucker who has been driving for 30 plus years stopped to see if I needed help...
His advice....
The best thing you can deal with when starting this career is...Curve balls!
Adversity!
His words will really stick with me going forward because he put in the effort at the start, dealt with some drama himself...Now he has his own truck, his own company and is in every sense of the word...An entrepreneur!
That's the goal for me as well. I truly believe my future will be prosperous in this industry for the next decade at least. But I've got to learn how to strike out a few times. And be o.k. with it.
It's always a learning process...No matter if you are building businesses online, or trying to keep your truck on the road.
Always be learning, and learn to deal with adversity!
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Everyday is learning day. We do mistakes knowingly or unknowingly but the thing is to lern somting for our own mistakes.
Happy trucking.
It's not a job, it's an adventure!
Ya... and reading your posts is like reading a adventure story.
Many Indian's specially Pujnabi's community migrants to USA and Canada are in trucking job. Some of my friends too, but somehow we lost contact when we progress on life.
Hang in there Jongo!
You're awesome at handling adversity and staying consistent.
Working on it....It's been an adventure these past few years lol
I think, after a while, these hiccups will either be avoided or just considered routine. The trouble with getting experience is experiencing it.
Yup, that's the truth. We get used to it, or get so much better at dealing with it.
Every day gives something new to learn sir 🙂
Facts!
I have a feeling you miss adventure sir😊☺️☺️am i right ?
Wow! You are a REAL trucker now Jongo! You were stuck on the side of the road for 5 hours! Now you are legit!
Stick through all those trials man. It makes us better people!
ha ha ha oh man, it's been more than that so far lol lots of lost hours sitting on the side of the road
Hahaha! Legit trucker now!
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Keep it up brother!! How does repair like that work? Do you have to fix our if your pocket. I’ve wondered that before.
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It depends. I mean the major stuff, like replacing tires etc...The company takes care of. Buying coolant and liquids on the road, I just keep the receipts and they pay me back. But at the end of the day, I have no out of pocket expenses.
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It looks like you are learning. Does this mean you need quite a bit of coolant and water to make sure there aren't any issues. It will get better as you figure out everything.
Gallons of the stuff, just to reach minimum levels lol
Another thing is if we take the odd days as a lesson and sometimes even talk about it or write about it. That pain does not feel like trauma for long. So letting it out is one more thing one should do. Good to see that you are taking everyday pictures of such journey :)
Yeah I want to start vlogging the experiences. Just need to get some spare time lol
I see! So coolant = Resource Credits?
Let me delegate some to you
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ha ha ha literally...coolant and fuel, the resource credits of trucking!
Learn and plan so you don't have to rectify!
Yeah, God laughs at plans when it comes to trucking lol
I think the willingness to learn and overcome adversity is one of the keys to succeeding in any venture we choose to to undertake. I personally enjoy the process in most days, challenges can be fun sometimes :)
Agreed. I'm so new, that everything is a learning opportunity for me now.
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There is a good brotherhood between truckers and from what you tell in your story it is worldwide. Truckers always help
Glad everything worked out and you were able to share a great example of converting something negative to a more positive experience.
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