Gladwin

Thursday was not a real bright spot pulling wise, however, it did contribute to some opportunity for some character building. Drove 2 1/2 hrs to Gladwin, unloaded truck, loaded weights for classes, drove across scales, drove back to trailer to wait for class, "attempted" to start and drive to line up. Starter would not cooperate. We finally got it to smoke, (the starter), then we knew it was "toast". Being an automatic tranny, we were out of options. Ed Aten got us bumped from 3rd puller to last, about 11 trucks, giving us a little more time. Meanwhile, we did have a very friendly competitor who happened to have a spare starter, thanks Jim. We did get started and to the moved to starting area, BUT while waiting for other trucks to go Lil Whitey was getting a little warm so we shut it down. While attempting to restart, by shorting wires to starter terminal, we accidently shorted wire to tranny cooler line and popped a hole in it. Now we were done. Got a tow back on to trailer and took the "long" ride back home.
Thanks to Brad & Bruce Hyma, Tim Guild, Ed Aten, Harold LaFond, and Jim Bailey for all your help during the "charactor building class".