Dan Coffman
Just now ·
(Just like Stephan Kings' 'Christine'). A U-haul truck tried to kill me 3 times last night. As many of you know I am moving my 85 year old Mom from Reno, Nv to Vancouver, Wa. She is flying up in a week. I rented a U-haul 26 footer to move her house furnishings. Left yesterday, (a day earlier than planned), due to snow forecast on Donner's pass and I-5 Siskiyous for tomorrow. Five miles south of Yreka, Ca smoke starts pouring out of the truck and Temp gauge goes ballistic. I can't see a safe spot to pull off, (partially due to all the smoke in the cab trying to kill me as I'm breathing Coolant which will kill your kidneys). I make it to the Central ave exit at Yreka and exit right. At the bottom of the ramp is a left turn and stop sign. The engine is now making the death rattle 'knocking' sound. I run the stop sign and begin my left turn. The engine dies. No power steering. The underpass wall is coming straight at me. I stand up as much as I can and use the weight of my whole body to turn the steering wheel, (prosthetic shoulder and all). I complete my turn narrowly missing the wall. Ran the truck up on the sidewalk. Got it stopped. Smoke/coolant steam is billowing out. Police and 2 fire trucks show up. The cop said a spark plug wire was on fire when he popped the hood, (forward tilting hood. We'll revisit that in a minute.) Cops and fire leave after making sure I won't burn down. I'm sitting in cab of the truck waiting for a tow to show up. Looking out over my forward tilted engine hood I see 3 drunks walking towards me, One fugly , long greasy haired white guy who looks like a linebacker in the lead. One white woman. One Eskimo looking dude. Lead guy gets about 30 feet from the truck and breaks into a sprint straight at me. He body slams the truck hood closed and bounces off. I'm sure he didn't see me sitting there. I jump out of the truck and yell at him. "Get the Fuck away from my truck! What the hell do you think your'e doing!" He starts stammering and apologizing. "I'm sorry dude. It was just like, instinct, when I saw it. I had to do it". By then Eskimo dude gets there and starts posturing at me. "I yell at him, "Get the fuck away from me! I will fuck you up. You're drunk. Get the hell out of here"! The white woman pulls him away and they walk off with Eskimo dude giving me the drunken evil eye the whole time. I stood my ground in the middle of the street watching till they were out of site. You can't make this shit up. Fun day ahead dealing with u-haul. At least the 3 Tow guys last night were good people. Fred's Towing, Inc. I highly recommend them. read more