A friend and long time defender owner Raub was riffed by his employer along with 75% of their work force.
He is oil field certified so he started looking for a job a week ago Friday same day he got the RIF notice.
Last Monday he found a job in the fracking fields of North Dakota. Not where he wanted to be but its a job and it pays well.
The company fast tracked his application and made him an offer last Wed, if he could be in Williston ND today. His daily powerstroke f250 wouldnt start that morning and in desperation he called asking if the 200 tdi Tithonus he'd left here last June could be made ready for a 2100 mile drive into artic conditions in 36 hrs because he needed to roll.
I laughed and he said seriously.
He rented a car and drove to Virginia and we picked him up. We installed a 120v engine heater, changed the oil to 5w40, flushed coolant and went back with a lower temp mix, made a drop curtain of sorts out of clear plexiglass and then went out for beers and got hammered.
This is what he drove into
Raub woke up still hammered @ 2am Saturday and grabbed a shower and headed West over the Blue Ridge mountains.
He ran into snow @ St Louis and proceeded to Kansas City before turning North for the last 1180 miles.
He was in Williston ND today @ noon.
He averaged 65mph and 19.2 mpg.
He sent some video clips but site refuses the file type after upload.
I got a text last night around 10
"dude I stopped @ Walmart in Fargo and bought a bath
mat and some bungee cords and made a radiator muff. Now its making 185
on the gauge and I finally have good heat in the cab".
He is oil field certified so he started looking for a job a week ago Friday same day he got the RIF notice.
Last Monday he found a job in the fracking fields of North Dakota. Not where he wanted to be but its a job and it pays well.
The company fast tracked his application and made him an offer last Wed, if he could be in Williston ND today. His daily powerstroke f250 wouldnt start that morning and in desperation he called asking if the 200 tdi Tithonus he'd left here last June could be made ready for a 2100 mile drive into artic conditions in 36 hrs because he needed to roll.
I laughed and he said seriously.
He rented a car and drove to Virginia and we picked him up. We installed a 120v engine heater, changed the oil to 5w40, flushed coolant and went back with a lower temp mix, made a drop curtain of sorts out of clear plexiglass and then went out for beers and got hammered.
This is what he drove into
DAY | DESCRIPTION | HIGH / LOW | PRECIP | WIND | HUMIDITY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TODAY JAN 13 | Cloudy | -1°-15° | 20% | NNW 13 mph | 79% |
TUE JAN 14 | Mostly Cloudy | -5°-19° | 20% | N 10 mph | 69% |
WED JAN 15 | Partly Cloudy | -7°-21° | 10% | NW 8 mph | 71% |
THU JAN 16 | Partly Cloudy | 6°-1° | 10% | ESE 15 mph | 74% |
FRI JAN 17 | Cloudy | 6°-12° | 20% | N 13 mph | 81% |
SAT JAN 18 | Mostly Sunny | -1°-9° | 10% | NW 8 mph | 71% |
Raub woke up still hammered @ 2am Saturday and grabbed a shower and headed West over the Blue Ridge mountains.
He ran into snow @ St Louis and proceeded to Kansas City before turning North for the last 1180 miles.
He was in Williston ND today @ noon.
He averaged 65mph and 19.2 mpg.
He sent some video clips but site refuses the file type after upload.
I got a text last night around 10
"dude I stopped @ Walmart in Fargo and bought a bath
mat and some bungee cords and made a radiator muff. Now its making 185
on the gauge and I finally have good heat in the cab".
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