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I'm a diesel mechanic, and our company is on the brink of bankruptcy. These are the reason for that.

August 2011, the driver fell asleep behind the wheel in Arkansas and rolled it over. We didn't get the trailer back but the tandem was torn out completely as well as the ThermoKing unit. Trailer was loaded with 40,000lbs of frozen chicken, single vehicle accident. +$350,000 damage.




March 2012 (I believe), It rained/sleeted overnight and the driver was getting off i80 at 6AM and hit a concrete block at 58mph. Tractor was worth nearly $90,000, it was due for service the day the tow truck brought it in.

Bell housing cracked, motor mounts were torn out of the frame rails.




The $40,000 Cummins ISX was pushed into the cab, crushing the doghouse, and pushing back the dash. Driver woke up between the steering wheel and gearshift.


May 2012, the same guy that rolled the pretty brown truck got a brand new Kenworth W900 (still smelled brand new apart from his piss jug spilling, had 48,000 miles on it). He was on his cell phone with his ex-wife, traveling at 62mph in a 45mph construction zone, and hit a state-leased vehicle with a blinking, orange, move-the-fuck-over arrow in the back. Injured the driver in that vehicle (broken neck). To top it all off, he's suing US because we fired him.



This is after we took the hood off, the motor and trans.


Ultimately, we are taking the brown and maroon trucks and making them into one since it's the same model. The only difference is the Cat C15 and Cummins ISX wiring harness. The fun part will be moving the cab/sleeper from frame to frame.

Dude wrecks TWO trucks, loses 20 tons of chicken, recklessly injures a state employee, and yet he sues you for firing him...makes sense

The guy's in his 60's. We all joked around that he must have known where the owner of the company hid a body since he got that truck after wrecking the first one. Either that or he swallowed. Regardless, we've got his lawyer, the victim of the accident's lawyer, and DOT on our asses. Every sheet of paper's being checked, t's being crossed and i's being dotted. We have a horrible logbook record on top of that. As far as I know, he's seeking damages because he was sore after the accident. It would help if the drivers wore their seatbelts. It would help even more if they knew how to drive.

Since the last I posted I have had several geckos hatch. Here are some pictures.

Hatched on 5/25/12 and 5/26/12. Yellow one has since been sold. Picture taken 5/28/12.


Hatched 4/16/12. Picture taken 6/7/12.


Hatched 7/2/12. Picture taken 7/3/12.



Hatched 7/2/12. Picture taken 7/3/12.


Hatched 5/26/12. Picture taken 7/3/12.


Hatched 7/2/12. Picture taken 7/17/12.



Hatched 8/7/12. Pictue taken 8/8/12.




The clutchmate should be hatching anytime for the last one.

Those guys are awesome. How much can you sell each for? Does it vary depending on color/gender?

The gender cannot be easily determined until about 1 to 1.25 years old. The can live up to 30 years but no one really knows for sure.

The price can vary depending on pattern and color. The one in the 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th pictures would be considered a extreme harlequin dalmatian which I could probably get $200 for but I am not selling it. The last one in the photos is a extreme harlequin which would be around the same price range.

The one in the 1st and 6th picture could be considered a Pinner because of the stripe down the back. I would say around $125 in value. I am also keeping that one.

Another egg just hatched and that one looks like the one in the 5th picture.

I will probably start putting some on Craigslist if I cannot sell them another way. I have too many and soon to have even more since I have 4 unhatched eggs and possibly more on the way.

I have plans on getting a leachie gecko which is from the same family but abot 10 times bigger.