The truck only made it about 30' north of my north drive way and pulled off in the bar ditch and stopped. I thought the young woman that runs this route was taking a quick lunch break and went about my rat killing. Sometime later I noticed the truck was still there along with a pickup and the hood was up on the truck. I moseyed out to see if I could be of any help but the mechanic said he had it running to where it could make it back to the hub. I noticed the truck looked seriously frazzled up close. The sheet metal around the bottom of the door had big cracks in it and the paint inside was faded and worn. I asked the mechanic how many miles were on the truck expecting around 250-300,000. He said it had about 600,000 and checked the odometer to see. No, just 583,000. At the rate this one covers ground it will have close to the 6 by by the end of the year. I don't see how they last this long around here, They are run hard for long distances and over some really sorry roads.
