It Lives to Die Another Day

Damn the Trooper. Damn it I say! Nothing but problems. I still need that bumper sticker that says "Honk if anything falls off." If I had that a dozen or so people probably would have honked on Friday because just about everything inside my drivers rear tire shattered and fell off. I was coming back from Costco, driving about 45 mph when all of a sudden I felt the back end of my truck lock up and then break free. I hurried up and tried to stop but before I could I heard my back tire go flat. I finally limped it into a gas station and got out to survey the damages and what damages they where! Somehow I think the break pad came off and got bound up in the rotar and DESTROYED everything behind the tire and shot a piece of the rotor THROUGH the rim...THROUGH the rim causing the tire to go flat! After waiting for my neighbor to come get me, I called a tow truck to come and haul my truck to a mechanic. When I talked to the dispatch they said they were right down the street and they were sending someone out RIGHT THEN. Two hours later the truck pulled into the gas station parking lot. I had to laugh to myself when I saw the name of the company was "Speedy Towing". Not quite SPEEDY! Anyways.....3 hours later and $1,013 dollars less in our bank account to Trooper hit the road, good as any 11 year old vehicle on the road and ready to die another day.