I wish you all the best. I learned the hard way!
I picked up my truck on Mardi Gras last year from Ft Polk and made it all the way to LaPlace with 18 miles to go to New Orleans when things went sour. I broke down on the elevated I-10 span over the Labranch wetlands at 5:30 PM. I was calling tow truck companies on the worst day of the year to find someone available and not drunk on my cell phone on the side of the road.
Thankfully I was heading towards New Orleans and all the folks who had partied where headed away from New Orleans. I actually had 6 marked LEO's and state police pass me up on the side of the road without stopping. This is a relatively narrow shoulder and the M923 filled all of it. I walked 150 ft down the interstate in case someone plowed into a stationary object. My son was in my chase vehicle with an m105 trailer and I sent him away and would not let him stay.
I vowed that would never ever happen to me again. I did not even know at the time what a stupid design these Cummings engines had for water pumps. These wp belts probably never get the same level of pm because of the difficulty in changing them that other components get.
My other wisdom is to get yourself a triangle warning kit. Don't expect anything in the truck. My only bonus was a padlock with key left on the seat and a rusty stripped screwdriver in the tool box.
On my adventure, I did not have any flares or triangles. Also, learned that lesson. By the time I got picked up the flashers were barely blinking in the dark.
Others will hopefully learn from my stupidity and never have the same problems.
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