Background - the equipment truck started on the trip today but the engine was sputtering and not running properly. Students were directed to call their parents and see if any could assist in unloading the sick truck and reloading into a new van. You might have had a call on this so here is the outcome ...

What happened - the sick van limped back to the Budget truck rental and 13 or 14 parents and family members unloaded most of the van. A new truck was backed up and all remaining items in the bad van were loaded directly into the back of the new truck. The unloaded equipment was all reloaded.

The new truck departed at about 4:45 pm on Friday, less than one hour after the unload/load sequence began. We think this might be a new Guinness world record :-)

Since the band was to stop in Ellensburg for dinner, the equipment truck will drive straight through and should get to Yakima so that there is only a short delay with getting their evening band rehearsal underway.

What a great team effort - way to go Eagles!

Budget believes that the previous renter of the truck mistakenly refueled with gasoline instead of diesel fuel. Diesel engines do not run smoothly on gasoline. Thank you to Budget @ Argonne and Montgomery for the quick truck replacement!