ICEBREAKER DAY 17 (part 1)

Day 17 is probably the most interesting day yet...

We needed a grip truck today, but all of Lights On's were spoken for, so we decided to rent a U-haul and piece together a lighting/grip package from Lights On (thanks Dave and Colin for working with us on this). Sounds simple enough.

So I go pick the U-haul up at about 4:00, and the guy working there was such an asshole. Anyway, I got the truck and made it up to Lights On by 5:00. We loaded up the dolly, 75 feet of track, 2 curves, the jib and two Arri light kits.

The shoot didn't start until 10:00pm, so I made my way down to Bloomington and stopped to grab a bite at BK at about 6:30pm. When I got out to the truck around 7:00, the F-er wouldn't start. I checked the battery- A-OK. I called the roadside insurance (thank god I paid for that)and they said a mechanic would be there within the hour. No problem, let's get this bitch fixed and on our way. Chad and Eric met up with me at about 8:30, and still no friggin mechanic. I called back- "yeah, yeah, sure. We'' call them back."

Then a truck approached us. A saint by the name of Kevin asked if we needed help. Apparently Kevin works for 24 hour towing, the same company that was supposed to be on their way for us- they have a contract with U-haul. Kevin made a call and they weren't even contacted by U-haul until after 8:00pm. AARRGGHH!!

Kevin got his tools out, started banging on some shit and voila! the trck started right up. He said that the starter was busted and that the vehicle would not start again if turned off. Shit. We need to park this beast in downtown Minneapolis until about 3:00am. Kevin said, no matter, just cal us back and we'll come out again for it. Rock on. So if you ever need anything- look up 24 HOUR TOWING out of Richfield- you won't be dissapointed.

Ok. The truck is running, it's 9:30, lets do this. We make it to Brothers in downtown at about 10:00, we have reserved parking so we're set. We unload the euipment and are ready to get this party started....