I told a lie to a customer today

Exactly. Its your livelyhood. Nobody can fault you for that. You did what you felt was best for ultimately you and your family.
we were towing the hemi back from okc one night , and a double passed us going to fast for the rainy conditions. the back trailor was whipping around badly, had to dodge it to keep it from hitting me, which got my rig to whipping from side to side. he better be glad he kept going ! I still hate those dam things to this day. they use to be illegal in some states too!