Sunday, September 28, 2008
Earth City, Missouri
We are in Missouri waiting for a Monday morning delivery. We had gone home for a few days from Miami. We relayed a load to Wildwood, Florida that was going to Laredo because we had hi lighted for home. We picked up a Michaels load in Jacksonville from the seasonal warehouse that went to four stops in Nashville. This was another screwed up load. First we had a 06:00 drop and hook in Jacksonville. The streets were flooded with cars and people wading water up to their waist. I found the warehouse only to find that no one was there. I called operations to inform them of the situation. The information that she said that she had was that they open between 06:00 – 07:00. The one warehouse came in at 08:15 and took about 30 minutes before he was ready to do the paper work to do the drop and hook. That only took a few minutes so I was ready to go at 09:00 but I hadn’t had a break. I had driven all night and had to do my 10 hour break. We had plenty of time because this was Saturday morning and our delivery was for Tuesday.
The deliveries: We had 4 stops on our delivery and they started bad. I was early for the first one. It was very difficult to get into the dock but I had plenty of time so that wasn’t a real issue. The unloading sucked. They Michael employees took two hours to unload and I had two hours between each stop. The truck was loaded with small boxes that had to be individually handled. My second stop was already late and it was going down hill from here. I get to the second stop at 100 Oaks Mall and the complete is under construction. They had just resurfaced the parking lot in front of Michaels so they had be back through a construction area half the length of the mall covered with equipment, materials, and vehicles. They had to take down and move about a dozen cranes, move materials and fences for me to get backed up to the dock. It took more that an hours to get to the dock. It was about impossible to get there and then another 2 hour unloads. The construction was totally pissed. I had tied up about 2 dozen men for over three hours to make the delivery. One of the constructions Forman parked his ATV where I couldn’t get out and left it. I again had to call operations to get then to call the store to get it moved. The last two stops went well but they were also 2 hour unloads so my 05:00, 07:00, 09:00, 11:00 stops became 05:00, 10:00, 13:00, 15:00 stops.
We picked up on Friday after being home for a few days for this Monday delivery. This was only a 450 miles total dispatch. We get to the pickup and there was a ConWay Freight truck at the dock that they have just loaded with my load. Oops! They had not only loaded it but had unloaded what was on the truck so they could put this load on the front and reloaded his other freight. They didn’t want to unload and call ConWay to see if they wouldn’t take it to Nashville and have me drive back 100 miles to Nashville and get it there. They didn’t go for that so they unloaded the ConWay Freight and loaded me.
I will have a 34 hour restart and I hope that I can get some miles.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Accident
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Accident
After getting to North Carolina we got a load to Laredo. That went well but all has gone down hill from there. When I got to Laredo the broker was closed. We had a Saturday 8:00 ETA but had got there on Friday at 16:00. The dispatch gave me a delivery to make that was rushed because the broker was closing for the weekend and wanted the delivery for some reason before he closed. It was a high value load so I drop my trailer and hook to this one and get to deliver to the broker. While I was dropping this trailer the dispatch called and asks if I wanted a load to Las Vegas. I said yes and he dispatched it through. After dropping the load I looked at the dispatch and I didn’t have the hours available for the delivery time. When I got back to the terminal I go in to tell the dispatch and he tells me I now have to go through Joplin. I had just driven for 10 hours straight to beat the hurricane and had no time to drive that night. Joplin told me to take it and they would get me a relay. So I dropped the load in El Paso, Texas and get a load to Miami, Florida. For any of you that haven’t been to Miami, it sucks for parking. I go to the Seminole Truck Stop on 27. I had been driving 700 mile days to get her. We took I-20 across Texas to avoid Huston and I was tired. I got into a tight turn and was watching my wheels around a corner and the trailer got an overhanging metal awning. I was stuck on it. I couldn’t go forward and it wouldn’t let be back up. I dropped the trailer and came back in at an angle to push it away. I made sure that the king pin was catching it to push it away and it worked. But the police was called and did an accident report. It put a scrape on the trailer that is very minor and bent the corner of the metal awing but this is Miami. The cop was cool and didn’t want to make the report but just have us exchange information but the owner insisted. So now I will see what happens with all of this. I have hi lighted for home. We have been out for 6-7 weeks and I need a break.
Accident
After getting to North Carolina we got a load to Laredo. That went well but all has gone down hill from there. When I got to Laredo the broker was closed. We had a Saturday 8:00 ETA but had got there on Friday at 16:00. The dispatch gave me a delivery to make that was rushed because the broker was closing for the weekend and wanted the delivery for some reason before he closed. It was a high value load so I drop my trailer and hook to this one and get to deliver to the broker. While I was dropping this trailer the dispatch called and asks if I wanted a load to Las Vegas. I said yes and he dispatched it through. After dropping the load I looked at the dispatch and I didn’t have the hours available for the delivery time. When I got back to the terminal I go in to tell the dispatch and he tells me I now have to go through Joplin. I had just driven for 10 hours straight to beat the hurricane and had no time to drive that night. Joplin told me to take it and they would get me a relay. So I dropped the load in El Paso, Texas and get a load to Miami, Florida. For any of you that haven’t been to Miami, it sucks for parking. I go to the Seminole Truck Stop on 27. I had been driving 700 mile days to get her. We took I-20 across Texas to avoid Huston and I was tired. I got into a tight turn and was watching my wheels around a corner and the trailer got an overhanging metal awning. I was stuck on it. I couldn’t go forward and it wouldn’t let be back up. I dropped the trailer and came back in at an angle to push it away. I made sure that the king pin was catching it to push it away and it worked. But the police was called and did an accident report. It put a scrape on the trailer that is very minor and bent the corner of the metal awing but this is Miami. The cop was cool and didn’t want to make the report but just have us exchange information but the owner insisted. So now I will see what happens with all of this. I have hi lighted for home. We have been out for 6-7 weeks and I need a break.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Seattle, Washington to High Point, North Carolina
Montana Mist
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Seattle, Washington to High Point, North Carolina
We made a trip from Laredo, Texas to Green River, Wyoming to a Chemical Company. It was a mine that mined soda ash. Just a couple of miles away we picked a load of the soda ash that had been processed for food use that was being shipped to Fairbanks, Alaska. We carried it to the dock in Seattle. There we picked up a load of tables and chairs that we took to High Point, North Carolina. From here we are headed back to Laredo. After delivering today we had to sit because we had run out of hours. We only have 6 for tomorrow so we won’t get far. Then we start picking up more hours the rest of the week. We are to be in Laredo Saturday Morning in time for Ike the Hurricane. We had 3450 miles for the week on our trip to Seattle and 3800 miles for last week to High Point. Of course this is the reason we ran out of hours. We have started with 1570 on this trip. If we can get a load before Saturday midnight then we can make it another good week.
We really enjoyed out trip west. We have now been in 37 states trucking. We did Washington and Oregon so for me personally I only have two states that I haven’t visited; Maine and Rhode Island. Shelly has been in them but not some of the other South West States.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day
Monday, September 01, 2008
Labor Day
We are spending Labor Day in Green River, Wyoming. We had a hazmat load to Laredo and were number 31 on the board in Laredo. We stopped in Joplin to get a shock and the Air Conditioner fixed. In Laredo we got a load that night to Green River, Wyoming to be delivered on Tuesday morning. We had a beautiful trip through the Texas pan handle into New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. We left Laredo with the temperatures in the high 90’s and we have 44 here today with an expected 31 tonight.
Labor Day
We are spending Labor Day in Green River, Wyoming. We had a hazmat load to Laredo and were number 31 on the board in Laredo. We stopped in Joplin to get a shock and the Air Conditioner fixed. In Laredo we got a load that night to Green River, Wyoming to be delivered on Tuesday morning. We had a beautiful trip through the Texas pan handle into New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. We left Laredo with the temperatures in the high 90’s and we have 44 here today with an expected 31 tonight.
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