My Start with the Big Orange

Day 17 Got a LATE start, tank wash screwed up a seal on the QRB, had a cut and they flipped it around and put it in,so ended up with a small leak when loading. So only made it to the W Memphis, AR OC, waiting to finish a 10. Will be rolling out about 1400.

 

Made it to Lima, Oh last night and had to wait until 9am to drop the trailer. Was supposed to be a LUL, and then take it to the wash, but customer wasn't ready, so after we dropped, we bobtail 265mi to get MT and take it 15mi and drop it off! Now we're waiting on a new job, but no time left on my 14! Hoping for a load tomorrow or it will be a long Sunday!

 

Have a load for the AM, picking up an MT, going about 60mi to Petrolia, PA for LL, then off to Kansas City, KS. LUL there and then back to Houston. Will have a 34 reset done at 6 AM.

 

Went to the qualawash to get the mt, wasn't cleaned correctly, so waited 3 1/2 hrs for specified cleaning. Off to Petrolia, PA for LLD, but they rejected the trailer, wasn't clean enough. Off to 2nd qualawash and back, the guy inspecting it still doesn't like the external valve, so he cleans it himself! Another 1 1/2 hrs, finally loaded and on the way. So ran out of the 14, got from north of Pittsburgh to Huber Heights, OH, sitting at the Wally World off the I70.

 

I'm just getting training pay, 80 per day, my TE got the pay for waiting, and both supervised washes, plus the live load, even though we just sat and watched it was customer equipment.

 

So I made it to Kansas City, KS with 30mins left on my 14, sitting in the receivers parking lot. LUL at 8am.

 

Yes still with the TE, I have 8 days down, heading back to Houston OC now, will probably going on 1 more run with him, then I do my SQT(skills qualifying tests) before I get my Truck. About 3 or 4 more days.