Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

Some sort of blitz going on in Northern California also. Every jump scale and scale that’s usually not open, was open today with 2-3 commercial cops hanging out.

 

LS friend of mine said it was Trooper City up near Jacksonville today. Trucks stopped all over.

 

Arkansas and Tennessee yesterday

 

I was stopped twice for a level one last week in Texas.

 

I can confirm small temp scale near Shasta on 299 was open with 3 DOTs sitting there

 

For the last week to 10 days I've gotten the pull in unless closed almost every time. Most were closed, so it worked out. Only got bypass 2 or 3 times and they were closed anyway

 

What's the point of a loves offering 24/7 roadside if their shop isn't actually 24/7?

Enroute to my final on this 2700 mile load when one of my drives decided to explode. Sounded like a huge explosion went off, and nearly gave me a heart attack. Pulled over to assess the damage and found a inner tire wobbly and flat. There was a loves just 5 miles further so decided to head in only to find the shop closed but their 24/7 sign still on. It was 240am when this happened and roadside gave me an eta for 530am for the next available tech.

Managed to get a parking spot right infront of the shop. Another driver pulled out while I was on the phone.

This throws my load off as well as mess with my next one.

Really hoping it's the tire and not the rim. Tire has good thread still and shows no damage on it at all. The explosion sound I heard is the same one given off when a rim pulls away from the tire.

 

No wonder I didn't see anything. Turns out the sidewall on the inside section of the two tires popped. Wad just a small hole but made quite a loud bang.

When I got to the customer they were understanding. Put me in a door immediately and only told me it will be just 20 - 30 minutes to get unloaded.

All warehouses should be like this. Probably helped that I'm literally the only truck here .

Place is Trident Seafood in Corrallton, GA. My next pickup is a 8pm live just 50 mile north of here that I will now only make by doing a split break.

Moving some Kelloggs from GA to their facility in North Dallas for another 8pm live unload.

Wonder if this is a Kellogg dedicated run they couldn't cover? I know they have one out of the Dallas facility I'm delivering too but that one just runs within a 400 mile radius of the warehouse.


Edit

Noticed they paid me $45 for a trailer washout last trip. Thing is I never did a washout nor have I sent in any receipts either. Don't know where that $45 came from