An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Well I had a bit of excitement today. Heading down I-16 at the blistering pace of 68mph my front escort blew a front tire and his F-250 was in the median before I knew what happened. We were very fortunate to not have anyone next to him. The cable barrier was also on the other side of the median.

I parked on one side and the other escort, also in an f-250 flipped around and he pulled him back up onto solid ground. His front axle was sunk pretty good. Those two changed the tire while I flagged traffic. I only got flipped off once, three cars didn’t move over for us, and we were back on the road in 29 minutes. Overall I would call that a success.

“One minute you’re on the road looking at the scenery the next minute you're in the scenery looking at the road”

 

At least a couple. The rear escort is retired military, but all three of us function in similar ways. What needs to be done right now to get us out of this situation is the only thing we are thinking about. Once we got rolling again is when we talked about how bad that could have been.

 

We actually had to put an 8,000 mile min requirement in place because so many drivers would just take their sweet time on loads, but I do agree with @supersnackbar that so long as a driver exceeds a mileage target they should be in line for additional pay.

But and it’s a painful truth, so long as the load arrives safely it’s more cost effective to have a lower paid driver deliver it. Experience is counting less and less as the trucks become easier to drive and drivers come under more time management. This used to be a more enjoyable gig, don’t get me wrong I love the driving, but the industry practices are making me look forward to 2029…

 

The entitlement in this country has gotten entirely out of hand.

 

Early bird gets the worm!

I got unloaded and reloaded pretty quick in Savannah this morning. But as usual my log book is getting in the way of my productivity. The run from Tulsa to Fort Worth was going to be real tight to get done Wednesday and then get back to kc for thanksgiving. Boss man said drop in Tulsa and head home. Someone else will do the Tulsa to Oklahoma. So I’ll get 3 and a half days off and head back to Tulsa to load a 15’8” tall 14’3” wide 58k pound cooler for northern Alberta.

 

Well this is going to be an interesting one.

 

why all that zig zagging around?