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Rain, rain, go away, and please don't come back any time soon. Except for 1 day, thats all I've been running thru for a week now. Beginning to think I may have picked the wrong time of the year for vacation. Should be at the house tomorrow but understand that Oklahoma is having more tornadoes and of course, there all around OKC where I live.
Think if I ask everyone to think good thoughts, that I'll have good weather for the next 10 days?

 

Oh yea, thats the best thing I like about this T600. MPG's will vary with weight, but not all that much. I usually range anywhere from 5.9 to 6.8 depending on the load.

 

Headin to Boise. Parked for the night in Snowville, just short of the ID line. Boise tomorrow morning to dump the beer, then repowering to Portland OR.

Ran into lots of rain in Wyoming, but it's nice here in UT.

 

I get 6.5 to 7.5 depending on weight. With this prostar.

 

broke my 34 today driving from the TA by HDF to HDF... at least i got my a service, b service and my A/C fixed.

 

Ok I finally got that load deliverd, looking at three days detention!!! 'Then had to take the trailer to Conley and drop it for otrm, pick up my load and guess what, some jerk left that load there with no fuel in the reefer!!! I had to stop for fuel on a real tight load, rule is leave reefer no less than 3/4 full!!!! I always fill my reefers unless they are at 3/4 or more.... Because of having to get $40 reefer fuel, and a traffic jam, I was running out of my fourteen!!! Pet peeve again, drivers need to do their #### jobs, all of it!!! If you get a flat on trailer fix the #### thing, why leave it for the next driver?? If reefer fuel is low, fill the #### thing!!!! If mud flap comes off you take it to be fixed, DO NOT LEAVE IT FOR THE NEXT DRIVER!!!! DIDN'T MATTER THIS TIME, I TURNED IT IN AND I AM TURNING IT IN ALL THE TIME FROM NOW ON!!!! MY DM WAS VERY UPSET AND IS GOING AFTER THE DRIVER THAT LEFT THIS REEFER IN THIS CONDITION!!! They would not like it if I did it to them, and you #### well don't want me to START!!!

 

Ok now that I have vented Not worried about getting miles right now, miles are up, because freight is up.... But must always prepare for those times when I might only make $200 or $300 a week, of course I pray that won't be for awhile....Until this last week did have a average of 2900 a week. That #### load that stuck me in Alabama for three days because the planner sent the wrong delivery time...and you can not deliver Wal-Mart without a delivery number. Any way its all over, and time to move on to better weeks ahead. Stay away from those tornadoe's!! Weather is crazier and crazier, weird going ons, floods, earthquakes, ummmm

 

And that is one of the things that ticks me off about my present company. Kind of like to think that I'm "old school" and want to leave things better than the way I got them....well can't do that here when it comes to reefer fuel. I've picked up tlrs with a 1/4 or less in them and am not allowed to put fuel in there since its not a "temp controlled" load. Drives me nuts!!!!

 

Been sitting in Boise all day waiting for this repower to get here.

BTW, having to remove mirror back on a prostar to replace an antenna stud mount is BS. Somehow managed without removing it.

I check any new trailer with a fine tooth comb and report problems, and if something happens when I have it I also report it. Especially after I hooked a preloaded with a questionable tire, missing mudflap and multiple lights out.

 

I would hope that all drvrs do the same thing as you. This is a CYA world out here and you MUST look out for #1!!!!!!!!!!!!