My Experiance with Watkins Shepard!

well I got back to the terminal at 8:45am, no load yet but was told in a few hours....


So I figure ok cool since I only went home for a few hours I didnt have time to go out and buy anything just did laundry...


So I go back to my pickup and drove to Walmart and got a Microwave and a few other things, and then I went to Best Buy to try and talk myself into parting with $500 for a TV/Mount/Digital Antenna and I just ended up getting a DVD and some more Video Editing software...

Then I went back to my Big truck put the microwave in and did a few other things to it, and of course the cord for the microwave is 1.5 feet to short.....soooo I went BACK out to Lowes this time and bought a 4 foot exstention cord (since It will remain unplugged while not in use and will be the only thing on the inverter and the truck will be running while being used) im not to worried about a little exstention cord (i did buy a heavy duty one...) I will rewire the microwave later and add a longer cord, you can buy cords at all differany length at Lowes/Home Depot


Then I tested it out works great acording to the inverter it pulls exactly 900watts which is weird being that its a 700 WATT microwave haha

Then I sat around ALL DAY waiting for this load.......


Then at 6:15 I get a QC message telling me it ready and to come get my paperwork.....


Then I'm doing my pre-trip and what do I find....No license plate on the trailer AND the light dont work either! Luckily the guy from blue ridge was there changeing a trailer tire so he came and fixed it for me (it wasnt just a blub, the whole light assembly all the wires and the bulb needed to be changed) then I had to make a few calls about the plate and was told as long as the registration paper work was up to date I dont need a plate......Since its supposed to have a perminant tag I'm good to go, although I dont like driving with out one on there just another reason to get hasseled at the scales or pulled over....

Anyway so at this point its like 7:30pm and if I wait till 11pm I will have done a 34 hour reset...so like an idiot I listened to some advice (CHRIS!) and waited...and now I got to drive a whole 1 hour and 45 minutes before haveing to shut down due to I-40 being closed at the gorge and I am now sitting parked at the GAS pumps here at the Pilot. Theres NO room! Somehow swift go parked on top of this hill in the TS here and so I tried to pull up next to him NO GO wheels where a spinnin! so I turn around and try to back in next to him....NO GO same problem and this is with the axles locked! so I try 2 more times faster and could almost make it but not quite so I gave up and parked here next to 2 other trucks...I dare someone to tell us to move its not our fault this TS is too small!


Anyway So at 11am I will be rolling again hopefully and should still be able to do another 34 hour reset before i start making my drops on Tuseday in MN, I am going to see it they will start takeing there stuff on mon as I will be there early sun morning....








American Trucker

 

So I woke up at 10:15 and around 10:30 I had some little punk banging on my door telling me to move my truck or hes going to have it towed!
I told him exactly what he could do with his phone and or the tow truck and moved.....


Then I got to watch CRST get towed out of the enterance he got stuck, no because of the road but because hes an idiot....

Then I got to drive 20-40mph ALL the way from Exit 24 in NC to exit 451 i think in TN (right after the gorge) the roads went from Snow/ice/Slush and lots of snow comeing down to clean and dry in less then 100 yards!


Then I drove pretty much straight though to here with just a fuel stop, Im now just south of Gary, IN






American Trucker

 

I'm up in Indiana now, im more worried about this storm thats suposed to be comeing across MT,WY,ND,SD since im headed to MN






American Trucker