Leaving for Orientation 10-13-12 in Tulsa,Ok

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  1. Noggin

    Noggin Road Train Member

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    Im in Texas. Its 50 :)
     
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  3. Noggin

    Noggin Road Train Member

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    Oops. 45, My bad
     
  4. Azcannon

    Azcannon Medium Load Member

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    Kinda a weird load , I unloaded monday in salt lake , sat til tues around 9ish , got a preplan for carlisle , headed over , strapped and tarped a hazmat load for st.louis it was bout 20 degrees and the tarps were uncooperative to say the least , drove til about 6 in wyoming , pulled into my fuel stop and lost about 30 minutes waiting for the kinda drivers we hate to get their food and then pull out of the fuel island. fueled and then said thats enough, parked and had heater issues all night. Weds. dealt with 50moh winds all day hearing about jacknifes on the cb and seeing a few , even saw one truck driving the wrong way down the interstate ( my guess is the wind blew him out of the westbound lanes and he ended up eastbound )I fought that wind and sideways snow with some visability issues almost for 200 miles. Then hit nebraska and just had a good rest of the day. Woke up about 4 this morning and finished the run and it just went smooth as could be , rolled up 3 tarps and put away all my stuff in 1 hour and 10 minutes and only had to wait another half hour for the forklift drivers to finish , done at 3 , just bizzarre how something starts out so difficult and ends up being a joke.
     
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  5. Azcannon

    Azcannon Medium Load Member

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    2400 last week , been doing a ton of hazmat loads. Sitting in Sunnyvale Terminal tonight where do you think I am picking up tommorrow Nogg ?
     
  6. Noggin

    Noggin Road Train Member

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    Western Extrusions, or possible Guardian (glass) If you're flagged for home, Guardian has loads going to Tucson
     
  7. Azcannon

    Azcannon Medium Load Member

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    Nope , went straight back to Denton for another shorthaul to Albuquerque. this whole week has been horrible, I told my dm a 590 mile trip is not good for the weekend and after a 290 mile trip you would think I could get better. I am a little bothered today since I had such low miles for the week. I am pretty sure at this point having a haz mat is a bad thing. So this week had a 590 , then a 290 full tarp (got deadheaded back to same place the next day), then another 590 full tarp. Needless to say I am very dissapointed. will unload on monday with less than 2k miles for the week .
     
  8. Noggin

    Noggin Road Train Member

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    Unfortunately it happens. I had 1300 last week.... el Paso to Dallas then right back to el Paso..
     
  9. Azcannon

    Azcannon Medium Load Member

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    thats horrible. I'm sorry man I thought I had a bad week. yikes
     
  10. Noggin

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    Like I said, it happens lol. I've learned to let weeks like that slide, unless it happens frequently..
     
  11. Azcannon

    Azcannon Medium Load Member

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    I had low miles from short hauls, not because of not getting loads. 2 entirely different things , all the work for 1/2 the check.
     
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