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  1. Jul 9, 2013 #171
    DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    Picked up a maintenance truck from Corral Springs just north of Miami. Headed up the Florida turnpike now. I'm glad I use more chains than needed, the chains around the rear axles were loose and almost touching the trailer deck after only 90 miles! I'm thinking ill have to re-secure the rear somehow. Anyway, I'll be back at the house in about 2.5 hours, then leaving out in the morning for Kansas City.

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    DrtyDiesel, Jul 9, 2013
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  3. Jul 9, 2013 #172
    AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    hook the binder directly to the rub rail if you have too, wherever practicable and all that.
     
    AZS, Jul 9, 2013
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  4. Jul 9, 2013 #173
    DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    I added some straps to each side of the stabilizer. It's holding so far and my rear chains haven't come loose
     
    DrtyDiesel, Jul 9, 2013
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  5. Jul 9, 2013 #174
    Suptrkr

    Suptrkr Light Load Member

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    You know Ron will have a fit if you go in to Gainesville..LOL
     
    Suptrkr, Jul 9, 2013
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  7. Jul 9, 2013 #175
    AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    Yeah but if you have to do it then you have to do it, or they could give us short chains
     
    AZS, Jul 9, 2013
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  8. Jul 9, 2013 #176
    QBall3577

    QBall3577 Medium Load Member

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    I picked up a bunch of excavator shovels, a street sweeper, and a compressor on a double drop yesterday just south of Love Field in Dallas and took it to Fort Smith, AR. Delivered this morning. Then was deadheaded back to the FW yard to pick up I-Beams bound for Fort Saskatchewan, AB... I finished securing and only had about an hour left.. so I just came home for the night. Will leave out sometime tomorrow. The load said it had to be there by Fri at 1030a but with 1980 miles dispatched... 2050 in reality.. no way... so i'll be there first thing monday morning. nice lazy weekend.

    I stay away from gainesville whenever possible.. unless I need something done they can fix or i'm ordered to. They stifle my productivity and with the HOS change.. I don't afford anymore delays than necessary. But AZS is right.. don't give them any reason to make it more difficult out here :biggrin_25523:
     
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  9. Jul 10, 2013 #177
    djtrype

    djtrype Heavy Load Member

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    Got a good run from Houston that picks up in the morning and delivers to Union Dale, PA on Friday. It'll be a tight schedule to make the delivery time but I'm gonna try.
     
    djtrype, Jul 10, 2013
    djtrype, Jul 10, 2013
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  10. Jul 10, 2013 #178
    AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    Unloaded that 13'8" engine in Long Beach Monday then got told to head home for hometime after about 10 weeks out, dropped the truck off at KW as maintenance was all over me to get the PM done plus a couple recalls I guess. Back out Monday but then I get to take it to a thermo king to get the apu fixed! belt slipped off and got mangled up in there it looks like.
     
    AZS, Jul 10, 2013
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  11. Jul 10, 2013 #179
    DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    Stayed at the house last night on my way North. Let this morning and fueled just inside Georgia, took a break so I wouldn't worry about it near Atlanta. Come to find out I jumped the gun by 6 minutes, took a 24 minute break. So while I'm sitting still on i285 traffic due to a wreck I get a message on my elogs to take a 30 minute break. I was thinking wtf? I looked at my break and saw it was 24 minutes so I figured there's a loves about 20 minutes north of Atlanta in i75. I pull into this loves and go to off duty and I missed my break by one minute!!

    Oh well, from now on when I take my breaks in the morning ill be making sure it's a full 30 minutes! This rule is killing me. Since I already ate earlier I'm not hungry or anything. I'm just sitting here, on ttr.
     
    DrtyDiesel, Jul 10, 2013
    DrtyDiesel, Jul 10, 2013
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  12. Jul 10, 2013 #180
    djtrype

    djtrype Heavy Load Member

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    Do you know how to see how much time you've been in a certain status for?

    If not, go to Logs, then arrow down and select Log Advisory. At the bottom of the screen it'll tell you how long you've been in your current status.
     
    djtrype, Jul 10, 2013
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