Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

So, another screwy load. Picked up in the Columbus, OH yard. Load was late already, missed appointment.

Drove it to the yard in Macungie, PA, 26 miles from final.

Still no appointment.

Decided to munch on some homemade beef jerky that my 10-year-old niece made for me as a little 'lemonade stand' style business arrangement with her.

Mold in the jerkey. I was worried about it when I first got the jerkey, because it seemed a bit too moist.

It lasted about 5 weeks, (and she is 10) so I will not complain to her, though i will insist on drying it more next time.

The problem is that I am stuck under load with no food in the truck because I thought I had food.

If I bobtail out to shop, you know full well that dispatch will give me a hurry-up-your-late-to-something-we-didn't-tell-you-about call.

I will check to see if there is some nearby food delivery that is open, but I do not have high hopes.

If no news on a delivery or new load in an hour, I will drop trailer and bobtail to get food. If someone has an issue with that, they can bite me.

 

To be fair, they are not questioning me. I am just irritated that I am sitting still. I have already called the receiver, and they are slammed. Our CSR is supposed to be trying to work in an appointment with them today, but with everything broken and retarded due to Covid19, that probably won't happen.

What I WANT is to be told to drop this load and go get another.

But like the song says...

 

Well, I ended up dropping 3 out of 5 loads in Crete yards last week as shippers and receivers and load issues caused lots of fail. Crap week in miles, around 2800 paid miles.

This week was looking better, since I was getting back into drop and hook chocolate customers...

BUT I got in line for a washout at the Carlisle, PA Blue beacon, and there were 9 trucks in front of me in the dedicated washout lane. 4 of them were apparently used to haul loose potatoes, because it took them 30 minutes a pop to clean them out. Ended up sitting 3.5 hours.

Picked up a load, drove a bit, next day, I drove a short day, only around 500 miles, to get back on a day driving schedule, and this morning, I do an inspection at 0600, and find the RRO trailer tire is missing half it's tread.

The Petro in Brazil, IN, didn't have a tire tech available until 0800 local.

They appear to be nearly done now.

Trying to get onto and stay on a day schedule is proving to be more than a little irritating this month.

 

The lady at the counter didn't look to be a mechanic of any sort.

I didn't ask why no tech was available. That wouldn't make them available faster.

Road call? Techs calling out sick? Dunno. Didn't really care. Pushing too hard in a situation like that can easily make your service time longer, not shorter.