Millis OTR journal

They have to be delivered on whatever date is listed on your load info. Anytime after midnight to 11 59pm on the date in the load info is fine. Just don't go in a day early or especially a day late.

 

My fuel solution today was at the Carol Stream, IL Pilot. It's one of the worst.

 

The crappiest, tightest and most inconvenient Pilots must have the cheapest prices because it seems like those are the ones we are at all of the time anymore.

 

You know... I already hate Pilot with the fire of a thousand suns already. If they don't knock it off with that #### I'll start blowing off my fuel solutions and fueling wherever is more convenient for me.

 

Yes Pilots are the worst on their best day. I dislike them so much that I have gone somewhere else and paid for a shower when I could have gotten a free one at a nearby Pilot.

 

We went there once when I was in training to take showers, parked and found out they didn't have showers.

 

Yep. This. Deliver on the day. Be double #### sure to have your delivery number available when you check in.

 

No showers. No overnight parking. Trash everywhere.

 

What a trash week. The la Crosse fiasco blew probably 1000 potential miles. By the time I got out of there, making the delivery appointment in Indy wasn't going to happen and I wouldn't be able to make it before monarch closed at 3 on Friday...so short pull to Richfield to drop, then a short Walmart run back up to Menomonie and the Menards to West Milwaukee Menards store. And these guys are taking hours to unload "375 lbs". Seriously the shipping manifest only had 375 lbs of hazardous cargo but the trailer clearly has more on it...but no paperwork in my hand for it.

So I ran 3000 miles between Tuesday and Monday but over these two weeks I barely cracked 2200 miles. Just really odd loads and screw ups this week.

Also continued my streak of picking up trailers with issues. Walmart loaded trailer tails wouldn't stay deployed. Menards loaded trailer, the right tail is all busted up at the top. Seems I'm sending safety messages every trailer I pick up!

 

Menards loads never have whats in the trailer or the weight. Its just a "truck load"