Good Night From II

yes the Wide Nose

 

Finally back in my truck.

And a pretty lousy load to begin with; dropping my mt at Inver Grove and then bobtailing to a Home Depot in Maplewood to pick up an mt they want out of there.

The next load is better.
Pick up tomorrow morning near Duluth and deliver to the Home Depot DC in Topeka, KS.

All this down time has left me short on miles for the month. I'm not sure if I will even qualify for the basic bonus if I don't get some good miles in the next few days.

 

Tucson as
ended up picking this load up in Moreno valley ca.
has a 1200 appt tomorrow.
called the final to see if I can get in early and park on site.
he said no earlier than 10am and there is room in the back.
don't park in front.
so here I am for the nite

 

I am in Sioux Falls,,, kick tires tomorrow

 

Working on paperwork now, she checks out, frame and engine even repainted front to back. Engine is strong and solid transmission is good too. Everything front to back checks out on it.

 

Very nice, FerrisWheel.

 

I'm trying to keep my idle time down, but sometimes it isn't easy.
This bunk heater won't stay on more than 30 minutes or so, so I can not rely on it when I sleep.
And if I bring it in to the shop for that, am I looking at another 5 days of down time waiting for a stupid little part that they should have in stock?

This shop stuff is getting out of hand.
Ever since Knight took over I can count on very long shop times.
It seems everything takes a lot longer now.

That last shop was not Swift, but the dealer, to be fair in this little rant.
But it was 5 days at the last Swift shop to get a DEF filter replaced.
This time it was 5 days for a DEF sensor.

And now it seems we must schedule our time with the Swift shops just to get in, and hope the loads can get us there in time.

Some things have improved, but the shop experience has not been one of them.

And with the new bonus plan of one month at a time, it makes it even worse.

 

beaver ut at the flying j.
other driver not gonna get here till 0600 tomorrow he says.
got caught in that traffic mess on i70 where that FedEx decided to go swimming in the river.
not sure where he stopped since he didn't give an update since giveing the 1st eta.
trailer I have I licked up at shipper with a fistsize hole in the passenger front corner.
after calling claims I took it to jurupa terminal last nite to get it somewhat repaired

 

Back in PHX,,, gonna run around the west coast till everything's final on the truck, and we get the plates and insurance and all that for the truck. And get the greenlight from our carrier.