Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

Upper 13k's are most definitely possible. 14k maybe...15k only if the stars align right and they get coast to coast round trip, drop/hook loads that are ready when they arrive. Of course, they way the scorecard is calculated, they could have had 4 normal 3000+ mile weeks, then the last day or two of the month, dispatched on a 3000 mile load where most of the miles will be driven in the following month, but are credited when dispatched. But that will shorten the following month's scorecard miles. I almost hit 10,200 last month with 7 days off, and I had some less productive loads in the mix.

 

Ended up getting dispatched on the load to MI out of N. Liberty IA. With the back-n-forth about it on Monday, I finally ended it with 'I will deliver this load in the morning, and the earliest I can pu is 10 am, but will need a break before I deliver the next load because of my 14'. Then nothing else was said either way, so I didn't know if I was on the load or not...and if so, what the appointment times were. So, I get to yesterday's delivery, drop/hook, send in my empty call and....crickets start chirping. So, two can play at that game, I went back to the same parking spot, it the same truck stop I was at, and layed back down...finally at 8 am, the Peoplenet lights up...appearantly the Commadore 64 they use in Lincoln went down. They said to pu at 10 am, then let them know when I can deliver. I told them 6 am...but the only appt available was 9 am...even better. Then my next load appears, it's from Grand Rapids to McDonough, GA by Thursday afternoon. I also told my AM that my overall mood was as bad or worse than it was before my hometime, and that it only took the 1st 7 days after leaving the house to get it that way, and not to take my messages personally. He said he could tell just by how my messages sounded...I didn't tell him why my mood was so dark...but dealing with my back still hurting and then waking up the other morning with the inside of my truck over 90 and the opti-idle just sitting there ignoring the inside temp...the bear has been poked with a very large, very sharp stick...

 

FYI,apparently there was some big internet outage yesterday. Knocked Amazon and Google down briefly as well.

 

SSB ... I also get the occasional messages each summer...that my idle time is too high ...it's nothing for me to worry or get upset about...I read , delete, forget them , never respond to terminal about msgs.....and keep on idling to stay comfortable ... I have no idea how to set opti-idle...because I've never used it in my 10 yrs here.....for your peace of mind and comfort ..just idle as need be

 

If it would idle longer than 3 min without wedging something on the throttle, I would. Even my back-scratcher in boot between throttle and seat has been vibrating out when this thing goes into regen mode(which would shake the fillings out of my teeth if I didn't have falsies)

 

Wrap a heating pad around the mirror sensor add ace bandage to hold it there. It will keep it over 100F and idle all you want.

 

When I had a freightliner....bought a 20 pound hexagon dumbell...with truck off..put dumbell on pedal..with pedal flat on floor...start truck and it would idle forever at 800 rpm...dumbell has to be hexagon...to keep it from moving off pedal..to see if this will work for you...mash pedal flat to floor with foot...start truck keep foot on pedal...don't move foot at all... or truck will shutdown...if truck is still idling after 6 min...go buy the 20lb hexagon dumbell at Walmart

 

Tried to weight it down before using back scratcher...it'll rev to redline if not in gear.

On top of that, I am now trying to get cash off my fuel card for a washout since there is no charge account truck washes within 100 mi...and my weekly early deposit hasn't hit my prepaid like normal (usually there Tue night around 2200), and I've already used it once this week for a washout. I'm guessing Memorial Day has something to do with the delay in payroll..or the computer going down earlier this week maybe. But, I can't remember what I changed the pin to when I got the card. So I use the EFS app to and click on 'forgot pin'...it says cannot change, call your company. I call the company, they say we can't change it, call EFS. I call EFS and the number on the back of my card is no longer their number, it sends me to a automated ad and survey system about Covid and all sorts of other ########...why in God's name did I come back to this 3 ring Abbott and Costello ''who's on 1st" circus

 

Because you live in Florida.

 

Your daily vents on here definitely takes the term “unhappy camper” to a whole new level. Hopefully you’ll find another carrier or find peace before your head explodes.