Whenever I feel the pull to come back, I just read a few of these posts and -poof-the feeling goes away.
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I feel the same way about Crete!
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When I call it quits, that feeling will go away the next time somebody tells me about having to unload a skidsteer-mounted brush cutter at somebody’s house.
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Note to new drivers, during the winter months, if traveling out west, please look at a weather app and trip plan accordingly.
My load I’m under that I left the Richmond yard has 2 stops, 2 coolers, 1 pallet and a total of 2900 pounds going to Spokane Wa then Prineville Or. I knew about the snow storm that was going to be a 3 day event across the whole state of Montana Thursday evening so I decided to run across 80 and up 84 to Hermiston Or then up 395 to 90 and come in the back way to Spokane. My plan worked perfectly. As I crossed into Wyoming, they lowered the high and light closure to just strong winds. I’ll be ahead of the storm that’s forecast for tonight and tomorrow. The extra 168 miles was added on this trip.
My point for this? When I woke up at 0400 to get ready to leave, I had a QC message to call the office. When I called, they told me they had a new driver up in Box Elder SD at the Loves in a panic because she was in snow. They wanted me to swap her out because she has a Boars Head load on going to Fife Washington to meet another carrier to bring it up to Alaska. My 2 drops are LTL and can arrive in the spring if need be, hers needs to be there Tuesday.
I got a little upset because here I planned accordingly, and now they wanted me to go swap her 400 miles due north. I told dispatch that if they want me to swap, she needs to come to me. Apparently she refused. I told dispatch that I’m leaving, with the load I have, and that they can deal with her.
I’m sitting on Elk Mtn taking my 30 and eating a sammich. I’ll be ending my day at the Ranch Hand in Montpellier Idaho later. Meanwhile, my thought about the swap issue, you get what you pay for.
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