Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Parked somewhere in the Buckeye state,delivering to the Wolverine state tomorrow.

 

Picked up a loaded trailer in York, PA. LFO tire was bald over 1/4 of the tire. There was a huge patch where the steel belt was visible. Got sent an hour out of route to the Knight yard in Carlisle for repairs. The load was due tonight at 8:00pm, but thanks to going that far out of route, I wasn't going to have the hours to make it.

Had enough hours left after they finished to mosey down to the Gettysburg Travel Plaza. Gonna get up a bit earlier than usual tomorrow so I can try and be on the other side of DC before rush hour really thickens up.

 

A classic rivalry.

 

Good old lumper unload grocery warehouse. Hoping they take at least 7 hrs so I get my split sleeper in, lol! Bounce up to Volvo for Jacksonville load next.

 

Decided to pull over to get fuel at the Loves off exit 130 I10 in Fl early this morning and got pulled over under the overpass for a level 3 which I passed and got the free truck wash which my truck badly needs with all the bugs splattering today.

 

That was a rare grocery warehouse that had me unloaded in 30 min. Guess them frozen portabella mushrooms didn’t need broken down. No overnight parking allowed so ended up pcing all the way to the WM yard because every rest area and truckstop between Jackson and the yard was full except the rest area across the Tn line but security banged on my door two hrs after parking and told me time was up. I parked on the end in the very first spot and the little bitty two hr limit sign was down towards the other end. They need to put more signs up there warning two hr limit so a driver can see in any spot.

 

Load that was due in Mechanicsville last night at 8:00pm got rescheduled to March 3rd at 3:00am. As is typical, however, nobody told me. So I found out when I got to the receiver this morning at 9:30am and they refused the load.

It's a receiver where we routinely drop loaded trailers, and I've dropped around a dozen of 'em there myself over the years. However, apparently only certain loads are allowed to be dropped, and this load wasn't one of 'em. So it is now nestled snugly in slot 204 on the yard where one of the local drivers can take it to its destination 36 hours from now.

Currently in the shop for some minor repairs. We'll see if they have a load for me when I'm done.

 

Delivered this morning in Mi,was deadheaded to toledo to pu that volvo dropping on the wm yard.Hometime Saturday will see tommorrow.

 

Stopped to get fuel and take my 30 min break at the J in Temple, Ga. Parked in a reserve spot in front of the fuel island and a flatbed driver pulls up and parks in the fuel island and hops out with a shower bag and goes in for a shower and he didn’t even pull up. Amazes me when there are plenty of wide open spots to back into and a driver parks in the fuel island and wastes 30 min or more blocking a fueling lane.