An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

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  1. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Got empty with no drama this morning, headed 20 or so miles north on the turnpike to a small service plaza, and now I wait. Hopefully something appears soon so I can get out of dodge before rush hour, and hopefully something that I can get picked up before the weekend.
     
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  3. keebler13579

    keebler13579 Heavy Load Member

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    Well did you beat rush hour? Hopefully you didnt run into the backup I had in rockwall tx area where a driver used his trailer to start a bonfire. By the time I pased it still on fire nothing was salvageable
     
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  4. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Yep, about 13:00 they sent me a load to pickup in Riviera Beach. Told me that it could pick up today if I could make it there by 16:00 (117 mile deadhead)...I jotted down all the numbers I needed and put it in the wind. Got there by 15:00, and when I checked in, and they were really happy to see me today. I picked up 8 big wooden crates of insulated panels for a water tower. After the 2nd or 3rd crate the skies opened up and absolutely drowned us. They said it doesn't need tarped, which makes me happy, and it's heading to Auburn, WA, which makes me happier. And I made it back to the newer Love's in Ft. Pierce and managed to find a parking spot at 18:00.
     
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  5. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    The man could step in dung and come out smelling like roses! Florida to Wa. Nice!


    if you stayed on 20 through DFW you might have seen us with out tires weaving (safely and leaflet of course) through traffic two lanes at a time. By the time we passed that wreck they were sweeping up. Still had a six mile backup though.
     
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  6. keebler13579

    keebler13579 Heavy Load Member

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    I was coming from broken vow ok going to ft worth. Unfortunately it was I 30 all the way to 820. I dont like 30 would rather be on 20. Seems like there is always a back up on 30
     
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  7. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    and I stepped in it with both feet, this load followed that WA to South FL scissor lift 3 stopper.
     
  8. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    I’m a dummy. We were heading the same way, the wreck I saw was out my Weatherford on 20. I know right where Rockwell is, I’ve sat in many a backup there before. I rank DFW drivers as the worst, even over nashville, Atlanta, and LA.
     
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  9. Deadwood

    Deadwood Heavy Load Member

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    How many miles is that? My longest was a craft beer load from San Diego to Bangor, Maine. 3,200 miles. Yours has to be close.
     
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  10. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    @supersnackbar will have to answer that one.

    I do a 3500 mile run pretty regularly from NJ to WA but that’s mostly due to routing. We have to go almost as far south as nashville then work our way back north due to height. By the end of that run I’m sick of looking at that container in my mirror.
     
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  11. Winnyf1

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    Lol Dallas and Houston suck, but nothing is as bad as LA and Atlanta…well maybe DC on the occasion you have to go into the belt line
     
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