Indian River

One way to tell is to watch your mirrors. If it's been raining and If the road is wet you'll see spray coming off of your tires. If the spray stops you're either on dry pavement or black ice. My bet would be black ice.
I'll run in all the snow there is. I'll chain up and run, night or day...for snow. If I'm on black ice I'll be looking for a way to get off of it. There are usually sand trucks doing their best to keep the road passable. After one of them goes by you can resume your journey.
In the winter, carry lots of extra water and groceries. While you're waiting for the sand truck you can have a nice meal.

 

I thought all the river trucks run at least 70 mph

 

I know they claim 71 but one truck I had registered 71 but actually went 70 gps mph

 

But congrats on the new best that was a good day for sure

 

They do. My previous best was not at Indian River

 

So I got an interesting load this week. I got dispatched on a grape juice load from Grandview, WA to Springdale, AR. After they sent my dispatch info they sent an additional message to let me know it's a pump load and that there are 2 other loads going to my delivery that I will also have to pump off and that I will also be paid for pumping the 2 additional loads. I guess we didn't have enough pump drivers in the PNW and needed to get 3 loads down to Springdale pretty bad.

So I unloaded all 3 of them today. The first load took quite a while because of a problem with the paperwork that needed correcting before they could accept it. After the first load they decided to try unloading on the other side of the building since it's closer to the silo and it went from 1.5-2hrs unload time to about 45 minutes. All in all I was there 8 hours. While it was exhausting with all the dropping and hooking, hooking and unhooking the hydraulic lines, I think it was worth the $225 (pump pay is $75 per unload).

 

I have a load of vinegar on right now I am bringing to CA from NY it is a pump load and the river will be sending over a driver to pump it off when I arrive at the receiver

 

Do you guys ever have HIT (heat in transit) load in the Winter. I was doing chemicals with Schneider and that was a pain to set up

 

Like Tanker_82 said, we have in transit heat on our whiskey tanks. Basically, the whiskey tanks are kind of set up to be a jack of all trades trailer. They have a pump, in transit heat, and a Chicago fitting to pressurize the tank with air for unloading (which I've done once before, very convenient). I have never used the in transit heat though. I'm not really sure what food products would require it.