Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

drvrtech77 · Aug 4, 2025

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Change of plans (sorta). Once I got the load out of OR delivered in Geneva, IL, I headed to the new drop yard (new to me), got the load picked up, and stopped at the Pilot to top off the reefer since it was a drop/hook. As I was pulling out, I get a series of messages, 1 - unplanned on my Morris - Ontario load. Then a preplan. At first, I was about to go ballistic. They waited until after I picked up the short run to pull the long run off of me. But someone named Kyle called (not sure if he is a dispatcher or planner). He explained that the shipper cancelled the load, and wondered if I was gonna be able to do the preplan. I explained that I had only had a chance to glimpse at it while at a redlight and that I would look at it once I got this short load to it's consignee. Once I got there, they wanted me to head into WI (180 mile deadhead) and pu by 8, but also had to get a washout. It was pushing 1600, so I said no way with having to go thru Chicagoland afternoon traffic AND get a washout, not a chance. He got the load pu time pushed out until up to 2300, the sooner the better. So now my 14 will be an issue because this shipper is out in the sticks. You get to BFE and hang a left. I managed to get here by 20:50. The load is going to Denton for any time Wednesday. So honestly, it works out better because with the deadhead, it's an 1100 mile run that I can get delivered and scanned in mid week. It will put me just over 3200...then, they preplanned me on a load out of Dallas Wednesday afternoon going to Ontario, CA for an anytime drop on Sunday. (Instead of the earlier Ontario CA load which was a live unload). So, even though at first it seemed like I got screwed, they actually made it work out better...so, if they keep this up, I might end up with an @drvrtech77 type month.
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That Dallas to Ontario load is one that they called me last weekend at the house and asked me if I would leave a day or two early to grab it but unfortunately they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning and I’m 215 miles from the truck they wanted to pick up by 1600

drvrtech77 · Aug 4, 2025

cdavis188 said: ↑

watched something and Wyoming isn't messing around with this English proficiency stuff
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No, they are not. Actually they are leading the nation and the number of out of service drivers right now… Somebody on social media had posted the recent numbers put out by the states and they are number one followed by Tennessee… Based on my experience in the Cheyenne and Evanston port of entry entry With those two foreign drivers that could not understand any English it doesn’t surprise me because I’ve never seen a Wyoming DOT officer as mad as I had seen them that day…

drvrtech77 · Aug 4, 2025

I left the house last Tuesday went from Fort Worth to Missouri city then back up to humble Texas to Hermiston now dead head all the way to Salt Lake to pick up to go to West Jefferson, Ohio… 4836 miles in 10 days

mstrchf117 · Aug 5, 2025

Yeah, this week's going to hell.

keebler13579 · Aug 5, 2025

I read earlier this week or last week that texas was catching up if not have passed wyoming for elp oos

supersnackbar · Aug 5, 2025

Managed to get loaded and to a Kwik Trip before my 14 was up. Apparently when Kyle said they got the load window pushed out, the shipper waited for me instead of rescheduling. I picked up 30k of canned Mexican cheese. The toughest part was getting my tandems to slide once loaded. I have an old 839### trailer. I managed to finally get them to slide, but because this truck has no subtly on the clutch, it likes to slip-slip-slip-dump, my tandems are all the way forward, and because this old arse trailer doesn't like to lock the brakes as tight as they should, moving them back was a fight I gave up on last night. Will re-lube the rails and try again this morning. Maybe pulling the load to the truckstop adjusted them better than pulling an empty trailer. I really need to invest in some tire chalks, or break out the welder and make a metal set.

mdmgolfin · Aug 5, 2025

supersnackbar said: ↑

Managed to get loaded and to a Kwik Trip before my 14 was up. Apparently when Kyle said they got the load window pushed out, the shipper waited for me instead of rescheduling. I picked up 30k of canned Mexican cheese. The toughest part was getting my tandems to slide once loaded. I have an old 839### trailer. I managed to finally get them to slide, but because this truck has no subtly on the clutch, it likes to slip-slip-slip-dump, my tandems are all the way forward, and because this old arse trailer doesn't like to lock the brakes as tight as they should, moving them back was a fight I gave up on last night. Will re-lube the rails and try again this morning. Maybe pulling the load to the truckstop adjusted them better than pulling an empty trailer. I really need to invest in some tire chalks, or break out the welder and make a metal set.
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I bought some tire chalks on Amazon for that purpose alone.

supersnackbar · Aug 5, 2025

Apparently pulling the loaded trailer 17 miles to a truckstop adjusted the brakes better than pulling it 180 miles, empty. Built air, released the pins and the brakes held like they should and I was able to slide the tandems like normal.

It has been some good nights for sleeping. Cool enough I can turn off the cab comfort part of the opti-idle, pop the side vent and sleep like a baby. But, based on what see on the 7 day forecast for my next trips, I think that streak might come to an end. It looks like it might be toasty in the SW, even into SoCal it's predicted to be warm.

Long FLD · Aug 5, 2025

Do you mash the pedal to the floor when you grab a different trailer to ratchet the slack adjusters?

DonRobbie · Aug 5, 2025

drvrtech77 said: ↑

No, they are not. Actually they are leading the nation and the number of out of service drivers right now… Somebody on social media had posted the recent numbers put out by the states and they are number one followed by Tennessee… Based on my experience in the Cheyenne and Evanston port of entry entry With those two foreign drivers that could not understand any English it doesn’t surprise me because I’ve never seen a Wyoming DOT officer as mad as I had seen them that day…
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Wyoming DOT are usually ill-tempered on the best of days.

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