Stevens Transport aviary

No sooner gave up my Denver load here in Albuquerque last night, than I got a load assignment to pickup at IBP in Amarillo and deliver to LA Tuesday AM.
Left here at 0400, got there, grabbed the load and made it back here to the J in Albuquerque tonight. Can't make Barstow tomorrow so I'll probably spend the night in Kingman, then drive in monday. Only 800 more miles to go.
I lucked out. All warm weather driving. Talked with my daughter in Seattle today and they're expecting 4-6" of rain today. Heaviest rain in 50 years for a 24 hour period.
Portland is expecting 3-4".
All that stuff will move east and turn to flakes.
Glad I'm south!

 

Corporal Clegg congrats. I hope you enjoy your time out with the trainer. When will you meet up with your trainer tonight? I know that you will be ready to solo once you get done with your trainer. I hope you get some home time while your with your trainer. Keep us posted with your adventures.

Yukon

 

Smokr its a good thing you are parked. They say its gonna be bad and in some places it will be blizzard like conditions. They have pulled the plows off the roads in MN. If you drive in the heavy winds tomorrow be careful and take it easy. Keep it between the lines.

Yukon

 

Ahhh the joys of winter...
No load is worth a life.

Empty trailer, slick roads, yes snow is slick too, and winds, I don't move. Safety will back you. Another Stevens policy, No Bobtailing in inclement weather. I use the policies to be safe.

Setting tonight, and tommorrow in Edwardsville poontoon beach IL...delivered to Hershey this morning, but to late to get a load out today...my load will be ready Sunday, but I am going to wait the storm out, and pick it up on monday, get a reset in, and make my delivery to Longmont CO for Tuesday Late.

24 degrees here, 20 mph winds, the bob tail is a rocking and a rolling.

 

Just spoke to my Trainer. Were going to Tulsa and then onto California. Hes getting the Truck Cleaned and stuff so still have a few hours before we leave.

 

It's amazing how much my schedules are dictated by when I have to pee.
I wake up around 4:30 or so and figure I might as well drive, now that I'm up.
462 miles here this morning to Kingman. Got in before noon. Too far to Barstow, so I figured I'd take a weather shut down. (sorry...just couldn't resist)
Load is due 0800 tuesday am, but I'm heading in tomorrow morning. Pretty sure they'll take it. It's a load of beef bound for Korea. If not, there's a truck stop 2 miles from the drop. C'est la guerre, ### a la guerre! (guess the automatic software here doesn't like French words that spell like slang english!)
Nasty wreck on the 40 this morning. Westbound lanes about 50 miles east of Kingman. Can't tell who's truck. The trailer was torn up so bad. Didn't look good for the driver. Appliances all over the place. Coming down a 6% grade, on a curve. You can be sure what caused it.
Don't know where I'll be going after I deliver. Volunteered for an IBP load out of Imperial Valley, but I never seem to get those. They are nice when I do...usually on time and usually cross country loads. Guess people in VA and GA like CA beef?
But I'm likely to get a citrus load headed to the middle somewhere.
Stay warm everybody.

 

Understand the weather there smokr..

setting in edwardsville, where we got about 3 inches of snow, after raining all day, tires froze to the pavement, and having a weed burner exhaust sure helped with that. Winds and cold tonight...my load is ready over at hershey, but I won't pick it up until monday, let the storm blow past, let the road crews do their job, and then I still have too much time to make Colorado. Gets me a Stevens 34 hour reset too!!!

Sure would like to get another Kodak load after this. Gonna ask, but who knows.

 

Sitting in Houston at the moment at the Pilot on I45. Have a Kraft load that delivers to a Kraft warehouse here in town at 0100. I was under the impression that it was a drop and hook so I hustled it down here from Richmond VA. Got over there around 1000 this morning and the place was locked up. I've tried calling there a few times throughout the day but get no answer. Oh well. At least I'll have a full 10 hour break in so I can roll if need be once I'm empty.

Oh yeah....if the Stevens driver that I so ungraciously passed at the entrance gate to Kraft up there in Richmond is reading this...sorry dude. I had no idea you were getting ready to pull off the curb as I went around you.

There was another Stevens driver sitting on the side of the road right at the entrance to the Kraft plant in Richmond the other night. I was approaching from the surface street and slowed to around 5mph to allow him to go. As I got up behind him, his flashers were still on and his truck was not running. I could see his cab lights were on, him on the phone and writing something down. So I figured he might be a while so I eased on around him. As soon as the rear of my trailer passes his front bumper he starts his truck and gets right behind me. I get out of the truck and give a sincere "sorry..my fault" wave to the guy but he just kept staring at me as I walked into the guard shack. I felt like a total DB at first but then realized it wasn't my intention to jump the guy in line. Anyways, I'm over it now and hope he is too. :smt025