Stevens Transport aviary

Guess I'm changing fleets. Was given a choice of going onto a dedicated running out of KY to Chicago and WI, or going OTR. I hoped for a chance to think it over, but was pretty much pestered to decide in a couple of hours.
Seems they want to cut this fleet down since Pillsbury isn't going to adjust weights. So I'm told we dropped the account. Instead of getting better they got worse. Last load out of there was 45,780 and I couldn't get it legal. Best I could do was 36,100 on the trailer tandems. They wouldn't redo it either.
Anyway, looks like I'll be in the same area, but have no idea where I'm picking up except Peducah KY, going to Chicago and somewhere in WI I forget right now.
Was told it was even better miles. We'll see.
Right now sitting in Indy for a Sams load in the morning, then one of my last out of New Albany to the rail in Chicago.

Ralph's still breaks down while you're still in the dock? Cripes.

 

Good idea for most situations.
My FM is the Kraft dispatcher for this region. I'm on his dedicated fleet here doing mostly Pillsbury, some Kraft.
I was preplanned for a load out of Louisville, high profile, but they need mts brought in constantly to replace the ones going out, and only have room for about twenty or so trailers on their property. So, constant in, constant out, or if you bt in, you leave them short an empty and it's tough to replace them when you only have a few dedicated guys ever going there.
I had to have an empty to take in, and there wasn't any anywhere in Columbus. The places I was waiting at were short as it was. Too. They were loading what ones they had for OTR to take all around the country. And needed more. And few coming.
Just a lack of trailers. Period.
And I didn't mean to make it sound like he admitted anything. I meant I could hear it in his voice that he realized he was ranting and raving at someone who wasn't the source of his problem and came back down from the stratosphere. Again. I think he might call me to be talked down. lol
He's a good guy and I like running on his fleet.
Which, by the way, I get to keep doing. Turns out Pillsbury wants to increase production again and supposedly willing to work on getting loads legal. So I get to stay on this fleet.


I won't even go into the fuster cluck that went on today. I'll summarize . . .
Got handed a late Sam's Club. Got loaded 15 hours late and guess the guy on it can't drive anymore today. Due in 15 hours, 4 hours away, and I have six hours left on my 14. I80 lanes closed for bridge demo, took 2 hrs to go 20 miles. More construction all down I65. Had to do a 8/2 split to make Sam's Club on time. Sam's didn't like paperwork, a three hour delay. Had a dry van, needed to get a reefer to take to Louisville. Drove from Indy to Ft.Wayne, 140 miles in the wrong direction, north instead of south, to swap with another dedicated guy. Made Louisville with 8 minutes left on EOBR. Loaded trailer has less than 1/8 tank fuel. Road rescue says, "Keep an eye on it."
sigh
Midnight and it's still 94 out there, load is 34.