OTR with the Carolina Kid

Hey guys, not the best of days. Woke up this morning and checked in at Patterson, told me to drop it at the old Miller plant. His directions sucked and needless to say 45 min later I was there. I thought you was suppose to turn in the Sunoco Truck entry not the Sunoco Visitor entry. I'll no better next time. From there got a load picking up at US Salt in Watkins Glen. Was running 14 down from 90 and missed one of my turns there in Geneva where the truck route darts you around the city. Got back on TR 14 south and was on the tight turn coming off TR 14 that puts you back on regular 14 and met a flatbedder taking up his and my lane. Both of us had do crawl thru there to avoid hitting one another. Got here around 12:30 and put me in a door right away. 2 hours later I get called to the shipping office and they tell me its going to be about 5 hours before I can get loaded. Just greatttt! Taking my ten here and night rolling on down to Eden tonight. Anybody thats coming up north this weekend be careful, calling for a foot of snow up here in some parts. I checked the weather for Carlisle and Harrisburg and it said 10-15 inches. Hope everyone has a good weekend

 

Just thought I'd give a update. Left Watking Glen saturday and when I crossed into Penn. on US 15 I started running into the white stuff. Was kinda off and on till I got around Harrisburg then it started pouring down. The roads werent that bad at all just a lil slush in the middle, but the only thing that worried me was the exit ramps as they were starting to get pretty slick it looked like. Stayed in the snow to around Harrisonburg, VA and then the sun popped out and was a pretty clear day. Had sunday off and went to the Panthers game where we shanked a 31 yard field goal with 30 seconds left to tie the game, go figure. Hit ready for dispatch yesterday and got a load picking up in Lexington, NC at owens and going to Trenton. Im goin to try running nights this week and see how I like it and if I can get use to it. Hope everyone is doing good

 

Honetsly I cant remember for sure, but I dont think I did. The first place I stopped was Greencastle T/A I believe

 

Well delivered my load to Trenton without a hitch, from there had a pre-plan picking up a beer load going to Belleville, IL for am appt. Got there right when they opened, but took them a lil bit to unload me. By the time they was thru I had 0 time left on my 14 for the day. Got a pre-plan to pick up over here in Pontoon Beach at Unilever going to Kenosha, WI for a 10am appt. Will pick that up when I start rolling tonight. Currently sitting at the Flying J across the street doing my ten. Hope everyones doing good.

 

Well guys, I got up around 11pm and drove across the street to Unilever. Dropped my empty and picked up my loaded, and attempted to scale it out. The load was only 38,000 lbs but they eiter put all the heavy stuff on the back or just in general put everything on the back. I tried scaling it out at the 41' mark and I was 35,000 somethin on my trailer. My drives were around 27k I believe. Moved it a lil farther back and tried again and was still over. Finally the 3rd time I got it right. Honetsly I think there scale is messed up becuase I went from 35k to 33k by just moving it two holes??? But anyways, got to the customer this morning at 8 30am for a 10am appt, because its good to get there early. Around 10 30am they got me in a door and 6 hours later they had me unloaded. The woman who is in receiving actually asked me if the held me hostage back there or somethin ,lol. Well, at this point my 14 is shot for the day so im over here at the TA in Russel on the Illinois/Wisconsin line doin my 10. Must say, first time coming to this one, and its a nice place. One of the nicer TA's I would say. Got a load picking up at the Milwaukee Brewary and going to Eden, NC. Im going to try and get to Eden asap, so maybe I can get something out of there for monday to salvage whats been a week of not the best miles. Hope everyones good.

 

Just thought I'd give a update. Last week was kinda slow mileage wise. I ran 3 straight NC to GA runs then got a load out of Owens in ATL to Trenton. From there got a Binghampton, NY monday mornin delivery which helped me out mileage wise. Think I ended with around 2400 miles. Now this week has been balls to the wall awesome!!! From Binghampton got a run to Necedah WI. Then did a 200 mile run from some town i cant pronounce to Land O Lakes there in Black River Falls. Got reloaded there with a 2 stopper going to Locke, NY and Vernon, NY. Delivered those today and both customers were as friendly as could be. From there just got a load picking up here at Barilla in Avon, NY and it delivers Monday AM at the Costco in College Park, GA. Mileage wise if I deliver monday load as scheduled will have around 3400!! Needed that because next week im going home for turkey day so I know the miles is going to be really low. Hope everyone is running hard and staying safe.