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Starting Prime PSD - November 8th

Discussion in 'Prime' started by imyouroldman, Nov 7, 2011.

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  1. Jan 2, 2012 #101
    imyouroldman

    imyouroldman Light Load Member

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    Well our break is over...lol! Picking up a load down near Detroit for Traverse City to drop tonight. Blizzard warnings in effect for Traverse City and it's my turn to drive. I am actually looking forward to it. I have done a lot of winter driving in semi's in my former lives and want to see if I remember anything...lol! Then we have a pre plan out of Reed City for Haverhill, MA. Both these loads paying over $2.00/mile so my trainer is happy. Updates to follow when I can!
     
    imyouroldman, Jan 2, 2012
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  3. Jan 2, 2012 #102
    OpenRoadDreamer

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    Be safe oldman!
     
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  4. Jan 8, 2012 #103
    imyouroldman

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    Lol, well it was a blizzard! I am not fond of Super Singles...lol! Got to the 90 in Traverse City at Sam's and dispatch wanted me to drop and hook and run and swap an empty somewhere and take that to Reed City! Uhhh about a foot of unplowed snow on ice, nothing was getting dropped etc. It was all I could do to get the empty back to the highway.

    On the trip to Haverhill, MA the reefer gelled up in below zero temps in western PA so I had to get that going..lol! We had to bobtail to Raymond, NH to grab an empty and that one had been run dry and needed to be primed and jump started. Good experience all the way around!

    We dead headed from Haverhill to Kalamazoo to p/u for Carson, CA which we dropped a few hours ago. Waiting at the T/A in Ontario to load in Colton for Sterling, IL I only need about 13,000 more miles to finish and come back for my upgrade! The miles are just flying by!
     
    imyouroldman, Jan 8, 2012
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  5. Jan 8, 2012 #104
    ironpony

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    That'd be "wide singles." They have my vote. Got to a lot of places last winter that had the dual-crowd stuck in snow or jack-knifed. Rolled up to a loading dock naked that had the guys with duals chaining to get in.

    After having run the last year and a half on wide singles - in some really cruddy weather and in conditions that required me to chain, I'll say I prefer the fat daddys over the skinny tires. All of the "tales" that folks kept telling me have in my opinion been reduced to trucker Bravo Sierra.

    When that temp starts dropping into the single digits, its time to put some anti-gel into the reefer tank.
     
    ironpony, Jan 8, 2012
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  7. Jan 8, 2012 #105
    SwedeBoy

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    But there are chains that fit the wide singles as well, correct?



    So does the reefer tank, that I assume is what runs the chiller compressor, also run on diesel fuel and is mounted on the trailer as to not needing connections with fuel in them running across the trailer couplings?


    [Newbie questions from a not even greenhorn yet, I am currently studying for my permit test and have been invited to orientation in SPRINGMO]
     
    SwedeBoy, Jan 8, 2012
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  8. Jan 8, 2012 #106
    Drew352

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    Yes the trailer has its own tank to run the reefer and it runs of diesel also.
     
    Drew352, Jan 8, 2012
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  9. Jan 8, 2012 #107
    OpenRoadDreamer

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    Miss us on the flatbed side yet Oldman? Lol
     
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  10. Jan 8, 2012 #108
    Medic10

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    Swede, must be dixie's other half I take it? Congrats on the invite to Prime and welcome to the forum!
     
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  11. Jan 8, 2012 #109
    SwedeBoy

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    That would be correct Medic10, and thank you :p
     
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  12. Jan 9, 2012 #110
    ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    Yup, there be wide-single chains. Reefer engine fuel tank is on the trailer.
     
    ironpony, Jan 9, 2012
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