My Experience with Lone Star Transportation

Well woke up to the rain storm i heard was comeing. I decieded to wait another 30 min to leave this morning so i wouldnt have to drive for hours in the dark and pouring rain, and since the Weather Advisory spacificly said US59 Flash Flooding, i had NO interest in driving into a river, or hydroplaneing off the #### road.

Anyway by the time i left 630am, the sun was starting to come up, barly raining anymore. Drove the last 240ish miles to the J (bad decision but oh well lessen learned) fueled then parked at 1130AM this morning.

My parking options:

TA: 125 parking spots, and Chesters chicken....not even a Crappy Pride Resteraunt inside.....no thanks

Loves: 30 Parking spots, dirty NASTY TIGHT, parking lot/showers/bathrooms and a Subway

Flying J: 15 min closer to the receiver, 100+ parking spots, Dennys, 98% of the spots filled with OLD POS trucks pulling nasty reefers, and every truck i can see into has 2 OR MORE mexicans inside....no speaka any english...nice.....only 2 english TV channels here, and wifi is sllloooooowwwww oh well. Got another LST truck with a 4 axle step 4 spots away


On my way here there is a TIGHT right turn on US87. I've run this route before so i knew what i had to do to make the turn. I put my trailer axles less then a foot from the curb and my tractor ALL the way into the left lane to sit at the red light. While waiting for it to turn red a old pickup truck with every peice of glue on chrome Auto Zone sells stuck all over it and i saw him start to go to his right ( so i knew right off mexican, no english, and is about to do something stupid) ..............who thinks i was right????????????


If you said no....your wrong!


Dummy decides well, this big truck is in both lanesm faceing right, with his right turn signal on.....so he must not be going right....so i'll just run up on the sidewalk and get between him and the curb.



#######!


So light turns green and i start to go before he makes his move and as i swing out he runs over the curb and stops between me and the curb, now im blocking the whole intersection and i cant go forward or backwards........WTF! so im waiting for him to grown a brain and move light turns red, he's still sitting there. i pull the brakes get out walk over to his truck and im right outside his driver door.....windows still closed....i knock on the window....he opens it 6"......MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"uhhhh me no speaka an english?" with a stupid look on his face, Luckly for him, another mexican at the gas station on that corner came over to translate...MOVE YOUR PIECE OF SHEET OUT OF MY WAY!

and does he move forward and continue like a normal person? NOPE! he backs up and makes the car behind him move backwards.....

Unfreakin beleiveable!






Im 1 hour from my receiver, and already have a pre-plan for monday, Pharr, TX to IL just south of ####cago again back into the cold north oh well should be some decent miles





American Trucker

 

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The Golden Oreo Cakesters are NOT as good as the chocolate ones....





American Trucker

 

good point



American Trucker

 

Miles Update:


01/29/12 to 02/04/12 (7 Day period) = 2,387 miles
02/05/12 to 02/12/12 i was home (hometime)
02/13/12 to 02/18/12 (6 day period) = 2,786 miles



American Trucker

 

NO!




American Trucker