Combined Transport Heavy Haul...the adventure begins...

Your not kidding there...that truck averages 3.5 mpg when loaded and 5.5 when empty. It has the 600 cummins and an 18 speed. When you pull that kind of weight fuel mileage goes out the window. We do what we can to conserve fuel mainly not idling the truck. The company has APU's on the trucks and believe me ours gets used!!

We added the electric skillet to our kitchen stuff...needed that bad. Now i can cook just about anything. We got an extension cord cause i dont wanna FRY anything in the truck...too hard to get rid of those food smells.

We have been here in Waushka (sp?) WI since Thursday afternoon. Our load will be ready Monday they say. It is 16ft long, 11.5 ft wide and 13.5 tall so we will be rolling out at about 15.5ft tall. Bo can get the trailer down to about 24 inches off the ground. The transformer weighs 103,000.

We got a room for this weekend...a much needed break from the truck. Got some more cleaning done in the truck...still getting that NASTY yellow nicotine off the walls and everything in the truck. It smells much better now...thank God.

I will post more recipes tomorrow if i can. I have tried a few new ones over the weekend.

Oh and almost forgot to say...talking about cost...OK permit cost 912.00 for 60 miles PLUS a front and rear escort they were 225.00 EACH !!!

 

Including stacking and unstacking the jeep and booster...i can take 2-4 hours to load/unload

we go about everywhere...so far we have been all over except the NE and NW not saying Combined dont go there...we just have not been there yet.

We have heard you can be out on the windfarms for 2-3 days sometimes waiting to get unloaded...that didnt happen in OK...we were unloaded same day...but it took all day. There were 4 trucks to unload that day and they have to move the crane to each site where they unload the cell.

 

Yes, it pays good but the COST of pulling the load is much more too. We have a friend at Combined...he is leased on with his own truck and trailer and he does REAL good. I was very surprised at how well he does. He has been there 19 years and I think he has had his own truck/trailer for at least 6 of those years.

 

Well there was a fire at the plant last night and our transformer was covered with soot. So MAYBE we will get to load in the morning. They have to have the cranes and all inspected before they can load anything.