Roehl Driver Check In

We are in Coachella CA, heading for Phoenix for this afternoon.

 

You've been further west then me! Jeez!

 

Menominee, MI. Been at my cons for 3 Hrs. Hopefully they'll finish soon.

 

must be so he doesn't forget the way home.

 

I'm the local driver out of Appleton. I thought it was a clever username.

 

Finishing my time with Roehl in style, back to back loads with lumber tarps in 100* heat. Did get a performance and a safety bonus though.

 

They started loading the basketball floor onto my trailer at about 10:30 last night. Took a long time since it is a portable floor and has metal brackets sticking out the sides. Delicate forklift maneuvers required. Finally finished securing and tarping at 1:30am this morning. Thank goodness that place had a locker room with showers next to the loading dock. 85 degrees and 100% humidity in Wash DC at midnight makes for a lot of sweating. Passed out in one of the RFK stadium parking lots at 2:15 am then up at 0630 to start the drive to Rossvile, Georgia just across the Chattanooga, TN line. Made it the 611 miles to the consignee with 40 mins left on the 11 hr clock. And here I sit awaiting an 0800 unload appointment. I think there might some some serious sleep happening very soon.

But the cool news is that I got a preplan today already for the next load. Rome, Georgia to Salem, Oregon; total trip miles ~2,700. Pick up tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon and deliver Monday morning. Prior to this trip the furthest west I have driven in a tractor-trailer is Lincoln, Nebraska. Looking forward to the experience.

 

Oh lord don't let safety know you did that!!

Nice run to man, can't beat 2700 miles. Good job all around!

 

Thanks. Don't worry, us old folks don't need as much sleep as you young'uns. lol Seriously I woke up on my own ready to rock and never felt sleepy all day. I am probably abnormal.