Company Driver with American Central Transport

Delivered on Wednesday to the three stops and deadheaded to Beaumont, TX. Picked up a live load Thursday morning in Beaumont going to Topeka, KS for a 6 PM live unload appointment tonight (Friday). The load is 104 empty miles and 704 loaded miles.

 

I don't drink much but I like Guinness..."the meal in a glass" without the hangover!

 

Wow...and I thought I stayed out long.

 

I guess I need to do an update although I don't have much. I delivered in Topeka and picked up a load going to Terrell, TX on Friday night. I dropped that load in Terrell on Saturday afternoon. They didn't have any loads so I sat in Dallas until this morning. I wasn't thrilled about that! I picked up in Farmers Branch at 6:45 AM at a clusterfunk place. It was a pain to get into and out of the dock blindsiding and then inching over a little bit at a time. I had to drop the trailer, too so that other drivers could get into the docks. Then, I had to repeat in reverse order to get out of there. They were doing construction and there was no room at all. Anyway, I got a load with three stops going to Tulsa, N. KC, MO and Lenexa, KS. I did the first stop and parked at the yard in KC. The other two stops are 8 AM and 12 PM tomorrow. I washed the blue beast.

Someone hit my mirror on I-635 E. I am in the second lane from the right and this truck comes flying by (speeding) in the lane to the left and BLAM hits my mirror. I get on the radio and say "You just hit my mirror and you are just going to keep going?". I hear this female voice reply "There's nowhere to stop." Judging from the reply, even when there is somewhere to stop ahead you have no intention of stopping! That's just a BS excuse and you take no responsibility for your actions. That's pretty sad! Luckily, the plastic casing didn't get broken or the glass. I had to stop to pull the mirror back because I couldn't see and there is maybe 3 inches to spare on each side of the lane there. Her mirror was all funked up though. It was slammed way against her door. She'll probably try to say someone hit it at a truck stop.

 

Picked up in Topeka Thursday just after midnight and dropped that in Terrell, TX Thursday afternoon (exact same run again). That was 560 miles and the previous load was 572 miles. They wouldn't authorize I-335 to I-35 this time though. I was pretty much out of time after running US 75 south for like 480 miles to I-635 E to US 80 E. I had enough time to go park and that was about it. You spend a lot more money in fuel than the $26.75 KS toll savings. I don't understand "the logic" behind running a 75,000+ pound truck through 100 reduced speed zones, stop signs and stop lights. Anyway, I have a reload picking up tonight in Denton, TX going to Ottawa, KS. That is 510 miles. They gave me a load offering and I took this one because it drops tomorrow. The other two were deliveries on Monday. I'll have a "whopping" 1642 miles for the week. Hoping they will be on the ball this weekend and get me some more miles before the pay deadline. They still owe 2.5 days layover from last weekend and the first load had two extra stops so that should help my check.

 

I thought about doing something similar many times. Share a link to what you have please. Thanks!