Where are you

How do you get rid of that? Damaged cases of what? Meat?

That must really suck...

Got my second p/up this morning, arrived at consignee 2 hrs earlier but as I suspected, they started unloading at appt. time. And they allowed me to stay in their premisses till 6:30 am tomorrow... This is great! Will drop this mpt company trailer and get a WalMart mpt trailer tomorrow morning and if WM doesn't ask me to do them a "favor" and run a store load for them, will rush to another shipper in OH...

Think I will cook some pasta here... I'm getting hungry.

 

grass is always greener
what if he isn't driving a hood

 

So... I am here, at the consignee, sitting in the truck, doing my paperwork, etc and this driver arrives and sets up for his backing at the dock. Lots of space, should be pretty easy but it took him many pull ups to get it right.... OK... None of my business...But I thought... it may be a rookie... Then, yard folks came and told him to unhook and pull up 6 feet. He tried, and tried and tried some more, back and forth, rocking the truck and nothing.... Couldn't unhook at all. Other yard guys came to watch...And I thought... Just ignore it... But then, I couldn't resist and decided to go there and offer some help. I told driver, "drop your air bags." The driver couldn't understand English well... He must be from some country in Europe... So, we had to communicate via hand signs. So, he dropped the air bags and I was able to pull the lever that holds the 5th wheel to the king pin but it would not stay out... . 5 yard guys just stood there, with their flash lights watching, as they don't touch drivers' equipment. So, I told driver to hold the lever out and I got in his truck and moved it. And Voila! Unhooked! The yard guys seemed amazed and one said... that easy huh??? And thanked me... I must confess, I felt good about being able to help... Told them I have that problem sometimes, as I drop and hook almost everyday.

 

the shipper just resold the meat to someone else down the street
just the boxes a lil crushed sealed containers were intact
just wait for office staff do there cover there ### dance

been a messy week for appointment times 22 hours betwwen drops
next load isnt till 8 pm tommorow 4 hours away

only burned 50 hours in 7 days on the elog oh well

i will survive

 

Seem to have a pattern developing..

3 deliveries Monday, 5 Tuesday, 7 Wednesday. After communication from dispatch about 17:15 and me sending back a reply about 17:25 I didn't hear about anything else by 18:00 and began my trip home. Got here about 18:57.

 

You're back Gas, haven't seen here for a while? How ya been?

 

Cameron AZ, down to Pheonix tommorow then off somewhere just don't know were yet.

 

Parked at the Walmart in Woodward OK. Only had to wait a couple of hours for the shipper to finish up the load this evening.

 

Industry, Cali then up to Sac town.

 

LOL-yeah we do-and mines longer than his but he already knew that-But like everything else that is slowly changing-
San Antone@the petro