Good night from...

Anna TX, at the Loves this time. Normally stay at the J across the highway. Just has BBQ for my 3 day in a row.

I cringed when I saw that my t-called load was in an old MS Carriers trailer. Couldn't have been more wrong. Goes down the road straight, rides better/doesn't jerk the truck around as much (air-ride), AND I'm getting 8.7 MPG with only 15K in the box. I usually only get those kind of numbers with a nearly new trailer with skirts.

 

In the Buckeye at the Brady's Leap service plaza. Only about 20 miles from where I was born. On the way to Cheshire, CT for a TUESDAY delivery. Gonna go up there tomorrow and do a 34.

 

Logan's is always good for what you pay. I really like their steak salad.

 

Home til Wednesday, then off to Laredo.

 

Son left Huston yesterday for PHARR

 

Siloam Springs AR

I put in a home request for the Portland Vancouver area, supposed to be there tomorrow. Got a load offer for Atlanta lol, planner's comments: 'if you help out on this load we will try to help you get home' lol. They wanted me to go get it 3 hours after my 14 ended, in fact when I still had like 26 minutes left and was making my way to the truck stop, reading the messages at the red lights and stops signs when I could, they kept hammering me to accept the load. I was wondering, don't these people have the ability to see our logs and available time? When I finally got stopped I trip planned it out sent a No on mac 9 with my times, they pulled it down, re-offered it with my times then pulled it down again. Weird. I'm not trippin', not in a big hurry to go out West right now, I am hearing of record snow and weather out there.....

 

Birmingham, AL. Heading to laredo

 

Joplin, MO at the J. Dropped my load in Rogers, AR (and missed Scotty in Siloam Springs....just down the road from Rogers) late this morning then headed up here to pick up my next load. Took a load that loads in Joplin Monday and can deliver at a Walmart DC in Hopkinsville, KY anytime Tuesday (I checked before I took it as Plus1 said 0001-0815). Good thing as I'm down to 5:39 on my 70 and nothing comming off til Tuesday. So after I load tomorrow it's back to one of the 3 truck stops in Joplin to spend the rest of the day then run on Tuesday.

 

The loves in Murfreesboro, TN. My so called drop became Live. The one mt there, was hooked to a truck, plus there was a problem with my seal, so I had to wait until they unloaded to make sure about overage and shortage. Did a MAC 30, offered to pu Monday evening at 2200 and take to Houston for Weds at 0600. Nope. After mt, sent 2 pplans, pu Owens corning and bring here to TN, then pu another preldd trailer for Bridgestone and and take to Roanoke, TX for Tuesday evening, I think. It has the nice little A on del.

Thought that I was going to have a problem with on time due to HOS, until I parked, and realized that del is CT, so 1 hour to spare. JIT load, with instructions that can not be more than 15 mins late, and these are on the bills.

 

overnighted a load from Oklahoma City to SLC today tomorrow picking up a costco run to LA then hopefully a nice load to the other cost again.