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Stuck in Grand Junction, CO. Took a short run just to get out of Denver. Only loads I've seen all day was something that picked up in Wyoming and delivered in Oakland, CA @ midnight. Since I would't go near Oakland @ midnight without a SWAT Team I passed. Then they sent me a preplan for a load that picked up 200 miles away and delivered 2 day later in El Paso. While I was thinking about it (10 min max) they took it off of me. Looks like another crappy week! Cannot wait for spring and for freight to pick up.

 

Spent many a midnight in Oakland in just about every neighborhood ... TA in PA.

 

I81 x 205 Petro.
snagged a 800mi run from PA down into Midway, GA w/ an open end delivery anytime tomorrow before 2359..
lovin the east coast miles this season. this run puts me over 3k miles for the week..
chasin freight and kicking it in the nuts baby..

 

TA, Morris, IL. Cold....ready to head south.

 

just looked where they were parked and only saw like 4 with tags and the rest still don't have any.

 

picked up a load in tolleson az to be delivered in el paso tx at 5pm tomorrow. taking my 10 at a rest stop just east of benson az. been up since 6 this morning and got too tired. was thinking about driving all the way to the pilot in el paso, but didn't feel like dragging all the way till midnite. goodnite all and be safe

 

got up and drove to the pilot in las cruces nm due to being 5 hours till divery and they won't let me deliver early. still have 39 miles to go and the wind is now howling. at least 40 mph and have 30000 in the box. blowing towards the east so i at least will have a tailwind thank goodness. be safe

 

@ T/A off the I95 x 87 in Georgia (Richmond Hill)

was sent 3 pp on my way down here but all p/u 100mi away today and i have 2hrs left on my clock. hmm computer or planner cant do simple math calculation mph/miles.. ohh well, i set my pta out for 6am, i didnt sleep but 2hrs last night, kinda fried today.

woke up this morning and the trucks piled in around me so i couldnt get out, sucked. so i did the austin powers back n forth a million times to get enough swing to get my trlr around and get some fuel, which was a pita, guess the locals guys took them fuel lines up and went in for breakfast as i had to go in and ask fuel desk to have one moved..yea its been a day and im ready to sit on the beach back home, listen to the waves crash while i slam beers..

 

Utica, NY at a Walmart.
No truck stops anywhere near here.

Delivered this morning at 0445 then headed to a small truck stop listed in both the truck stop guide and my GPS.
Got there, and there is no room for even a single truck to park. The girl in the store told me that she knows it is listed, but her boss says no way.
And in getting there I was directed by my GPS (RM 510 - a truck GPS) on a road with a (marked) 12' 11" bridge. The sign is only a hundred feet from the bridge, and I slid to a stop because of the snow. Glad I was only going 26 in a 55 zone.
I lucked out. Had it really been 12'11" I would have crushed about 6" of one corner of my trailer. As it was, I had about 4" clearance.

So I headed for the nearest thing, Walmart.

My PTA had been for 0600, but I got a message later on that said it had been reset to 1105. I received it at 1102.
? Why? I thought that I might get a load around that time because of the message.
It is now 1705 and I have yet to receive a pplan.
My 14 just ran out as well.

I know, they are planning to send me a plan just as I fall asleep, expecting me to drive all night after being up all day.

And my last two pplans have had an origin in VA, the last being this morning a couple hours after my empty call in NY (with mt miles of 54).
I think some planners are on crack, or something.

 

Yes I do. Got all my ducks lined up in a row