Good Night From II

Home in duluth ga hailed an mt trailer down to my old childhood hometown of Statesboro and returned with a load to tcall in decatur. Will do it again tomorrow the mty's for the Walmart blitz at the decatur yard are in a cluster **** so hopefully my mty will be easy to maneuver in the morning.

 

Still at home. Got both windshields replaced yesterday then dropped my truck at the dealer to fix some issues I've been having.

FWIW, I've called the planners directly twice now and both times I've gotten loads. Both times I waited until the day I was set to deliver before calling.

 

Man ... that cascadia eats windshields ...

 

Actually it's been more than 18 months since I had one replaced. Between the $100 deductable and the level 1 inspection sticker I had I waited until I was forced to.

Seems like I FINIALLY got Freightliner of AZ to fix 2 items that have caused me untold grief for months.
We shall see.

 

When I ran a Cascadia with my son we went through a couple of windshields. Seemed like every time we picked up a star it developed into a crack. I thinks it has to do with the split windshield design ... yet to replace a windshield on my prostar. Couple of stars.

 

Do you drive reefer? Haven't been to Tucumcari in years.

 

Here in Colby, KS. Picked up a very old trailer today. A W series roll up door. Glad that I am t-calling this in Edwardsville. Landing gear is tight and the driver dropped it high. Almost 3 inches off my 5th wheel so luckily the yard dog came and hooked it up and pulled it out some so that could dolly it down. This morning nice winds out of the SSW while I was going west with 3k in the trailer and then start to head east on I-70 and of course the winds shifted. Now out of the SSE and 43k in the box and the wide open fields of CO and KS

 

Doing a strict 10 in Edwardsville. This was the closest place I could get parking before my 14 ran out after picking up my current load. Can't wait to get out of here.

Rolled almost nonstop from Lancaster TX to Ottawa KS to get my drop done on time. Then took off for Spring Hill KS for another D&H going to University Park IL, just south of Chicago on I57, to be dropped just after lunch. The truck grossed at 79.9k lbs on the scale with 3/4 tanks. My poor gutless PornStar is struggling to pull it. Swifts routing to the receiver was completely ridiculous, as usual. 450 miles of 2-lane to save a whopping 12 miles instead of I-70 east then I-57N straight to the customers door. I'll be taking the freeway.

Mac30 is mty as usual. I don't think the Manteno planners ever put anything in there. I should have at least 3hrs on my 11 and a fairly fresh 70 when I drop so I know it's not me. I fully expect to get hung with a uber heavy Costco with too much time on it or a load to Walmart in Sterling IL. Those seem to be the favorite crap loads to throw on Company drivers the past several months. You'd think Swift has no other freight in Chi-Town thanks to Manteno.

 

New Jersey turnpike.
What a fun day. I got stuck in traffic for several hours just before the GW bridge. It doesn't matter for the load however because it has large windows at both ends.
I shut down with 3 minutes to spare on my 70. I was really milking those hours today, to be sure.

I had a load to CT that delivered this morning. Last night I sent a mac 30, even though I am back down to Gold.
I actually got a load offer that stuck. A nice 13k load headed for NC on Sunday.
The only bad thing was it picked up in NJ. I really hate this area.

Tomorrow will be a nice and easy day. I only have 5 hours coming back in, so it is late to rise and early to stop.
An overdue shower will be nice, too.