Running with JCT, Part Deux

OPA, NOPA, LOPA, ROPA, SOPA, POPA don't matter. Just be there when they open. LOL.

In all seriousness, though,; for anyone new - ALWAYS check the directions (macro 12) and look for a revised date. If it's not current - don't hesitate to call the customer and ask if they have overnight parking available (OPA). If they DO and you can make it there with your hours; by all means go on in and overnight at the customer. Save them hours and delay starting your clock as long as you can if you get my drift.

 

Famous Ancient Quote of the day:

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Nuff said. Night all.

 

Made it to the Safeway in Tempe, Az. Nice quarter mile long worth of truck parking on the street. Walked up to the guard shack to get my bearings on the area and found out that I missed being unloaded early by 30 mintues because recieving closed at midnight and they were down with the days trucks at 11pm. Oh well, time for bed.

 

So I do my local drop at Fry's, get the trailer washed out and re-fueled, and head over to JBS for my Detroit load. Get my nice OLD non Aero 2007 trailer...bad tire. Lots of deep chunks missing on it. Meh.

Head over to Buckeye Loves to get it replaced. Start talking to the guy there, Brian, about the Counteract Tire beads for balancing instead of the Centrimatics. He tells me its a pound of beads in each drive tire, and 10 oz in the steers for balancing. Ive been looking at these things for a while, so I just ask how much, because to put them in, he has to unmount the tire, drop the thin bag in which tears basically immediately, and re-mount each tire.

He tells me he could do it all out the door for about 220 bucks, all tires. I was all "####, thats almost as much as the centrimatic alone" then he goes "Well..I could go even lower." 175 and some change out the door, drives and steers set up with the beads.

I'll let you know how well they work, they are suppose to balance not just the tire but the whole wheel assembly, and they are tiny tiny glass beads with a custom valve core with a filter so they wont come out. I have a balance issue on one of my drives we will see if it clears up. It was either this or the centrimatics because I the tires are new, want to protect my investment as much as possible.

So if you want them, drop by the Buckeye Loves, and see Brian, probably cut you the same deal. He said some places charge for the re-mount and then a quarter hour per tire just to slip a bag in the wheel.

 

Let us know how they work out. The funny thing is that I am at the Loves in Tempe, Az. So, I am right down the road from there. I go pick up tomorrow in Casa Grande.

 

Well 600 miles later...

Ride was smooth as glass. I call it a win at the moment. First few miles it was kind of shakey as the bags busted and the beads distributed but after that it just got smoother and smoother. In scenarios that would bring on the shakes, no shakes.

 

I had the centrimatics installed when i had a new tire put on. They have helped keep my girl smooth. I just replaced all my Drives and steers a few weeks ago so Im all new on rubber. I payed 130 for the centramatics and that was installed.

 

Made the pick up this morning in Casa Grande. The drop and hook turned into a live load because the over night shift made a big mistake. The put Blueberry cream cheese lids on strawberry cream cheese. The morning crew caught it (right before I got there) and the whole production line and almost all of the warehouse workers were retasked to open 224 cases (with each case holding 12 containers) to put the correct lids on.

 

Geniuses at JBS in Hyrum Utah loaded 44k lbs in the front 35ft and cant understand why I cant just slide to make it legal.

 

Laredo in the morning, got about 120 miles to go, ran out of driving time for today. Be safe you folks!!!