Indian River

You’re right about it taking longer to get wound up. My 2015 would get up and move compared to the new ones. Granted, that was with me shifting when I wanted and also into which gear I wanted, at the rpm of my choosing. Lol.
I’m with ya on thinking it would strain everything more, but I reckon the Cummins people know more than me.

 

I picked up in Oxnard, CA this morning. 1st time there. It’s another one of the few where we scale light/heavy at a small truck stop 3 miles away. I scaled, went down and loaded, and when I went to get my heavy weight I was 81,240 lbs. Drove back to the plant (have to anyways to get your BOL) and they took some off. They had me back around behind the building and brought a forklift out carrying a pallet with four 55 gallon barrels lined with plastic bags. They said each one would hold about 400 lbs. They just sat each one under my tank valve and hooked up a stainless elbow, filled up each barrel just like you’d do a cup under a facet. Went back to scale again and was 79,820. That was the first time I can ever remember being loaded overweight at IRT. I’m hauling strawberry purée.

 

My next load is dead head to Washington from Salem, OR. Pick up in Grandview for Riverside CA.

 

When I left home in OKC last Monday and dead headed down there, I started getting preplans and load assignments once I got South of San Antonio. By the time I got to Mission it had been voided and changed 2 or 3 times. First one was a drop/hook, then a live load in McAllen, then changed back to a drop/hook, etc.. I think it just depends on whoever shows up first and who has hours down there. It’s usually the flip of a coin what you get up until the time you pull in the gate.

 

The direction your load is going usually doesn’t change, just the pick up date and time.