Where Are You Continues, Again.....

You might get lucky and get one that takes 8 months to teach. Thinking of that makes me happy for you.

 

Dang. You guys are just full of good news.

My new trainee is a women. She has asked me a ton of really good questions already. Questions that someone who wants to do this job correctly asks.

She only has 150 hours of training. She put herself through a community college truck school.... we might have a driver with this one here!

 

Especially since I eat sardines, onions, with a side of bbq beans as my nightly dinner.

 

How many cans of pickled herring can I fit into your cooler?

 

Another question, is your truck equipped with inflatable slides?

 

Lots of fun I see.... your lady not with you? BTW.... where are the pictures sir?

 

Now I am surprised....

 

Now you are really cracking me up....
BTW, I do some of my laundry while in the shower....

 

Delivered a load at 7:30 am and then had a pick up at 2 pm about 1:30 hrs away...
So, I had a chance to go to that Pilot that I didn't go yesterday for a shower and checked it out...
And my suspicion was correct. It's not as large as I would like and not the best easy out spots...
Took this picture early in the morning.... It was quite empty...

 

After shower at Pilot, went to shipper in Houston and sat at the dock for 3 hrs waiting for them to load.... my appt was at 2 pm anyway.... I just hoped they would load me earlier....
After that, rushed to nearest truck stop for scale and this is what I had...


So... I moved the rear tandems to CA limit and got this...


So... fighting all nervous and angry traffic on a Friday afternoon in Houston, I went back to the shipper who was almost closed, and asked the guy to rearrange the load.... He did and I went back to truck stop.... again, fighting nervous and angry traffic....
And then I had this...


So... I decided to move the fifth wheel.... one hole backwards... but that didn't help with the rear axle...



Then, I decided to move the 5th wheel all the way forward... and that was even worse...



At that point I was dripping sweat all over my face, was starving cause I didn't have a good meal during the day and angry.... Called broker, who made notes...
Then, I called Logistics Manager of that shipper... called his cell phone that someone gave me...
He and I will meet at shipper tomorrow at 5 am and he will rearrange the load once more....
And I will be back at this truck stop to scale it for the 6th time... Hopefully that will be fine once for all...

I know some would say that only 120 lbs extra on the rear is no big deal and it might pass...
But I am not taking the risk... Absolutely not. Going to CA... my Drivewyze is not working (that is worse than PrePass).... So, I have to go into every freaking scale station....