nada.
Drove around in LA for a bit then headed north up the 5 past the Valencia/ Castaic coup and the inspection bays were empty. Passed wheeler ridge super-coup looked like business as usual.
I kept checking on and off ramps and saw nothing out of the ordinary.
So far the Blitz, where I’m at, looks like any other day.
My trainee and I will be into Oregon today and then heading back mañana...curious what’s going to happen.
Let’s hear the Blitz horror stories
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Dont worry buddy u just jinxed urself. Lol u got 3 dot level 1 inspections coming up for u in the next 3days. Thats usually how trucking works. Say something like man i havent seen rain in about 2 weeks . next thing u know it starts a ####in hurricane of the century for the next 3 days ... I took hometime for a reason this week. Dont need no stupid bear puttin his magnifying glass under my truck tellin me its something wrong when he could easily just look the other way. But u know how it is they look until they find something..
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I saw DOT at a rest area in Arizona. They had the portables. I had a pretty new trailer and the truck was just washed I guess they knew they’d be wasting their time with me lol and waved me thru but stopped the old POS Volvo behind me.
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Saw a Mega trucking companies trailer at a Loves having all 4 super singles tires replaced this morning. Got curious about why all 4 tires were being replaced, one of the the tires had worn down to steel showing , I would think it had to have been wearing like that for a while.
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IL has been running the big road coops longer than usual, lately, hit or miss.
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EDIT: I’ve already started writing my “I’m an idiot for tempting fate” post after DOT hammers me on things like:
1. Oil too clean
2. Not enough metal flake in my paint
3. Improper application of armor all to steer tires.
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I-15 north bound at Inkom, ID has two full grown bears doing inspections... Which is out of the ordinary. I got the "Must Exit" sign, but both bears were ###-hole deep in other trucks so they just rolled me across the scales... Now I'm home... Going to hook up the swamp cooler and then enjoy a beer.
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Watching the news at house, apparently there busy around DFW since it was on news.
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On I10 eastbound in Mississippi both were super busy about 8-10 trucks parked in each.
The one just east of Houston was rolling everyone through at idle speed so the officer standing out there could get a good look at everyone’s tires.....Rideandrepair, D.Tibbitt and otterinthewater Thank this. -
I got pulled in the scale in Shamrock Tx. Ten min later I got pulled into the scale in Erick Ok. Two hours later I got pulled into the one in El Reno Ok. Four hours later I was pulled in the scale in Joplin Mo. I didn't get inspected in any of them. But it's been a long time since I had to go thru four in one day.
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