Adventures of a Flatbedder at Roehl

So to continue inn this week's fun trip! Got unloaded, even without the appt. Headed to my favorite St Paul shipper, SSAB and only my favorite because I have picked up there at least 5 times in my short flatbed life. Get there and there is no load??? Call FM, planner says 2 loads? Waiting in truck while they figure it out and another driver pulls up. he says, "I pull into the place and my Qualcomm beeps, load canceled.". Well guess mine is canceled too.
So a few minutes after that I get load cancel msg and new load. Go back 25 miles to almost where I was to pick up a different load. Get there load up and start my way to Prentice. Another driver loaded up right behind me. The next morning while driving along US 8 it seems that Deer season is in full effect. I almost hit 2 that were standing in the road and thankfully the third one decided to not cross as I passed them. About 10-15 miles later another one standing in the middle of the road. Hit the horn and he scampered off the road. Man that one was a little closer, BAM! I look in my side mirror and a second deer that I didn't even see is spinning down the road. Almost run over it with the trailer tandems, but it spins out from underneath. Apparently the horn spooked him to cross, right into the trailer!
After dropping in Prentice, the second driver shows up and I ask him if he saw a deer in the road. "Yes, but I went around him."
From Prentice, I go north to Bessemer, Mi for some plywood. My heaviest load ever, 49240 lbs. I was 79340 total with 3/4 tank. Man that was a close one. Funny thing, delivered today and didn't hit one open scale from the UP to Plank, IL. Oh well! So last thing was to pick up a load from Lemont, IL to take to Gary to Relay. Load is heading to Georgia. Wish I had that one, but I have only 4 hours Left until Friday and I am suppose to be home on Friday. So looks like I will be sitting here in the GRAVEYARD!

 

Lucky me, I get a relay from Gary heading to Arcadia and Ashley Furniture! Of course, I can't go too far so I am stopped in Beloit, WI. The hook! Will be leaving out at O dark thirty! That's way to ##### early for those of you who don't know O dark thirty!

PS... Man the censors are sensitive #####