Adventures of a Flatbedder at Roehl

It was a coil, but this one was actually secured. That statement was just the general, "you don't know what your going to get" statement.

 

So can anyone tell me what's up with Roehl these days?

First, get a call from (fill-in) FM on Friday about my load for Saturday. Pickup relay from yard and take to Milwaukee??? She looks at it, sorry no relay, you'll have to deliver. Great come out on Saturday and sit on Sunday. OK, I'll take Layover, but I call on Saturday when picking up to confirm delivery times. My QCP says 0145 on Sunday? Uhm, it's going to Menards and they aren't open at 0145 nor do they accept deliveries on Sunday. Weekend guy looks it up, nope they open at 5 AM on Monday. OK, set me up with that. I deliver on Monday at 5AM.

Second, as soon as my unloaded call is received, I get an immediate Load Assignment. Go to Fon du Lac and take a load to MI. Deliver 0700 TODAY. WHAT? Send in message that this time isn't gonna work. Reply: Pickup and deliver safely ASAP OK... Get to the place, pickup, on the paperwork says deliver to construction site at 7AM. So I run my but off and get there at 2:50 local time. The guys come out and are like, "been waiting". One guy had gotten up at 1 AM and the other at 4 AM to be there at 7AM to unload the driver. Not sure what happened, but someone "F'ed" up!

NOW, I get unloaded and get my new assignment, pick up in Iron Mountain and go to Midland, TX with one stop in Plymouth, WI. Certainteed load. One thing, I am two hours from Iron Mountain and I have 2:05 left on my 14. HERE WE GO AGAIN! Run like the wind to pull into the terminal with 2 mins left. So now I start looking at the load plan. Pickup in Plymouth at 0800. Iron Mountain to Plymouth is roughly 3 hours and 5 minutes, give or take. My Ten started at 18:40. I can start driving at 4:40, well pretrip and drive. 3 + 4 + :45 = 7:45AM Well so much for taking it easy. Get up get going and actually get to Plymouth at 0800. That was a crazy 24 hours.

Now time to take it easy for the remaining 17 hours to Midland.