An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

I have my phone set to roll over to the Naval Observatory time number when I am out of cell service, in do not disturb mode or in airplane mode...at night, the only people who can get thru to me is my family or SPD...anyone else gets "at the tone, current time is...."

 

Unload went without a hitch, other than that rigged air line for the slide pins getting drug (dragged) in 2 spots. Headed to the yard and swapped to a step deck....and loaded ---------





2 stop delivery. 3 units kick off in Jacksonville, 1 in Orlando...then unload my arse at the house. And now I have an annual permit for FL so I can run a 53' spread...

 

Yeah, these suckers are a mess. I was one of a half dozen drivers picking up these machines (mostly Wylie drivers), I was the ONLY driver who attempted to clear some of the mud off of them. I think I removed a hundred or so pounds of mud at the yard. Then when I stopped for my 1st load check, the moving air from rolling down the road dried some more out, so I took more off. This is one load that will most definitely have to be pressure washed before delivery.

I found out I was hauling these from Scott. He told me what trailer to hook to and we had me loaded and I had the paperwork and my Florida permit before my load info ever hit my Peoplenet. And I spoke briefly with Bridgit. She was curious about how things went with my biggest load thus far. I even got a digital pat on the back from @The Block Robert for a successful trip...it's refreshing to hear positive things from folks when you do it right...places like Creaffer could learn a thing or two from this place.

 

Well, my day isn't starting out so good. Got rolling, and before it got hot





I threw a shoe tread. Fortunately I was almost to a Love's, AND this trailer has a spare. Now cue the "Final Jeopardy" theme while I wait to get into the shop to mount it. I can only imagine the wait time if I didn't have a spare. 255-75-22.5 might be a odd size to find on a holiday.

 

Almost 2 hours later, I am still waiting...all shop work has to wait while the shop staff goes around and picks up the trash cans and dumps them....Really? Now, we've all seen Love's with overflowing trash cans,..but that should be a little lower on the priority scale IMO. To hold up doing work to driver's equipment which generates revenue might be a higher priority... just my opinion...what do I know.