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

Every time I'm at the Wichita yard I see those oversize Boeing containers parked. Do those come by truck from a port, or we just move them to and from the rail yard and the trains do the long haul?

 

October was pretty busy for me. Even with 7 days at home, my Garmin Nag-a-gator said I ran just under 10k miles, and all but a load or two were multi-stop tarp/retarp loads. So my new dispatcher seems to be working out fairly well, and...we get along pretty well also.

 

Unloaded all 3 KS stops this morning. McConnell AFB wasn't quick, but only because the personell in charge of the facility where the equipment was going didn't report for duty until 0730 and I showed up at the check in gate just after 0600, so it took a while to get me thru inspection. Once I cleared inspection, it was quick and easy. The other two went fast, but left me with too little time to make it to a truck stop on the way to St. Louis, so I came back to the yard. I will make the trip to St. Louis and unload tomorrow.

 

I love those kind of loads. I wish I'd see more of them. I am pulling a stepdeck myself this trip, so there is no telling what might be available out of the St. Louis area.