BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Broke Down 69, Feb 5, 2018.

  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Ive caught a 25 lb cobia under the 75 bridge. They taste great. Normally i go to the flats for snook and redfish. The best real calm day im gonna venture out to the reefs in the harbor. Or maybe a couple deep holes famous for tarpon.
     
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  3. Highway Sailor

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    Over here in CT this morning overcast. At my house 5" of snow fell last night. Wife not happy.
     
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  4. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    High wid advisory for all of Socal. Steady 40+ gusts over 60. Tomorrow expected to be worse. I'm about ready to park and wait on some good weather. Problem is, I haven't seen any good weather for 6 months.
     
  5. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    Been setting at B&D in Redlands for 2 hours and ain't nothing happened yet. Looks like I'm going to reload for Chicago, Muranos, at some point. Been getting handed some pretty tough schedules here lately and setting like this doesn't help a bit.
     
  6. Highway Sailor

    Highway Sailor Road Train Member

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    Lost my get out of town load from here do to a 5 hour breakdown yesterday. Now looking for a decent paying load to get me outa here.
     
  7. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    Well, it took those yahoos 4 hours to get me unloaded and dispatch can't get their crap together and get me usable reload info. Looks like a 4 pick that runs me all the way up into Central California before I get started back to Chicago...but they can't get anyone on the pipe at the first stop for an appointment. Then blames me for a blizzard and not running a bunch of free miles to get around it, AFTER I consulted with them about the timing of the storm. I'm pretty well pissed off at this point and have no intention of running myself ragged to make up for all this nonsense. This will be my last trip to California and this dispatchers territory.
     
  8. Scooter Jones

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    How many times have you said you're NOT going back to California? ;-)

    Hope you made it out in one piece.

    I've been home since Friday evening. Was going to do a short run yesterday but the water company informed me that we were sure going through a LOT of water on their most recent meter reading.

    Turns out a brass threaded compression nut had cracked on the check valve and appears to have been dumping about 1,500 gallons of water a freaking day and we had no idea. My son and I were out there past dark last night fixing it.

    Oh well, such is life.
     
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  9. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    This is what ill be doing the rest of April and through may every chance i can get. Fast forward to about 11:30. That spot is right here near me, 20 minutes from my driveway to the ramp and about 30 minutes in the boat to that spot.
     
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  10. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    At one time or another, every single time I've been out here...lmmfao.
     
  11. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    You know a small little part of me would like to do a run out to Cali but the rest of me says maybe when hell freezes over. They would also have a fit if I tried to run my 97 w9 in their fresh air paradise.
     
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