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BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

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

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  1. Jun 3, 2018 #891
    Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    Lol. I'm not kidding, when I woke up to that temp and no stars or moon viable I nearly crapped a brick. Life is weird that high up but once I dropped down into the valley it was 48 and I started to breath again.
     
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  3. Jun 3, 2018 #892
    Broke Down 69

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    Shared with me by a member with a sense of humor pretty much identical to mine...

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  4. Jun 4, 2018 #893
    Broke Down 69

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    Well @G13Tomcat is back. You got a lot.to catch up on here buddy. I expect to see your comments here soon...

    Glad you're back Tom...a lot of us have missed you.
     
    Broke Down 69, Jun 4, 2018
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  5. Jun 4, 2018 #894
    G13Tomcat

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    Glad to BE back, D. Thanks, man. Details in the Garage thread, but....had to put my mom in a home this weekend; got to be too much on the wife and kids; and the oft routing by the house to help her get mom off the floor with the epic fails of their futile attempts. It's been a rough 7 months but I hope I did the right thing.............

    Ya know running 'local' .... my house isn't exactly on route to where I go, good thing I've got access for the semi. Too oft, I'd get the panic call and have to stop by and kinda wreck my day to load my mom back onto her hospital bed.

    Just hope I did the right thing.

    Thanks, bro.

    ~Tom
     
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  7. Jun 4, 2018 #895
    Oxbow

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    I graze a lot at Costco!
     
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  8. Jun 4, 2018 #896
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    We do what we have to do. Is it the right thing? Is it the wrong thing? Doesn't matter. You do what you have to do.
     
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  9. Jun 4, 2018 #897
    Broke Down 69

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    Decisions like that are brutal. Right and wrong sometimes isn't clear. I was spared that decision when my Mother died in July. Yesterday, that very issue raised itself concerning my Dad. At the moment his survival is by no means certain, but his ability to care for himself, day to day, is not in question. I'm in California waiting to unload at 1000 and have asked dispatch to point me towards NC after that.
     
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  10. Jun 5, 2018 #898
    Scooter Jones

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    Showed up at 0100 for my 0200 delivery. Was out of there by 0145.

    Drove 9 miles down the road for my 0500 pick up. Arrived over 2 hours early and am being loaded now.

    This has been my experience on the lane I run, especially since the ELD mandate kicked in.

    Most of the shippers/receivers I go to seem to be cognitive of the HOS and are working more proficiently to get trucks in and out.

    At least that has been my experience. Your mileage may very, especially if you're hauling meat! ;-)
     
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  11. Jun 5, 2018 #899
    Scooter Jones

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    Somehow I got on this brokers email address. These are the kinds of load offers I get. I'll say it again, the trucking industry has been subsidizing the Lumber Barons for a long time. What is sad to me is that there are companies & individuals more than happy to tie up their trucks for 2 plus days on crap like this.

    I'm the one that inserted the red text with miles & mileage rate.

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  12. Jun 5, 2018 #900
    Highway Sailor

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    In two days at two receivers , they both mentioned that it was getting hard to find trucks to meet their schedule.
     
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