Climate Express

I went down that route the 1st time I reloaded up in that area. The first stretch was a complete white out coming out of Idaho Falls. 191 was alright but it was so snowed in on the sides from the plows plowing up the snow that 2 big trucks could barely clear each other. I had to run the right side of the trailer into the snow bank to clear an oncoming truck.

 

Yeah, binge drinking was my thing for a while. Eventually got to the point that going hard for a couple days meant a 3 day hangover and horrific anxiety, so I've pretty much given that up too. Now, it's only while home and even then, only one night if any. Congrats on quitting nicotine as well -- only thing you're missing out on is a whole lot of money leaving your bank account lol.

Glad you go to stop at home and visit family. That Clearwater facility is hit or miss. They also don't allow drivers to park in that gravel lot by check in if you're early and they can't start sooner. Not sure why, but I went on an adventure trying to find parking in Shelby after getting turned away once. Delivered to Aldi with that load as well and it was 3 hours for me.

 

Just got to Warrenton, MO a couple hours ago. Went into shower and then came out to an 'engine stalled' code on this 34 degree continuous load going to Kinloch... of course, it's a load with a temp recorder. Cleared the code and it started back up at 35.7 degrees, so it shouldn't be an issue.

Appointment is at 04:00, but receiving starts at 02:00. I'll probably head there in 20 minutes when my 2 hour split is up anyways. At least throw a little bit of liability in their court in case it ever stops and won't start back up lol.

I don't think there's anything a repair shop could do that wouldn't throw off the temp more than restarting it if/when it happens again.

 

Just noticed the sports comment at the end, but same. Football is way better with a little (a lot) of beer. The only thing that revived it for me was getting into sports betting. I want to say gambling is bad, but I'm up overall and it's made watching sports more fun, so I guess it's not the worst lol. It even got me back into watching the NBA. Haven't watched it since I was a kid when my family lived in Celtics land (New Bedford, MA).

 

Yeah, I put 2 and 2 together and realized it would have been right after the automatic 6 hour, defrost cycle. I'm guessing it just had a hiccup when it kicked into low speed again. Never gave me another problem. Kinloch had horrific reviews, but I had a pleasant experience. Got there around 18:30, parked and made dinner, got a call for a door 10 minutes before my appointment and had paperwork in hand 2 hours later. Can't complain about that for a grocery warehouse.

I'm just sitting here at Craftsmen waiting to hear something after dropping my empty. If I had to guess, probably a Sauer load going to Greenville that I can route through the house. Knowing my luck, I'll find my ID in the most obscure place. I've been scavenging Craftsmen's pavement for it, but no luck yet. Thought I might've dropped it while crawling under pre tripping that one last Thursday

 

That's very true -- lots of people seem to not be aware of the actual odds in sports and are betting with money they don't have. Like Davante Adams only getting 1 reception against the Lions. It'd be despicable for someone to call him racial slurs, and it'd be laughable if someone claimed he was a bad receiver because he got overthrown while wide open multiple times lol. Sometimes things just don't work out.

I just enjoy it for the sake of making games more fun on slow weeks or between games, especially in college. I had Ohio State at -18.5 against Rutgers. Ohio State and Rutgers wouldn't have had my interest otherwise lol, at least not in the sense of actively watching all 4 quarters