Comet Transportation

Yeah and I'm the first to pull into a rest area

 

So the problem supposedly was the inner right trailer brake chamber. It has been replaced and everything seems fine now, but I'm still confused as to how a trailer brake chamber would cause my tractor brakes also to be locked.....

 

Just a quick update on my first week of 2014. Unfortunately winter weather hindered my miles so this wasn't the start to the new year that I was expecting.

December 30-January 6(1872 total miles)
1002 miles(Totowa, NJ-Indianapolis,IN/Louisville,KY/Madisonville,KY
453 miles(Evansville,IN-Monroeville,OH)
417 miles(Willard,OH-Wilkes Barre,PA)

 

So the 3000 mile mark has eluded me since the second week of December but I got it last week!!! I'm really excited about this year especially my financial goals that I shouldn't have any problem accomplishing this year. I know that winter weather may continue to affect my weekly mileage in this first quarter of 2014 but I am hoping to still make progress toward my goals. Hopefully you guys are having a great beginning to the new year and as always stay safe please.

January 6-January 13 (3241 total miles)
426 miles (Watsontown,PA-Woonsocket,RI)
522 miles (Poland Spring,ME-Wayne,NJ)
854 miles (Somerset,NJ-Decatur,GA)*I got a good day at home on this load to celebrate my youngest daughter's 2nd birthday*
1439 miles (Cleveland,TN-Denver,CO)

 

I didn't have any apparent signs that I was losing air pressure or that I was low. Primary and secondary gauges were still around 125 psi. I didn't hear any leaks and I drove a couple miles before it happened. Very strange

 

Also since it was a bad chamber on the trailer, why did my drives lock up and not my trailer brakes

 

I was supposed to get a load out of Louisville to PA yesterday but the pickup schedule conflicted with my delivery appointment. Anyway this is the first time that I have sat for multiple days and I'm just chilling resting up for the new week. So my miles were affected but I'm not stressing about it.

January 13-January 20(2214 total miles)
519 miles Aurora, CO-North Salt Lake, UT
1400 miles Salt Lake City, UT-Crestwood, IL
295 miles Alsip, IL-Louisville, KY

 

These back pains aren't a joke. I asked the company to get me home from Salem, VA due to back pains and without any issue they allowed me to deadhead home to get better. I ended up taking off from the 22nd-27th. I was hoping to get health insurance for myself this year but I think I will hold off because my girlfriend and my daughters are insured. I'm thinking about marrying my girlfriend this year as the time seems right, our relationship is great, and trucking has given me the financial stability that I had been searching for. I'm also looking closely at driving for CATS in Charlotte but I have to do more research on it. If I do go that route, I know that it will give me the family time that I want/need.

January 20-January 27 (1120 total miles)
579 miles (Louisville, KY-Medina, NY)
541 miles (Buffalo, NY- Salem, VA)

 

Wow time is flying by. I cannot believe that it has been 3 weeks since I have updated my thread. Anyway these past weeks have been great as I've been back home once or twice every week and still getting decent checks!!! Company seems to be really putting in an effort to route me near Charlotte as much as possible and I'm loving it.

January 27-February 3 (2271 total miles)
766 miles (West Columbia, SC-Avenel, NJ)
781 miles (Johnsonburg, PA-Indianapolis, IN)
724 miles (Lapel, IN- Albany, GA)

February 3-February 10 (3922 total miles)
1119 miles (Albany, GA-Westfield, MA)
1481 miles (New Bedford, MA-Largo, FL)
1322 miles (Auburndale, FL-Northampton, MA)

February 10-February 17 (1922 total miles)
328 miles (Queensbury, NY-Newark, NJ)
888 miles (Union, NJ-Detroit, MI/Montgomery, IL)
706 miles (Chicago, IL-Hickory, NC)

February 17-February 24 (2021 total miles)
612 miles (Charlotte, NC-Memphis, TN)
557 miles (Paragould, AR-Atlanta, GA)
852 miles (Rome, GA-Philipsburg, NJ)