Crete, from one red truck to another

A pretty good day. Started off driving through some pretty heavy rains from Walcott through Peoria but things cleared up toward the end of the day. Made it to Corbin, KY for a nice 600 mile day.

Miles update:
week 1 = 3124
week 2 = 3067
week 3 = 2946 (with 34 hr reset)
week 4 (Aug 8-14) = 0 home time

week 5
Aug 15-16 home
Aug 17-18 Greensboro, NC -- Roxboro, NC -- Dover, DE --- 408 miles
Aug 18-19 Dover, DE -- Aberdeen, MD -- Zanesville, OH --- 466 miles
Aug 19 Zanesville, OH -- Rockbourne, OH -- Ottawa, IL --- ca. 465 mi
Aug 20-21 Ottawa, IL -- Romeoville, OH -- Minneapolis, MN --- 471 mi
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1810 miles

 

Another good but long day. Got in 553 miles and perhaps could have done a little better but the trailer I picked up in Huntersville, NC had the mud flap torn off by the yard jockey catching it between the concrete stopping curb and the tire and the trailer license plate light wasn't working. I drilled some more holes in the mud flap and reattached it and then spliced up a broken wire for the light and finally got rolling. Made it up to Camp Creek, WV. Got just enough time to make it to Romeoville tomorrow to tcall or perhaps tcall in Indy as this trailer is over the due date for inspection. Load doesn't deliver until Friday night so no need for me to keep it until then. Shaping up to be a real nice week.

 

Bah, so much for being efficient. Had the best laid plans to drop this Chicago load off at Indy that doesn't deliver until tomorrow night and needs a trailer PM and to pick up another load at the yard. Alas, wasn't to be. Instead got a pickup at Quaker outside of the loop going to Gary for a 0730 delivery. So going to be getting back on the semi graveyard shift but at least ain't heading east before that hurricane blows through. Still a solid 400 mile day and got a few hours back that I will need in a couple of days so I suppose it ain't all bad.
Pretty big terminal here in Indy and yet no shower facility and can't get the company car after the office closes at 1700

 

No love for the wicked. Having to take an early break and pick up tonight in Romeoville and going to as SuperSnack put it "Unsocial Circle". Hope they don't take as long to unload. Routed down US41 instead of I65. 30 miles closer but 45 minutes longer drive. I may take it anyway as I have driven it a few times and the road is good and it will be a late night ride anyway. I like the back roads. Well off to nitey, nite land again already, #### I hate running at night.

 

Miles update:
week 1 = 3124
week 2 = 3067
week 3 = 2946 (with 34 hr reset)
week 4 (Aug 8-14) = 0 home time
week 5 (Aug 15-16 home) 1810 miles

week 6
Aug 22-Aug 24 Minneapolis, MN -- Le Sueur, MN -- Rock Hill, SC ---1291 miles
Aug 24-Aug 25 Rock Hill, SC -- Huntersville, NC -- Indianapolis, IN --- ca. 554
Aug 26 Indianapolis, IN -- Munster, IN --- 161 miles
Aug 26-Aug 27 Munster, IN -- Romeoville, IL -- Social Circle, GA --- 819
Aug 28 Social Circle, GA -- Pageland, SC --- 248 miles
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week 6 ----- miles 3073

not too shabby, only bad thing I will be in Florida with only 4 hours left on Monday and 7.5 on Tuesday. Supposed to be heading home around W or Thur so don't know yet whether to try a reset or just run with what I have left.

Well got another load that dropped the miles down a little but more hours to work with.