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Message:: [QUOTE="wsyrob, post: 1070778, member: 10487"]10/15-10/16 Made it to the customer in Houston with a couple of hours to spare only to find the road blocked by rail cars. I called the number on my travel order to find out if there was another way into the plant. No go so I ate lunch and waited about an hour until the tracks cleared. Got into the plant and set up where they wanted me. I then discovered that I didn't have enough 3" hose on my trailer. The local guy who loads the trailers usually puts what you need on the trailers. He picked this tank up at a tank wash. I saw lots of hose on it and thought I had what I needed. I wound up having to leave, grab a hose from our Pasadena terminal and come back to unload. That cost me about 3 hours of my time but will end up being a blessing in disguise. I am planned on a load to Newell WV. Its 1380 miles and was sitting on the yard when I got there. I only had 27 hours left on my 70 and could get there no problem. The load delivers Monday and I would be out of hours after the delivery. My truck needed some work so I decided to do a 34 hour reset here at the terminal and head out first thing in the morning. That also lets me avoid Friday rush hour traffic. I should be able to make some good time on Saturday and Sunday. Won't get home for the weekend but the money should be pretty good. I will have around 2800 miles plus 20 hours of layover/accident/truck repair.[/QUOTE]