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<p>[QUOTE="wsyrob, post: 1075959, member: 10487"]<b>10/17-10/21</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Got up early Saturday morning and left as soon as my 34 hour reset was in the books. Had an uneventful drive North and made it to the customer 5 minutes early. I really wish it had been daytime while I drove up there. The road was along the Ohio river and I would have liked to see more scenery. The delivery went ok with only a short delay for lab work. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got tankwashed for Merrit Island Pa with a message to stay with the wash..joy joy. It only took them about 3 hours. I already had a load headed to Nashville Tn delivering Wednesday morning at 05:00. Since I had an empty tank I decided to take 68 up to our Karns City terminal. I had only been there a couple of times. The road in is real hilly comming off of I-80. Other drivers had told me it was worse down 68. I wanted to see for myself. They were right but its really no problem empty. I went the long way around loaded the next morning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I shut down for the night in Franklin Ky about 65 miles from my delivery point. Got up the next morning and my truck wouldn't crank. It was a cooler night so I hadn't idled. I did leave my cooler on but that has never drained the battery before. It made me about an hour late. Fortunately they backed me right in and here I sit waiting for the lab to approve my load. I just got a tank wash message for High Point so I guess they are sending me home. Looks like that breakdown may keep me from getting home today if they don't get me unloaded by 10:00 AM. Not looking good so far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wsyrob, post: 1075959, member: 10487"][B]10/17-10/21[/B] Got up early Saturday morning and left as soon as my 34 hour reset was in the books. Had an uneventful drive North and made it to the customer 5 minutes early. I really wish it had been daytime while I drove up there. The road was along the Ohio river and I would have liked to see more scenery. The delivery went ok with only a short delay for lab work. I got tankwashed for Merrit Island Pa with a message to stay with the wash..joy joy. It only took them about 3 hours. I already had a load headed to Nashville Tn delivering Wednesday morning at 05:00. Since I had an empty tank I decided to take 68 up to our Karns City terminal. I had only been there a couple of times. The road in is real hilly comming off of I-80. Other drivers had told me it was worse down 68. I wanted to see for myself. They were right but its really no problem empty. I went the long way around loaded the next morning. I shut down for the night in Franklin Ky about 65 miles from my delivery point. Got up the next morning and my truck wouldn't crank. It was a cooler night so I hadn't idled. I did leave my cooler on but that has never drained the battery before. It made me about an hour late. Fortunately they backed me right in and here I sit waiting for the lab to approve my load. I just got a tank wash message for High Point so I guess they are sending me home. Looks like that breakdown may keep me from getting home today if they don't get me unloaded by 10:00 AM. Not looking good so far.[/QUOTE]
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