Good Night From II

Doing a 10 at a Loves in Hamel, IL on I-55.

Will drop this P&G from TN in West Branch IA in the morning and scoot over to Iowa City to pick up a preloaded trailer going to our Pals in Morris IL. Will grab another from Morris going up to Eden Prairie MN after that.

I was hoping I could drop the Costco in MN Wednesday afternoon to get it on this weeks miles but was told I have to wait until 05:00 Thursday. What could've been a 3400 mile week will now only be 2950.

I think I'm gonna pester my DM to see if she can get me hooked up with one of those nice Electrolux loads out of St. Cloud after that.

 

Got a lot done on the truck the last two days. Wanted to have them install new shocks, but couldn't find the time. What originally was a front axle alignment turned into a 3 axle, on a whim as if something persuaded me to...and it turns out that the steer axle was great after all, though both drive axles needed adjustment. Pheeww! Let that one be a lesson to me in the future.

After everything, I am thoroughly convinced that 240k miles of crunchy roads and two hard winters has had some affect on my shocks. Not leaking, nor collapsed visibility, it either sags or doesn't produce enough force to keep the passenger-side steer planted like it should. I just put new steers on, so you can bet I will be looking to protect them.

Feeling like going back to work early. There is a spot in the Coeur d'Alene mountains that I wanted to go prospect out this time home. There's really no way other than a hard 2.5 mile hike off the forest service road to get there, from what I could see on Google. I just don't want to risk it right before hitting the road. I'll be contending that or installing a new turbo on my car, the next time I take time off...so long as it's not truck related shop stuff, think I am going to make it.

 

The only reason you don't drop early is because the the store doesn't have to have the empty clear until 5AM ... get to the store early ... park and do your calls and paid this week ... pull the empty off the door when the store will lrt you.

 

Or if you get there early enough, if they don't have an empty they will live unload you.

 

Snowville, UT. Started out this morning and was not sure about the weather. Some serious winds gusting over 35mph and rain. Finally calmed down then nice and sunny. Trying to find cheap fuel was a chore. Nothing on my app. Do not want to purchase in Oregon and ID was up to $3.19/gal. Then saw a nice green sign at a Sinclair before I parked, $2.74/gal. They were not in my fuel book. Now before cross into OR from ID will only need to purchase about 50 gals. Enough to get in and out. Oh how I hate being up North.

 

Would you like some cheese with your wine?

 

As long as it is pepperjack cheese or jalepeno

 

Liberty truck stop phoenix...I'm home more or less had some home food(tacos,beans and rice) temperature gauge said 120f for awhile,lol...no place like home!

 

Rawlins, WY at TA.

Woke up this morning to no pplan and nothing on Mac 30, so I called the Denver planner at around 0815.
He said to give them a few minutes because they were just getting set up and he would get me something.
10 minutes later I had 2 plans stacked. A bit too much time on the first one, and maybe not quite enough on the second but... I took them both.

I picked up in Brighton at Sears for a 2 stop load. When I got there the final had been changed from Idaho Falls, ID to Jackson, WY - and Sears never informed Swift of the change.
That took some time to get sorted out, but luckily I had gotten there over an hour early.

 

First post here, so goodnight from the Love's off 10 in Seguin TX.