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Here in Moriarty, NM. This 44K load killed me comming up I17. Right now sitting at 6.2MPG. I did talk to 2 other drivers that brought their trucks in for trade, and they where told that they will be getting a truck there. Just waiting for the tags. That was as of yesterday.

 

Went back to Lathrop terminal looking for loads Monday, got one picking up Tuesday noon 56 miles away and delivering 658 (700 the qualcomm said when I got there) Wednesday 1300. Quick math tells me 25 hours minus 10 hours for the break is 15 hours drive time--756 miles hmmm. Being a mac 30 load, they frown on us changing the times in the mac 9, plus in the back of my mind was the message from that morning that read 257 trucks against 89 loads available, beggars cannot be choosers so I took it and figured mac 22 if needs be. If they threaten a service failure, I'd ask em why they had me backing up to the dock at high noon (crew told me they are going to lunch, brilliant!) and the special comments say not to arrive more than 20 minutes before appointment time. So I drove 10.5 hours to shut down, figured about 2 hours late so sent mac 22 at that time. No good, they call me and say 'if you don't make it, service failure'-- do you want me to go 60 through Cali and Ore? So we got it all straightened out and they rescheduled, but since I had so much time left over I figured to go ahead over to the final and get a looksee how it's laid out. I went into shipping and recieving (1:08 minutes late btw), guys says back that truck up! Got me unloaded 17 hours early yay.

Snagged another mac 30 with some time on it, looks like a couple days at the house on the way....

 

Well back on the road after much time in the philippines with my gf,and then in bullhead city az to see my kids....nervous time always my first load after not driving for 5 weeks....always super paranoid and a little nervous....but up to speed in a few days....seriously...need to be careful the first few days after longtime off...but most things were fine....but wasnt as sharp as usual...haha...plenty of loads out of socal....at least 15 that i saw via mac 30 but most to phoenix or maccaran nv....then planner hit me with a 975 mile load to oregon....long and light....so of course i took....have all that debt now,lol....and oregon is not my fav place..but up and down the i5 isnt bad if your light....weathers good...and didnt want to go to phoenix because blsqueak could seem to get out of there..unless cali again..so in santa nella in a super secret hideyhole that few know off........

 

delivered load to fry's food market here in tolleson az. was suppose to be a live unload but receiver said to drop it at a door and go grab empty. so i did lol. now sitting at the phoenix terminal to turn my truck in tomorrow morning. see how things go.

 

one i got now is an 08 volvo with about 522000 miles on it

 

parked next to walmart dc here in new mex. 2 stopper tomorrow and end up in el paso.
maybe get something with miles out of there before the weekend asthere isnt much here ut one 3 stopper going into indiana with tight del times and no budbing on them either.. my dl told me not to go into cali once again, if im sent a pp going there to call her so she can smack the piss outa a planner.. ha i love it.

not a fan of them costco loads, weight wise but, they do unload ya fast..i got there 1.5hrs early and got right in, when i was walking out 2 other swifties pulled in as i was closing my doors, talk about timing.

 

down here in el paso yard waiting on my dl to set my L call, qcomm is laggin pretty bad today.
just got done doing a los lunas walmart run, 2 stopper. I was hooked up with a nice 20k 2000mi
run up into PA, if i can get my L call to go thru.. I think they might Tcall this load off me tho.. i
caught wind of it while someone put me on hold, but just set the phone down and i could hear them talking...

if they take any longer to get this load situated i might be doing my 10 here, im down to 3hrs left on my
clock for the day.

 

Hutchinson, KS. WHole big whopping 6.5mpg on this load. Got 2 pplans this morning, one was pu 100 miles away on Sat and t-call in Edwardsville on Sat. Not happening. A big 190 ldd miles for the weekend. Then a 600 mile 3 day run to MS. Let that one die on the QC and then a MAC 30, and snagged a nice 20k load to Portland, OR, 1600 mi, the direction that I need to head. Can not figure out, DM puts in a special request, the computer and planners are supposed to see this, and the pplans are heading in the wrong direction.

 

Welcome home and be carefull out here. Yes, PHX is not the place to be. Seems like that most of the loads comming outta there where CA short hauls, LAX area. How I lucked into a 1100 miles outta there, who knows.

 

Down Indiana way ... heading to VA tomorrow. Never been over US25E, going to give it a shot.