Good night from...

Rogers, MN.

Just several miles from home, and the planners expected me to take that home time after 9 weeks out.
But I can't for a few more days, since my last paycheck was $0.00.

I need the money from my next check before I can go home, so I need to run a few more days.
So far, no pplan.
I'm glad tomorrow is Friday because my own DM will be in the office. I can call him to get on the planners to keep me out a few more days.

 

dp the qc has been having issues, this morning I know it went down at like 9:07am for a bit, my DM called me up to find out if I dropped the trailer at the rail since my macros werent going through and he said he had to manually dispatch me and stuff until the system was back up, I know I started getting my messages not a long time after that. My navi was down for a little bit too during this time. qc was down a couple nights ago too for a little bit of time.

 

Matt told me that he didn't have much and that it didn't pay (too many trucks, not enough freight). I did a Mac30 when I did my arrival call this morning and was suprised to see a load headed to Indy, so I took it. Yeah it's heavy, but it's a drop-hook on both ends AND it gets me out of the NE.

 

I know I will call Steve in about 45 minutes after Ethan gets on the bus, We did just wake up and we are watching Timmy Time, but it is funny he usually calls when gets a load (thatnks for not waking me) To hear about a load online is weird. I can't wait to hear all the particulars.... I'll go read his other posts....

 

Mountain Top ... Quaker? .... if you grab a load of mt bottles out of Indy going back, that can be a lucrative loop to get into.... the mt is live load and drop. Even though the preplan says live unload.

 

Here in Beaverdam, OH. As of now, Houston is not looking good for freight as far as Command. Will have to wait until Sunday night and see if MAC 30 has something or wait until Monday morning to call. Forgot to tell everyone something yesterday. If you have either a cooler or fridge in your truck and you are running low on some goodies for sandwiches and you are on I-70 in MO, stop at exit 203, and go to Mr. Fuel. They have a nice Deli there with cut meats and cheese. Prices are not that bad. They have a lot already sliced and wrapped up and a lot more meat that is not pre-sliced so that you can get some. I must have stocked up about 5lbs yesterday, $22.

 

DM is sending me home for the weekend since the lease place is closed anyway, picking up a frito lay load after my 10 so will leave lathrop around 2am, tcalling in Montebello then heading home, got a load planned to pick up at the Munchkin in Van Nuys Tuesday morning so will probably head to the ikea in wheeler ridge Monday evening for a MT then shut down a little closer to Van nuys so I have plenty of hours to drop that load at the Target in Woodland the same day then will drive and shut down at the Walmart in Sacramento and get back to my lease trailers Wednesday morning.

Anyone know any places to stop at close to Van Nuys?

 

If you want a good load get to Laredo. There are hundreds of Dodge Sprinter vans going all over the country. They load two in a dry van and have about a months worth. They sent me deadhead with paid loaded miles from Dallas because they are so over booked. I'm on my way to Michigan to tcall a pair going to Quebec. Sweet 1500 mile load; #10k and 9.7mpg. Gonna try to post a picture to the O/O Facebook page. West Memphis at the Loves.
Frank

 

Frank, I would enjoy one of those, but I doubt that they well dh me about 320 miles and pay me the loaded mile rate to get there. I would almost bet that they will find a lot of company trucks around close this weekend that they will send that way, like from Lancaster.

 

wolfy...castaic has the closest truckstop. a pilot ,which gets full pretty fast. the other few truckstops there charges to park.