Good night from...

Edwardsville ks.tonite......freakin nice terminal...dispatcher pretty kool to...I got a load of liquors on me to t call here


You guys that run the west....can u give me an insight on denver....gotta roll there wed with a load for kohls. I figured traffic may be like chicago..so I ll try to arrive at weee early hours....how bout a good place to shut down for a ten

 

Truck finally out of the shop. Show up to get truck, and of course, Swift sent someone to take my mt trlr. Now I guess that when I get a load, bt all around looking for one myself.

 

Denver is no where near as bad as Chicago.
The heaviest rush hours can be slow going, but they are usually only bad during normal rush hour times. 0630-0900, 1600-1900.

There are 2 TA's, a Pilot and a J in the area.
All of them fill up pretty early, like by 15-1700.
Swift also has a terminal in Denver. I can be very hard to find parking as well. Sometimes you can find room on the access road to the terminal, sometimes.
There is a Walmart near the terminal, but no truck parking there.


If you can time your load right, perhaps do your 10 in Limon, CO. Limon is about 90 miles east of Denver.
Then, if you're lucky, you might get in and out of Denver without needing to stop at a TS.

 

There is also that new Loves at the 304 and the tomahawk at the 295. I usually stop at the Tomahawk because it is a Independent and the last to fill up.

 

Also a small independent at 399 ... a go to place for cheap fuel on the 70.

Abalama ... a headin' to Texas.

 

like moose said Denver isnt too bad, I was going there all the time. Those hours he mentioned plus when it starts raining at least from my own experience, it seems whenever im there and it starts raining hard the 4 wheelers get confused on how to drive and start slamming on brakes and going 20mph.

Woke up this morning at 0500 feeling under the weather so popped some vitamins and decided to get some more sleep before rolling out. My wife was sick all weekend so probably got it from her, do feel better tonight though. Dropped my trailer at Anheiser then ran to Adelanto and ran one to Vernon, on the way back traffic was bad even on the 15 from a fire near the Kenwood Exit before cajon pass, I counted 23 fire trucks on the side of the road as I slowly passed them and that didnt include all the other crews in other sections. I wanted to run another trailer but not enough hours left to do another trip so im shut down at the Pilot in Hesperia.

 

Looks like salt lake next......loving the lack of traffic out here so far.

 

Still here in Champaign. Woke this morning, truck not start so got it jumped and then replaced 2 batteries. Then the crap pplans started. Trying to to PHX for home time, and received a pplan, bt to St Louis, 160 miles and take to Woodland, PA, then another long mt to take to IN, then 3 250 mt miles to take 640 miles. Then the after up all day, lets pu close my and drive all night to GA. Not going West, and I know all to well about trying to get west out of the Atlanta area. Then the last one, dh 160 miles to pu going 400 miles. This is the last time that I will do a favor for Memphis covering a load up to this area. It was okay until truck went into shop. Even had a planner call and leave a msg, if I do not want to go east, then I can sit and wait for a west load. My DM to see one that worked and asked for it, pu 60 miles in morning and take to Laredo, and I did not get it, just these long mt miles loads.

 

bridgeport ca. have to be in sparks bt 10 am tomorrow. about 134 miles from drop. found a big dirt lot neext to a closed market, so decided to do my ten here. theres a shell mini mart acrooss the street so no problem for food or coffee in the morning

 

Janesville, WI.

My last delivery took nearly 5 hours, and by the time I got here I was 3 hours late with only 35 minutes left on my 14.
Since it would be several hours before they 'might' work me in I'm stuck taking a 10 here at the shipper.
Now I'll have to wait and see when I can get worked in, in a very busy place, in the AM.

The load is supposed to deliver to Walmart in Winterville, OH by tomorrow night.
But it's 550 miles, after a live load, most of it on U.S. 30.