Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

Good luck!

 

Well I decided to stop at the pilot at exit 105....lebanon something. I thought it would be nicer to have a toilet in the morning than to not have to start my clock right away.
Also, since I do not deliver until 8, I would not end up using all of my 11 or 14 tomorrow because I am not going to run that late into the night.
There is another Mav here with the same load...untarped of course....lol...but the other advantage of having it tarped is I think I would get better fuel mileage.

 

I read this on my telephone but wanted to wait until i got to where I could use my keyboard.
My starting my clock after I get unloaded was not in any way going to put me in any sort of jeapordy with the law. I would have just taken my 34 hr restart, driven for 5 hrs, parked for well over 10. My logs would have then shown that I did a pretrip and then a 30 minute unload. I would have then been off to my next stop.
I ended up stopping at the pilot about 16 miles short of there. I am glad I did once I saw the place.

I would recommend that you not figure out what you are making an hour. It will only drive you crazy! If you could make the money that you used to make, you would be doing it, just like I would. But I can't and that is the present reality. Trucking at least flatbedding is a 14 to 16 hr day. Work, eat, sleep and so on.
I look at it as I am able to provide for my family and this is how I do it.
This is unlike most other professions out there. It is a lifestyle and not a job.

I agree with you that the CSR's do not take all things into consideration when they send us out on these loads. We just have to do what we need to do to be safe and have a safe haven to park. If it means we get them to rescedule the appointment, then that is what we need to do.
They tell us where to go, but we make the final decision when and where this truck moves safely!

Hopefully things will move a bit more smoothly!

 

Made my delivery at Alabama Wire products and then got a load right away to pick up at arvin rollcoater in Hawesville. I was just there last week.
I picked up 4 skidded coils going to Amana in Amana IA.
I stopped about 150 miles from there as I was not sure what rest areas would be open and I was getting hungry!
Hope you all have a good evening!

 

Sitting at independence tube In marseilles Illinois 4 hrs and counting:..:1:37 left on my 14..hope I am.loaded by morning. Have to deliver in Baltimore by 0600 on Thursday.
There are.probably 14 trucks sitting here.:..another.long day..lol

 

Finally got pulled in after seven hrs of waiting