Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

My subconscious was in trucker mode last night. I could not stay up past 21:30.
Hopefully when they come to jump me this morning the truck will start. The one panel should be dried out since it quit raining. Also, now that my bunk light will not stay on anymore, the battery should not run down. I really hope that takes care of it.
It is a bit unsettling not knowing for sure exactly what was causing the problem.
It makes sense that if that bunk light was on for over a week with the truck only being started and run for a short spell when I checked it, that it would eventually run the battery down.
That is my theory and I am sticking to it...lol
Hope everyone has a great week!

 

The appointment was set for 8 this morning. I got there my customary 15 minutes early and the guy from Rusty's Towing was already there and had the two bad batteries replaced! Now that Is Service!
He showed me the load test on the batteries and they were bad!
So I feel much better about heading out this afternoon!
But until it actually starts...I will be apprehensive...lol

 

They are doing good!

 

I was in little rock on thursday and Friday. Stopped in to see Ed, Mike and Scott. Did not know your real name so I could not try and find you...lol
Glad things are going well!

 

Got back to the house around 11 am this morning. I will give the recap of my week.
1/2/11 Picked up a single coil at Columbus coatings in Columbus Ohio headed for Precision Strip in Talladega Al, for a 1700 delivery. Spent the night in Ghent Ky and then made it to Talladega by 16:30. Ended up waiting for over 2 hours to get unloaded. In the mean time, I got a pre load to pick up in Birmingham at CMC Steel for either that evening or the next day. As soon as I got unloaded and stowed away I headed over there. It was a neat place as you could see them pouring the steel. Neat glow in the dark! Spent the night there and got up the next morning and started rolling headed for Magnolia Arkansas.
It was a beautiful sunny morning and everything was going great until BOOM! Left front drive tire.....blow out!
Took about 2.5 hours to get going again.
Made it to Manolia in the dark and got unloaded. Spent the night there on the side of the road.
Next load to pick up was at JM Huber in Broken Bow OK. It was raining in the morning and very foggy. So foggy that you could not even see the exit signs on the freeway.
Got loaded and headed to Little Rock to get my trailer repaired and some things on the truck. My delivery was in Little Rock the following day.
Saw my instructors/friends and celebrated my birthday at Little Rock.
Hooked up with another driver who was a retired Navy person and had dinner at the petro.
MY truck appointment was for 15:30. I finally got it back at 00:30 on my birthday.
So I decided to sleep in since it was my birthday.
Got delivered and then got a dead head message to FT smith Ar.
Got there and was told that it would probably be Friday before I got a load.
Got my load assignment and it was for a pick up at 5 am on Friday heading to Oxford Forge in Oxford Michigan.
Called over to Mac Steel at 04:30 and they told me they were running 3 hours behind.
So I set my alarm and went to bed. After about 1.5 hours there is a bang on my door by another Maverick driver. He says...they are calling for you.
So I head over and get loaded and come back to the yard to finish my securement.I got on the road and drove 650 miles in 10.75 hours and shut down just outside Indy.
The snow and roads were starting to get bad so I was glad to stop.
Got up this morning at was rolling at 5 am. Some of the roads were bad.
I stopped in Spiceland Indiana at the Flying J and got fuel.
As I was sitting there, sewerman called me and said he was going to be there with Neighbor Dave in about 30 minutes. I told him I was heading out to get home and would catch him later.
Not a good week for miles...but it was the week after the holiday.

I have a message to the driver who trimmed his beard in the sink at Ft Smith and did not clean it up Sir...You are a Pig! ( I cleaned up your mess You left behind)

Also, Sewerman wanted me to pass along his pet pieve for the winter....you guys who only shave on the weekends so your face will stay warm in the cold!....It is time to man up and shave!

Hope you all have a great week!