Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

$3.249 today

 

Hauled 3 loads of beans so far this week to Owensboro Grain and today and monday the lines were like harvest lines,Debruce filled up by 2:00 today so they sent the rest of the trucks to O.G. just about the time the leg that unloads the small pit broke down,and a lot of the guys didn't know where the back of the line started at O.G. so folks were getti'n a tad testy because of all the line cutt'n,i thought me and Molly wus gona get to see a good butt kick'n

 

We got about 2 inches here. Fuel $3.20 gal.

 

That power outage must have been a lot bigger than I thought. It hit us 50 miles east of KC.

 

Cowdoc,sorry about the Saints,but maybe my Bears can dispence a good ''butt whooping'' on them pesky SeaHawks for ya

 

Had a broker call and ask me to haul corn for .42 today from a farmer that i've been hauling for over the last 3 years (thru my own personal contact) , so i called the farmer up myself and ask him if he was ready to move his Jan. corn. The farmer said,''sure am,can you help me out again this year?'' I said ''well,i'm at .60 from your neck of the woods right now,with fuel like it is". Farmer said,when can ya start? Remember now,the broker called me,and i have hauled for this farmer a lot in the past on my own,so i'm not being un-ethical when i called up the farmer.

Now folks,i completly understand that brokers need to make a living just like all the rest of us,and i use brokers just as much as the next feller,and appreciate the fact that they have to feed their families just like me,and some of 'em work hard to find me a load when i need it,so i don't want to sound like i'm some ''broker hater'', but thats just ridiculous,dang near a third. It just goes to show though,we had better know what it takes to turn a profit,because if we don't,they won't do it for us! Sorry for the rant,now back to our regularly scheduled program

 

Dairyman I'm definitely a Bears fan this week. Saints were just too beat up + on the road. If Hartley would have just made that 29 yarder against the Falcons we would've got the bye. Oh well there's always a whatif.