Is dispatch/owner bonkers?

You'll have 3 days to get to MN,sounds like more then enough time to me..

 

If you feel you're not going to make it there by tues you better call your boss. and give him a heads up.

 

Yep. Can be done. And the roads will be wide-open Christmas day.

Just stick to your guns on calling the weather. That is your legal right as a driver.

 

None of us know how the weather will be. We are all at the mercy of the Gods. As you know if Zeus gets upset he throws lightning bolts at the other Gods. Pegasus sometimes pulls Apollo's chariot too close to the earth (which causes global warming). Zephyros, my favorite, has a warm, mild West wind which makes a trip wonderful.

As you see from the list below there is just no way we as mortals can do anything to figure out the weather.

There are way too many Gods to list. Here is a clip from Wiki
Storm gods[edit]

• Adad, the Assyrian storm god.
• Audros, the Lithuanian god of storms.
• Baʿal, the Canaanite & Phoenician storm, fertility, & war god. King of the gods.
• Coatrisquie, the torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva.
• Chaac, the Maya rain god.
• Cocijo, the Zapotec god of lightning.
• Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind.
• Guabancex, the top Taíno Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature.
• Guatauva, the Taíno God of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
• Hadad, the Canaanite & Aramaean storm, fertility, & war god. Identified as Baʿal's true name at Ugarit.
• Horus, the Egyptian beneficial storm, sun, moon, war, & hunting god. Personified in the Pharaoh.
• Huracán, K'iche Maya god of wind, storms, and fire.
• Indra, a Hindu storm, sky, & war god.
• Jupiter, the Roman storm god. King of the gods.
• Juracán, the Taíno zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes.
• K'awiil, classic Maya god of lightning.
• Perkūnas, the Baltic god of thunder, rain, mountains, and oak trees. Servant of the creator god Dievas.
• Perun, the Slavic god of thunder and lightning. King of the gods.
• Oya, the Yoruba Orisha of winds, tempests and cyclones.
• Q'uq'umatz, the K'iche Maya god of wind and rain.
• Rán, the Norse storm & sea goddess.
• Set, the Egyptian harmful storm god, lord of the desert, evil, & chaos.
• Tāwhirimātea, the Maori storm god.
• Teshub, the Hurrian storm god.
• Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god of hurricanes and night winds.
• Theispas or Teisheba, the Urartian storm and war god.
• Thor, the Norse storm god of thunder, lightning, oak trees, protection of humanity, strength, hallowing, healing, and fertility.
• Tlaloc, the Aztec storm & earthquake god.
• Tohil, the K'iche Maya god of rain, sun, and fire.
• Tupã, the Guaraní god of thunder and light. Creator of the Universe.
• Ukko, the Finnish weather, thunder, and harvest god. King of the gods.
• Yopaat, a Classic-period Maya storm god.
• Zeus, the Greek storm & sky god. King of the gods.
• There was no single storm god in Chinese mythology. There had to be many deities for a single storm:
  • Yunzhongzi, the Master of Clouds
  • Yu Shi, the God of Rain
  • Wen Zhong, Lei Gong, and Dian Mu, the Thunder Deities
  • Feng Bo, Feng Po Po, and Han Zixian, the Deities of Wind
  • Sometimes the Dragon Kings were included instead of Yu Shi

 

Seriously??????? OP is probably thinking WTF,lol

 

Looks like someone started to celebrate holidays already with a bottle of good bourbon

 

Wolly Rhino,
Many thanks. You're the man! You've just given me a lot of excuses for being late for delivery. WoooHooo!

 

It depends on how fast your truck goes, paper or elog, and how screwed up the roads get. They are expecting an ice storm thru southern MN over Christmas.

Paper logs, acceptable weather most of the way and a 70+ mph truck, plenty of time.

Elog, crappy weather and a slow truck...not likely.

I pulled a machinery load from Oldsmar FL to Phoenix AZ. Left Weds afternoon, was delivering Friday afternoon. But I had an ungoverned truck, paper logs and a southern route...the only delay I had was waiting on the install crew to arrive to unload.