KLLM Driving Academy (Lancaster, TX)

Been at the shipping side since 10 this morning. It is now going on 11:30. It's 5 other kllm trucks here. Waiting for them to get our trailers mty from the receiving side so we can be loaded. Security woke me up asking if I was waiting for an mty. I'm assuming if i would have said yes he would have asked me to leave.

 

Finally got loaded and rolling around 1130 this morning. The wind in Illinois was blowing like crazy. At times I thought I was going to roll. I only had 15k in the box. After fighting with the wind made it to my swap location. The driver didn't scale the load. It's 38k in the box. I will scale any load over 32k. And sure enough he been riding a thousand pounds over on the trailer. Slide the tandems a few holes. Now I should be good. Just can't fill up the tanks. I got three drops. Two in NY and one in PA. Just a little nervous going to NY as it is my first time. But I'm looking forward to the challenge lol.

 

That's good to hear.

I'm sitting at my first stop of the day. Had shut down with 3hrs left on my clock yesterday. I wanted to run for another 2hrs. But after the wind pushed me over to the shoulder in ohio I said that was enough.

 

Made all my stops in new york the other day. First time being there and it went smoothly except for a wrong turn. Got a reload out of there now sitting in Ruther Glen, VA. Load doesn't deliver until Monday. Going to Raleigh, NC. Going to ask when my dispatcher gets in if i can deliver early. Also got my first taste of driving in the snow. The snow wasn't the bad part. It was the wind for me. Now I'm just ready to get my truck washed and pretty.

 

My dispatcher did me a solid. Was told I can take that load to ffe in Burlington, NJ. Once I made it there got my next load assignment. Pick up an mty and run to Delaware. Picked up a pre loaded trailer of bananas going to Delaware, oh.

 

I don't know what the deal is lately. Been picking up loads that's a day late. And they supposed to deliver the following morning. I can get it the the following day but it won't be by morning. I also got an issue. On the muti drop load I did a few weeks back. I'm still missing $35. It was suppose of been paid on this past pay period. Dispatcher said he found the problem and called payroll about. Now I'm going to call them. I'm going to keep the call professional. But I want every penny I worked for. No matter how small.

 

It would be more money. But you need your rest. A buddy of mine is leasing now for ffe. He wanted me to switch to the green side and team with him. I have no problems sleeping. It just I like having a truck to myself.

Got my pay recap and finally getting paid that missing trip. Instead of 35 they paying 50 woo-hoo. Picked up at load in council bluffs, IA. Got there was told got to go get the trailer washed first. That took over an hour. Get back to the place and was glad to find out its a pre loaded trailer. Drop and hook. This load is going to walmart in Terrell,tx. Load was suppose to deliver today for 1745. But could only do 50miles yesterday with the hours I had left. Wake up about 4 this morning and knock out 592 miles. I'm still 68 miles away. So got the load reschedule for tomorrow at the same time. So I'm going to get up in the morning and run down to the yard. Need to wash and shower. Just going to do an 8/2 split to deliver on time.