Magnum ltd - fargo, nd

Desired Health Chiropractic, just off US10 at 530 W. Main St. but they're closed until Monday morning.

 

Why does Magnum continue to deal with a shipper/receiver that is such a pain to work with??

 

Because our customers ship to them and we like the lane. At least we are not doing grocery warehouses in NY....

 

You have a point there.

 

When I was a Raven driver, when they bid on freight lanes, they had to accept some of the less desirable runs in order to get the choice lanes they wanted. It may be a similar situation here.

 

Well I loaded it and took it. Daughter is playing in Birmingham tonight so I took so I could watch her play tonight.

 

Well, I tried...when I say that, I mean that I tried to see if I could run as hard as the high mile hero @ncmickey. He posted that he had turned a 4k in 8 days after his last hometime...I got close, but no cigar. Last Friday I left CR to Park Rapids...Park Rapids to San Antonio...San Antonio to W. Jefferson OH....W. Jeff to Napoleon....Napoleon to Hopkins, MN...Hopkins to St. Cloud...and St.Cloud to CR (for a trailer tail repair on the drop trailer my load was loaded on. Someone destroyed the lower part of the left wing). In total, just under 4000 (hub/odometer miles, not paid, unfortunately). I had 31 minutes left on my 70... I guess they're trying to make up for my 6600 paid miles from last month. To put it mildly, I am kinda tired. Maybe @Winnyf1 was right, I should have been more proactive about my departure last year...or, this is a goodbye gift. Either way, it does feel good to be tired from running hard instead of being tired from being bored.

I caught myself thinking something odd the other day. I had the typical Napoleon load...grossing 79700...and I came up behind a slightly slower driver. One that could almost pace me on level ground. The thought, "I'll just pass him on the next up-hill". He was driving a Cascadia, and by the looks of his tires, loaded similar to me. But every time we hit a hill, he face-planted and my little Paccar powered put-put mobile would just chug along. I actually had to back way off of him on several hills because of traffic in the left lane that would clear just before the top, and I try not to be that "dang slow truck" holding up the left lane for miles, so I didn't jump out that close to the top. Finally, I got the opening I needed and breezed around him like I was driving a large car. I never thought I would hear myself say "####, this thing is pulling like a freight train"...but it was, and getting 7.7 mpg. Maybe my truck knows I am leaving too and is behaving itself.

Oh wait...did I just say something positive??? (Better mark your calendar, it must be a sign that the end is near)

 

I was there last wknd. Messed up my Friday AM appt and had to reschedule for Saturday AM. I can see why it's bad. Bobtails and cars in front of dock, hardly no room to turn around. It wasn't to bad Saturday am, just tight and hopefully they move that facility. I feel for the people that live next door. A big bright orange light shinning through the window.

 

Yeah I talked to a guy who has been working there for the past 20 years as I waited the 3 hours for a door I could get into and he said they were going to move but not for a few more years because they have a contract.

 

They are going to get a pretty penny for that property lol