My Experience with Lone Star Transportation

we got boned today in VA, I-81 was pretty icy this morning and a truck rolled which stopped traffic for hours. Doesn't affect the load load since it don't deliver till Monday anyway. Also got a preplan for Monday, Providence Forge, VA to Atoka, OK.

 

Made it to Baltimore and cleaned the truck from top to bottom. Never got a call back about my crane appt at the port Monday so just gonna roll in there and see what happens.

 

Well, this copper officially sucks. The load itself isnt bad, but it has managed to rub through my padding and shred my tarp. Got to unload Monday sometime, cant get with the broker to find out if the 1500-2300 receiving listed on my bills is accurate though. After that, I'll be headed to Aurora to pick up a load headed to Port of Savannah.

 

I made it to billings today with I beams. Im making #### good time right now so suspect I can make it to Edmonton for my originally scheduled 8a Monday time. I didnt think I could make it initially and got scheduled for 8a tues but once I found I could reset I told the Kilgore yard to reschedule back to mon... So now my appt is for between monday & tuesday. Should be within 120 miles of edmonton after I cross the border tomorrow.. Makin good time on this run! No plan yet tho since it was so up in the air on when i'd get there.

 

got to the port and paperwork was all wrong, listed 6 pieces but technically it was 5, didn't get a call back about the crane because I was calling the wrong place altogether come to find out. Anyway. Here I sit waiting to be unloaded, don't have to pick up next load until tomorrow at least. Good thing.

 

Edmonton is more than 120miles from the border lol I think I passed an owner op for you guys heading north from Calgary in a blue kenworth.

 

He used to work for Schneider. Go easy on him.

 

Hey, I wouldnt know the distance to anywhere in the states lol. Im def not making fun of anyone.

 

LOL.. thanks for the heads up... I made it well into canada and shut down in Red Deer.. 116 miles from Fort Saskatchewan, where I unloaded, just as I suspected I would with 12 minutes left on my 11. Got there right on time monday morning to unload only to sit until 1130 before they started to unload me.. then they all quit and went to lunch. I didn't get out of there until like 230p. That blue LS truck was the second half of my load... nice guy!

They are deadheading me back to Shelby, MT, and then I'll see whats available when I get there, but they took so long to unload me I only made it to the Flying J in Nanton, AB last night before I had to shut down. On to Shelby and beyond today.

On a side note, I'm eligible for L2 on 2/28... YAY!

 

Ah good old nanton. There parking lot last time i was there had some pot holes big enough to swallow a truck. Did you try the pizza there?