Parked Here for the Night

Troy, IL. At the TA. DD Here for me when I wake up at 0400. I'm happy.

 

Back at the house, it's a miracle thou. The east bound Cabool scale was working hard this afternoon. After a level 1 with no OOS items he got serious bout my book. Checked every distance and every time stamp he could find. Finally he let me ride, but wouldn't give me sticker.

 

I hate when you get "No Violations" and the jackwad won't give you a #### sticker! Anyway getting empty in T-town. Gonna ease up to the house for the evening. Rollin out Friday for points westward. Y'all have a good 'un!

 

In Salt Lake, unloading up in Corinne in the morning.

 

Hoping the are paying you by the day not the mile for those loads......

 

well first time it happened in 15 months here
just had to suck it up
usually 8-9 days 4700 miles
every week cant be perfect
i will just take an extra day or 3 off when i get back for aggravation

 

Parked in gear jammer, Yakima,wa pasco is a joke. So. I've got a bit of time to switch out my trailer air lines. Blue/red.

In morning. Not in big hurry

 

I-80 exit 32 in Nevada...little truck stop down from the wally world DC I just dropped at ...didn't feel like sneaking back into Sparks....finally got this load off...to give you an idea I'm getting 5 days layover pay on this one....least I got a couple nights in Vegas I guess...got to get a starter connector repaired on the reefer I've been babysitting in the AM then sneak over to Fresno, CA to get a load of dead cow headed to San Antonio (everyone's favorite receiver there ...can you guess who?)..................Anyone know somewhere good to park in the Fresno area?

 

I am "dying" to go to bed... but I want to post a comment... so it's going to be "fast"...

Left the place where I was parked yesterday... some warehouse lot... this morning and my receiver cleaned some of the snow and I was unloaded first thing in the morning... then, parked for a couple of hrs at another warehouse parking lot nearby that a good friend told me about... HEY FATDADDY! THANKS A BUNCH!!!

Got load assignment and rushed out of there... Took G.Washington bridge and went thru NY and CT twice today... But traffic wasn't that bad...



And the weather was nice...

Was loaded at another snow covered place... I am soo sick and tired of this nasty white stuff...



After loaded rushed out of there... Was hopping to park at that tiny rest area in Bloomsbury, NJ but after a few mins trying to parallel park, I gave up... spaces where too short... My hrs were vanishing quickly and it was getting late... Then, I missed the welcome center in PA...

So.... at past 21:30 with 00:00 hrs from my 11 and 14, I pulled to the shoulder, flagged my post trip and put myself on personal conveyance and drove for a few more miles to next truck stop... Bandit... And... miraculously, found right away my "perfect" parking spot... it was ALL mine, waiting for me...
Going to TN... You all have a restful and very safe night... I gotta go....

 

Coffee is done, so about to get that in a cup and take the dog for a walk while the truck warms up. About to get rid of 2/3 of my load in Richmond then take the rest to DC. Kind of got myself on the night shift yesterday. Got here about 1300 and had some Popeyes after settling in, then promptly fell asleep. Woke up about 2330 and decided to grab a shower.

When I got back, my new neighbor had his W900 idled up to 1000 rpm for a couple hours. The funny part is he just shut it down then started up a rigmaster apu that's even louder. I bet he was mad when my reefer ran for about 5 minutes LOL. Set point at 25º and outside temp 25º made it so quiet I could hardly rest until he showed up.