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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TexasMike, post: 398462, member: 13898&quot;]Tom and I met at 8:00am on Saturday at the truck and got things rolling. It was a beautiful day for a drive and I was ready for some serious wheel time after being off nearly two days.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We took off from the yard and hit the AmeriCold warehouse and headed north to North Platte, Nebraska. Unfortunately the route took us through Oklahoma but at least it was during the daytime.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The drive itself was pretty uneventful, just long. We swapped out in Phillipsburg, Kansas and Tom drove us on to North Platte, Nebraska and parked us at the Flying J for the rest of the night around 2:00am.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got up at 8:00am and hit the showers at the Flying J and got us on the road to our receiver. However, here is where we caught a glitch.&nbsp; We both knew that we were delivering to the Wal-Mart DC up there however the address we got from dispatch was to an actual store.&nbsp; Talk about a mess, we got to the store and of course they didn&#039;t know what to do with us.&nbsp; Finally we got ahold of the receiving manager and he gave us the correct address and directions to the DC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After pissing around for an hour we finally got to the DC which was about 10 miles away and got ourselves unloaded.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Luckily for us, as soon as we sent our MT call we got another load assignment.&nbsp; This one was going to be a good long one.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We dead-headed 222 miles to Schuyler, Nebraska to the ConAgra meat packing facility and found out that our loaded trailer was waiting for us.&nbsp; So we dropped our empty and picked up the new one and took off, back to Texas <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve always said all roads at Raider lead to Ft. Worth and this one is no different.&nbsp; It was a multi-stop load, but we&#039;ve already been informed they were going to give us another load once we got to the Ft. Worth yard and someone else would make the multi-stop deliveries.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Woke up on Monday at the Yard in Ft. Worth after sleeping like a brick to find that our load had been taken off of us and we had been assigned a 3:00am Tuesday delivery in Amarillo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, before we could take off for that they gave me my own truck, very temporarily, so I could help Tom shuttle reefers around town to shippers.&nbsp; So for two hours we moved trailers and got bored.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, once we were done we found out that we had a live load and only eight hours to get to Amarillo for our appointment time ... ####.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We got over to the Nestle DC and luckily for us they already have the load processed and ready to put on the truck, so we only waited about an hour before we could take off.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So at 8pm I pulled us out of the Nestle lot ready for a long haul non-stop run to Amarillo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I really hate Oklahoma roads, but US287 which we call the Raider Highway is so much under construction and there are so many little towns that you have to drop from 70 to </p><p>20 in less than a mile that traveling on it can be a ##### when your in a hurry, especially in Witchita Falls, Texas that it is beyond frustrating.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, even though I stopped in Quannah, Texas for half an hour to use the restroom and stretch I made it at exactly 3:00am at the gate to the receiver.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As soon as I got in and pulled into my door I checked in and hit the bed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They woke us up about three hours later and said we were ready to go, and Tom took over and drove us up to Cactus, Texas to get ready for our next load.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, due to some backlog they can&#039;t explain we won&#039;t be getting out of here till at least Wednesday morning.&nbsp; So Tom and I each got a room at the Dumas Inn in Dumas, Texas just a few miles down the road.&nbsp; Least tonight I&#039;ll be able to take several hot showers and watch decent TV, or God forbid actually play World of Warcraft for a bit on my laptop <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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