Roehl Driver Check In

Now you know I have to say it..
must have missed the left turn at Albuquerque.

 

That's some serious origami work there.....good luck getting folds like that up here in the Arctic circle!

 

Sitting off I 80 in Ohio, deliver in Detroit in the AM and then preplan to Oh to pick up and relay in Appleton. Should be able to get out from under this curtain there. I have to, I have run out of bad names to call this thing. Did I ever mention I don't like curtain sides? LOL

 

Well I got Pizza Hut on the way. Here til at least noon so got some grindage anyway. Heck of a line of trucks waiting to get in now though.

 

Started my mornign off at 1:45 am got to the shipper at 8 am. Took till almost 2 pm to get loaded and tarped. I did not want to tarp but shipper was adament it gets tarped. Plus the farmer had his hired hands help me and the other Roehl driver tarp our loads.

Was standing on the front of the loader attaching some bungies and getting the tarp set and nearly fell off. Would of hurt like hell if i did was a good 12 feet in the air. Was kinda funny seeing me flailing tring to find something to steady myself on i bet. Was standing on a round bail fork which is not really safe at all. I know if i fell i would of broke something or at least been hurt enough that i would of not been delivering this load or any load for a while. Probley would of cracked my head on the edge of the trailer on the way down. The Farmers eyes were pretty big when he saw me nearly fall off his loader.

Ended up looking at my remaining drive time for the day of 2 and half hours and no way i am makeing it to 94. Called my FM said most i can run and stop at a truck stop is 40 miles. Which is not enough mileage to get the total miles for tomorrow under enough to make it to the consignee. So now i drop this load of Hay in Neenah saterday, someone else is going to deliver it Monday. Was thinking if i had a un governered truck i could make it. but a 63 mph truck i cant see myself making it 670 miles tomorrow. My fm agreed that lets not push it.

 

Governors suck....Got my best miles I managed in a full day of driving yet, 627.7 miles....still had 40 minutes left on my clock but no other rest areas or truck stops within reach. 110 miles left to my drop in AM at 0700.

 

Does any one know where in gary the terminal is for Roehl compared to the Inn at hammond? I am starting monday in gary and any advice would be helpful. Thanx guys and gals

 

At Pilot truck stop, I-65 exit 240 Indiana . Drop in Chicago early AM.

A prime van truck just backed into my trailer. Hit square on the back on Rubber bumpers. Did not hurt anything and he was nice about it. Only problem is that I need to go back inside and re-clean one area.

 

Gary terminal: i80 take exit 5 for 912 north. Take the first exit and turn right onto 15th street. First place on the left after the railroad tracks

Can't remember the hotels location

 

The hotel is right of of I 80 a few miles east of exit 5.