Running with JCT

I made my Houston delivery on time. Another driver there said that it would take them 10 minutes to unload me then 3 hours for the paperwork. Fortunately he was wrong.

There was no pre-plan waiting so I headed to a little truck stop about a mile away. There was an auto parts store next door, so I went in and bought a selection of vacuum hose Tees to repair my windshield washer leak. I didn't expect to get a load today since weekends are iffy, and I was looking forward to doing laundry and cleaning up the truck a bit. There was a pre-plan waiting when I got back to the truck. Pick up some chicken in Center, Texas (it's NOT near the center!) bound for Tolleson, AZ. That's about 1,380 paid miles. The load is a drop and hook and delivers at the rude hour of 02:30 Wednesday. Bleh!

Center, Texas is just about on the Louisiana border. Who names these towns anyway? I deadheaded the 180 miles and got there hoping to use some of my 4 hours available to head west. No dice. Load's not ready. I have 1,201 paid miles (more like 1,260 total) to go and two days to get there. The elogs say that I have almost 22 hours available thru Tuesday. Running 150 miles tonight would have been ideal, but ideal and Tyson hardly go together. I bet they made those blistering-hot chicken wings I ate too!

There are worse assignments than to drive 650 miles in West Texas. This trip will put me at around 3,800 miles by the time the Qualcomm resets Tuesday afternoon. I gain only 5 hours on Wednesday before hitting some big numbers on recap, so it will be a short day no matter if I pick something up or not. A nice load out of Casa Grande up to the northwest would get me home (maybe) so let's hope for that!

 

Nope, Smiths.

 

Smiths is next door to Albertsons.