S&S Transport

Yessir. Good ole PFG in Livermore. After he wrote the ticket, 10 minutes later I get a door assigment after waiting 3 hrs

 

Carriers needs to stop delivering there...i know it won’t happen but if it ever did, it would force pfg to either move or light the city council up with the bs..

 

Sounds about right for them. US Foods has(d) limited parking last time I was there. PFG got me right in last time I went there about 2yrs ago.

Sorry you got the ticket man. Hopefully Bud in Van Nuys treated you well.

I’m in lovely Kansas City, KS tonight. Unload some bad Kellogg’s cereal and other assorted stuff and then head for Emporia, KS going back to Winnipeg.

 

I ve done that run that you re on. It was a load of boxes from Fort Wayne to KC, KS, then I went empty to Emporia. I like going to Camso in Emporia. barely long enough to get in a 30 minute break while loading.

The last time I did that run, that wind was rough, 40 to 50 mph crosswinds from KC to Emporia. But it was a nice tailwind heading back to Grand Forks

 

I checked in at Santa Fe Springs a hour and a half early. I read some posts on Google where they charge $110-$120 for early and late deliveries. So, I took a gamble, got a dock assignment, and was empty in a 1hr 15 mins. That gave me plenty of time to go to Blue Beacon in L.A to get a truck, trailer, and trailer washout before getting to Budweiser in Van Nuys.

I got to Van Nuys at 1130 for a 1200 appt. 1240 I was rolling out of the gate heading to Lathrop. Checked in at 0730 for a 0800 appt. 0830 I was getting my bills, and heading to Modesto.

I tried to check in early at E&J Gallo, as I have some good luck picking up from here. Well my luck ran out was told to come back at 1430 because all of the docks were full as well as the staging area.

I m sitting about a mile away on an abandoned buildings street killing time

 

I had a load of bad Frosted Flakes and other assorted stuff from Kellogg’s in Omaha. The delivery had me wait a bit before they got me in a door. Had to scale in, unload then scale out.

Much to my surprise when I went to close my doors they gave me 8 straps. Yes 8 dang near brand new $40-$50 straps. The guy in charge said he did that because I was patient and nice to deal with.

Got to Emporia and ended up at the wrong dock area at first, got turned around out of that, then when I got to the right one i dang near had me a mishap. Misjudged my turn and ended up completely setting up wrong.

Thankfully I have a short turning truck and was able to get out of it with out knocking a couple stacks of pallets over. Lol.

Got home this morning, and enjoy a day or two off.

 

People in Nebraska are some of the nicest people in the world. Never had a rude customer or bad experience. All of them talk to me like they know me.

The previous trip to Camso, I made the same mistake at Camso, and snapped the pigtail plug in to the trailer, and had to go bobtail to KW to get a new electrical line. Now I come in and counter clockwise and back in

 

I finally left Modesto around 1930 PDT Friday, after waiting 9 hrs for a door and getting loaded. Since I m on Central Time Zone, and it being 2130. I hauled tail to get far away from California as I possibly could. Being there 6 days, and running back and forth from the Bay area to L A got old very quick.

I ran until I couldn t take it anymore. I got to Winnemucca at 4am, took a 10, and now sitting in Livingston, MT. Hopefully, I can beat the winter storm, and make it to at least Fargo tonight. And either just reset, or run recap. Supposedly, I m heading to Fort Wayne next, but we' ll see

 

Yeah I’ll do that next time, if possible. Lol. They actually had me out of there in no time flat. Weird system for chocking the wheels though. Asked my loader if I was supposed to roll over it and he said yep. He also told me I wasn’t the first driver to ask.