Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

They also use ground up shells in those tall super sacks as a base for Miracle Grow. I pulled a load of it from GA to TX when I worked for Poly.

 

More proof that Lincoln Op's management is nuts. I got a preplan, and a message 'this is a high priority load, you must be at shipper early enough to get in a full break by the time the load is preloaded at 20:00 tomorrow'... My delivery appointment for my current load to Mechanicsburg is 10 am, my PTA is set for noon tomorrow, and this shipper I am suppose to do my break at is 2.5-3 hrs away (depending on traffic)..I guess someone in Lincoln missed 'how to tell time' class in grade school, cause that isn't possible. But, I accepted it anyway, and will do it my way. The load is going to Gas City, and delivers between 1 and 11 am on Friday...700 miles in a day and a half...and I need to be ready Weds night? Please!!!!!

 

The least they could do is tell me where the time machine button is on this thing so I can. My appointments are exacty 10 hrs apart, so I guess they forgot that it takes time to unload and drive between locations.

 

They don't listen...when I picked this load up, our load info didn't have a temp. When I got to the shipper, the load sheet I was handed said 50° in transit, raise to 65 just prior to del. I relayed that info to my A/M so my load call would go thru fine. Did load call, and hauled arse. Got to Carlisle to fuel, after fueling I changed the temp since it was the last place I would be able to stop prior to arrival. I get a msg from someone other than my A/M asking why the temp change...I told him why. I get to customer, open doors, slide tandems, back in and while I was inside (without my phone) my A/M was blowing up my phone wanting to know why I changed the temp, and wants a pic of the B/L with the instructions sent to his email. Told him he has to wait. Why? He asked...because they have them in the receiving office, so when I get them back, I get right on it...which will make me later getting to the 'urgent' load's shipper...and people wonder why I am so pissed off and irritable all the time.

 

Groundhog Day - trucking style. Bust my keister to get to my 'urgent' load's shipper as early as possible, so I can get a break in and back rolling before having to drive thru one of Dante's rings of Hell, a.k.a. Philadelphia. Get here, drop trailer, and told to check back at 20:00 for my preloaded trailer and paperwork. Check in as instructed and...they haven't even started, or even put a trailer to a door. So, with 0 on my 14...they asked me to put my existing trailer in a door, and it now becomes a live load...and I'll finish my break afterwards. God I love temp control