Snackbar's new adventure at Moore Freight Services

This was a far smoother trip back. I got a bunk room this time and I could barely feel any rocking. The engine vibration shook the ship a fair amount, but it was almost like sleeping in a massage chair. Even though this was a smaller ship, it seemed to have more accommodations for passengers. When they 1st started to load the ship it was drop trailers 1st, passenger vehicles 2nd, and then a looooong line of ATV's and side by side off road vehicles. Then all the RV's and camper trailers. Trucks were last to load. Sitting there looking at all these vehicles loading ahead of us trucks (even though we were there long before everyone else) it was unsettling because it looked like there wasn't gonna be room for everyone, but we all fit.

 

They cut a Comcheck for the boat ride. The company told me that bunks for drivers were included in the price of the ticket, but they aren't. They told me they don't reimburse for the bunk, but since it isn't included, I am gonna ask to see if they will anyway

 

not only that, I'll have to get use to scaling loads again. With our open deck trailers, unless I am over 46k lbs, I don't waste time rolling across a scale. I talked to a Maverick driver pulling one of their long double drops, and he said that you have to watch the weights with those because the glass plants don't always position the glass correctly and you'll be over on one or the other end of the trailer. That and some of the places we go, with the customer's up hill dock ramps, we drag the belly of the trailer on our 45's, I can imagine how much a 53 will drag.

 

Made it to Houlton ME yesterday. Woke up this morning to 45 degrees...there's definitely a hint of fall in the air up here already.

 

Made it back to Spring Hill this morning. I was 45 or so minutes short on my 70 of making it here yesterday afternoon, but that's e-logs. Ran around 3900 miles(including the 2 110 mile boat rides that my GPS recorded as travel time...but not drive/on duty time). There is a boat load of freight in our outbound box here, so it looks like I won't be sitting long. Have been out since the last week of June and was kinda hoping to get home soon, since I have been out almost 70 days and since there is a possible hurricane coming to pay Florida a visit, but when freight is hot, I may just keep running...we shall see