Snackbar's new adventure at Moore Freight Services

Got empty a couple hours before my appointment Saturday morning, got some sleep then headed back to Spring Hill as quickly as I could. There is a snow storm headed right thru where I was heading, and I wanted to be in Kansas before it hit. I was thinking that I would have a long 36 hour rest break. However, my Peoplenet had a brainfart. Since Wednesday, I had thought that I was only dispatched on my Saturday early morning load, which would have been fine. I got to Spring Hill, did my arrive and depart macro...and -gling- the Peoplenet beeps..."start next trip?"...Wiskey Tango Foxtrot? Turns out I had another load assigned...but it stored it in the "Saved" folder instead of the "inbox" folder...another round trip to Owatonna MN for Sunday evening...right back thru the area I just tried to roll thru to beat the storm...so, a quick lace-up, a quick marker light repair, and a quick check of the weather and I was off to see the wizard. Turns out that the area under a Blizzard Warning moved south of Des Moines instead of right thru there. Which means once I get north of town, it turns into a winter advisory. So, I managed to get to the rest area between Des Moines and Ames with 6 minutes to spare on my 14. 640+ miles today...and no easy weekend...but, the old wallet is getting fatter. At this pace, I may touch 14,000 miles this month....

 

Made it up and back to Owatonna without any issues. On the way down I-35 this afternoon, starting about 1/2 way between Des Moines and the MO line, it looked like a junkyard...no roll over wrecks, but 2 semi's in this ditch 1 semi in that ditch...cars off both sides of the interstate. Looks like it got really nasty.

Got to the yard, and the shop boss said that they had drifts between the trailers almost as high as the upper deck of a double drop.

Next load, back to Canada. I deliver in Concord ON Thursday morning. If I can get back to Spring Hill by the end of the day on Friday, I will be well past 14,000 miles (close to 15,000 with the 1475 carryover miles from that 1st load to St.Augustin that started at the very end of last month)...needless to say, I am as tired as I have been in quite a while, but in a good way.

 

I find it fascinating how crossing into Canada is so much faster than coming back into the states. Today, I was 2nd in line at the Canadian border, I was there 3 minutes from the time I stopped to wait my turn until I was cleared and wished safe travels during my visit in Canada.

 

I avoid the Ambassador bridge 100% of the time. When coming from Spring Hill, I go thru Sarnia/Port Huron. If I am coming up TN, then it is either Champlain or Niagara Falls depending on my destination. I am trying to get the company to check to see if we can go the F.A.S.T. route, even if they don't reimburse me for the approval costs, it would save me a lot of time coming back and forth as many times as I have been crossing.

 

Not sure if we haul for individual businesses, mostly plant to glaziers or plant to plant transfers. I know Maverick, Wylie, Combined Transport all have glass divisions...not really sure if they do one-off loads or not.

 

Doing a 36 hr restart, then headed back to my 2nd home...St. Augustin again...they are making sure I am getting my share of loads up there to make up for having to turn down my truck to 65...this is gonna be one heck of an improved tax year for me, that's for sure.

 

We get $150/day layover if we sit for 24. Traveling to Canada is optional, so you have all the time you need to get it. We only have forward facing cameras, no driver facing. As for your girlfriend ride along, I am not sure, that would be a question for recruiting to answer.