Stevens Transport aviary

yard time, switch trucks...alliance here i come

 

Emusified, glad to hear you got some detention pay since the shipper so ruined the day.

Congrats sinister... keep up the practice.

Nice to hear from you again bill... thought we had lost you to the neither world.

I have to agree, one can always find a place to park, just be ready to move the truck to let others out.

Got my meat load out of Lexington NE 18 hours early... but alas nobody wants or needs this 3 dropper, Maryland, Delaware, and then Buffalo NY. Sometimes I wonder who picks these stops.

 

Went into the back of my trailer to pulp the celery this morning and found two skids spread all over.
this stuff was packed in those disposable and collapsable plastic crates and they certainly collapsed.
The funny thing is listening to OS&D from the weekend crew try and decide what to do.
"can you just move out and restack those skids, shrinkwrap them and put them back in place?"
"sure...let me get that forklift out of the glove box..."
They did find a solution. They repowered the load to a team. Seems the logic is 'they have time to take the load to Laramie, have it restacked, then still make monday's delivery'.
Frankly, I was surprised they accepted it.
But off I headed with frozen french fries for Ontario, OR.
Stopped off tonight in Boise to visit my wife who has decided she should take a vacation in the ICU at St Luke's hospital.
But she is doing better now, so the entertainment value is past.
Do I sound cynical?
Well after 41 years of marriage and three dozen threats to die, it gets rather old. One day she's on death's doorstep, the next day she's shopping at Nordstroms.
Not really, but I've become rather cavilier about all this.
One day she will surprise us all and actually die. Then I won't have anyone to make fun of anymore!
What are husbands for anyway?
But that aside, after I drop the load tomorrow morning, I'll get a couple days here to torment her and our two oldest children and their families.

 

Well things worked out then... I have been told that trainers with a t3 or better student can not refuse repowers. I don't know for sure though.

Setting in Hagerstown Maryland today... first drop 0830, 2nd drop at noon, and then try and make buffalo NY before my 14 runs out, for a Tuesday delivery. 300 miles north. At least the sun is shining today, first time I have seen the sun in 2 weeks.

 

Sitting at the Petro in Knoxville getting a wheel alignment. Gonna head out about 4 AM to get to Landover. Peace Out.

 

wow i hope i get one of those resposes........ id chuck the student

 

Well, still sitting here in Dallas. Trainer I was supposed to get was going to pick me up and then go home to Lakeland (which is 20 minutes from my house) for two weeks! They assumed I wanted two weeks off.... I declined. So now I am supposed to wait till Thursday for another trainer. They are now telling us we will be assigned to Christmas security detail in 8 hour shifts if we are still here for "added security"..... absurd if you ask me. Volunteered for shuttle bus duty to and from Americas Worst instead lol! Can't wait to get back on the road!

 

got a load of tater tots from Simplot in Caldwell today. Headed for Ohio. Hopefully can slip in between storms all the way back.