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I did just that. I also got verbal confirmation from my dm that it was noted. I officially arrived at 1030 and am unloaded. Now just waiting for them to count. There's already about 10 cases back in the trailer, so I guess it's OS&D time. Hopefully I'll make it home before dinner time.

 

been a productive week... left home on monday, Windsor Co to Laredo TX, then get an empty, wash the blood out, as they all had blood, then down to San Juan TX for produce, up to Lansing MI... where I am being unloaded...
3180 miles so far... wish all weeks were this productive.

 

About time, huh?? My hubby is from Detroit and we can't get a load that way, even when we are going on time off.

 

yea about time, and dispatched just f'd it up good... and when I call to say you may want to rethink this load assignment, the answer, "your the only truck in the area that can do this load".... big fat ### lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am 290 miles away from Ottawa, I only have 9 on my 70 for sunday, and zero on monday coming back... yea I have been running hard...
So I accepted the load DLD is sunday night 11pm, so I can't even get in a reset, and you can't be late picking it up... dang dispatch has NO IDEA what they are doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will pick it up and run the 3 hours off it before my 70 is up... 3 dropper in NYC, starts droping on Tuesday Morning.... proverbial will hit the fan monday, and the standard, "then why did you accept the load?" yep blame the driver... it is forced dispatch.

And they KNOW how many hours I have, if they would just slow down and look... but no slam a truck on the load, move on to the next one... we will try and fix it all later....
Terrible management, no planning......

rant rant rant

 

Well I came back.
Before I even left home, got a call. Repower this load in New Mex for a load heading to LA.
Good by me. Had extra time on this load anyway.
So picked up in Ontario at 2000 fri eve. Ran to Ogden, did my ten.
Then on to Gallup.
Arrived last night at 0030, switched loads and did the math...theoretically, could make the drop on time, but it was going to be close.
As long as there is no morning traffic in LA, all will be fine.
Sent message to night crew and went to bed.
Waiting for my 10 to finish, so I wandered into the restaurant for coffee. Nice bright sunny morning... maybe 62 degrees. Birds singing, all is well in the world.
Driver at the counter talking about being shut down for weather.
"What? you don't drive in the sunshine?"
"40's closed between Winslow and Kingman."
You know that feeling you get when all is right, then the veneer falls off the good morning and you know this is not a good day?
Well, sure enough, I'm not going anywhere. After spending an hour in there, wandered back out to the truck.
Sky is grey, snow is starting to fall.
What happened?
Called for shutdown. Noticed parking spaces were at a premium here already.
So here I am watching the snow fall sideways and comes the message on the QC:
"Are you OK for OTD?"
Ah the life of a trucker!

 

If the 'left hand' ever communicated with the 'right hand' I'm afraid the world would come to an end!! LOL

 

Oh, but we were reminded, you CAN refuse a load, you just won't be paid your dead-head for the load you DO accept and it will be twice as far away as the one you refused with about 1/2 as many loaded miles.

 

You got that right trucker. Well thanks to tyson having my load ready a full 12 hours early I am now setting in fremont IN. I69 & I80. 70 is gone. Zero for monday. 670 miles away from first drop on tuesday at 0800. Not gonna make it. And the night/weekend crew will ignore my late message and repower. Yep life is good GPS says 3655 miles for the week, QC says 3616, about 1% short due to the new recap drive tires I aquired last time on the yard.

 

Hey Tlea...I have plenty of hours. Just nothing moving here due to weather.
let's swap!

 

Now that I have your attention Smoker do you have any info on driver fuel tankers. I was thinking about taking a job with a tanker company delivering fuel. Have any advice for me.