Superior Carriers 2012

5/14-5/18

Got the Kankakee load off Monday morning in about 2 hours and was tank washed back to High Point. Got home around 14:00. Ran a dry bulk dedicated out empty back loaded to N Chicago and back Tues-Thurs. Got home around 18:00 last night and am off today with about 18hrs left on the 70. I will ask to go back out this weekend after the 34 but would be OK with a little less money and a 3 day weekend at home.

 

Its all dedicated drop and hook for us. I wouldn't begin to know how to unload one. I see Carry trucks pulling them. There used to be a guy on here that pulled some out of Paulsboro/Baltimore. I believe he said a couple of years ago that we lost the account to Bulkamatic.

What company are you working for these days?

 

That was about a year ago Sonora Tx. I chose not to mess with dropping the trailer to check out the caverns. Went to a rodeo and walked around down town the next day. They were having some kind of local festival. I checked out a museum where they were having a bluegrass band play.

 

5/21-5/25

Been a P&G dedicated gravy running week for me.

Headed out Monday morning with an empty that loaded in Plaquemine La Tuesday morning. Dropped that load on the yard Wednesday and grabbed another empty that is being loaded as I type this in N Chicago. Got to spend Wednesday evening at the house. Should get this load back to High Point sometime Saturday. It doesn't deliver until Tuesday so I will get the holiday off unless they have a local guy deliver it to keep me running.

 

5/26

Just got home a few minutes ago. Not going out again until Wednesday. I am one of the last drivers back and there is not as much freight out with the holiday Monday.

Had a small problem. I tried to get an air leak fixed in Jeffersonville at the TA. You could hear it pretty well with the engine cut off and it would drain the secondary air tank in about 5-10 minutes. No problem when the engine was running since the compressor had no problem keeping up. The TA worked on it for about 3.5 hours before telling me they couldn't get to it to repair it and that I would need to go to the International dealership. They were going to be closed all weekend so I decided to run it on back to the terminal and pray I wouldn't get a DOT inspection. The mechanics assured me it wasn't a problem with the brake system and thought it was related to the transmission splitter lines. Made it back incident free. I kind of figured all the scales would be closed for the holiday and the only way to catch this is with a full blown level 1.

Looking forward to a few days off after running all but 2 hours of my 70 out last week.