The misadventures of a rookie tanker yanker

Found the coffee grounds, grumpy butt avoided.

 

Not too often. I usually start my day early and shut down mid-afternoon to late afternoon. Sometimes I run hard early and take a long break before delivery, so I run nights.

I drove late last night just because I knew I was going to a terminal where parking wouldn't be an issue. If I had to take a 10, I'd have left early yesterday morning.

It's more about how I feel about it and parking. This load I'm loading today has plenty of time built into it. However, it starts loading at 1400, so I might not get rolling until 1600. That's not cool. I might just run to the first truck stop and take a 10. I could also come back to the Sulfer terminal and head out at 0300 on Monday. It's 740 to delivery, so I have options on how I want to get there by 0800 on Wed. Yes, there will be dispatch delay on this trip too.

 

Went ahead and took the load back to Sulfur instead of heading out in the late afternoon yesterday.

I'm going full blown solar powered trucker today and rolling with the sun.

 

A marker light was out during pretrip. I'm a dummy and didn't have one in the truck so I had to wait for the shop to open in Sulfur.

 

I could have rolled, but since I've got over 2 days to roll 742 miles, having a coffee and let the mechanic make it right was a better option for me.

Erica, dispatch out of Memphis, has already got a trailer ready for me to roll with on Thursday. It's a little run into SC and I'll fall under Greer. It delivers Friday, so of Greer doesn't have anything ready for me, I'll likely get tank washed home.

Considering asking Memphis if I can go north or west instead.....just a thought. Wouldn't mind staying out a few weeks, but home is always nice too