The Old Man's career dries up, Snackbar transfers to Crete from Shaffer

Snow or wind, or both?

 

Experienced 2 seasons yesterday. Summer and Fall. Woke up in Wilmer and it was still over 80° before sunrise. Drove thru some seriously heavy rain, but by the time I was in Oklahoma, it was in the 50's, and only managed to hit the high 50's the rest of the day. Delivered in OKC, got to Edmond to the Purina plant just as a cold drizzle rolled in. Drove around that plant looking for where I was told my loaded trailer was located, no bueno, just randomly drove around looking for it and finally located it and got out of there. I originally wanted to make KC before calling it a night, but after all that extra time I used (on my 14) looking for my long lost trailer, I figuured I wouldn't make it, but fortunately this load is a load of doggie treats and is relatively light (for a Purina load), so I decided to roll on in to the KC yard. I was gonna have about 20 min to spare, until......I hit construction just before the exit to the yard. That blew an extra 10 min, then I get to the entrance gate and the gate won't open when I swipe my card on the top pad. All I got was the green-blue-red flash (like when I first tried to use my card at the Indy terminal before they re-activated my card with the correct card number). After the week so far, I really wasn't in the mood to deal with this bullcrap. But before calling Lincoln and seeing if they can open the gate before my 14 hour coach turned into a punkin in the driveway, I got out and swiped my card on the lower touch pad and the gate opened. I managed to get parked with 5 minutes to spare. After I parked, another Crete pulled up to the gate and had the same issue. He wouldn't answer me on the radio so I walked up and told him that the lower pad was working. When the gate opened, I put a note on the upper pad and messaged Lincoln about it in case anybody calls in about not being able to get in. I will let the KC office know once they get their morning mahem started. I guess they used the same mindset when purchasing the electronics for these gates as they do when buying trucks. When will they ever learn, buying the cheapest stuff in the beginning doesn't always save you money in the long run. This gate system isn't even 6 months old and they're having issues. I guess the electronics that are make out of Chineseium just don't last.

 

I guess they did change the detention pay wait time and didn't tell anyone. It used to be after 1 hour you got the detention message, after the 2nd hour, you made $15, and every quarter hour after that, you were paid $3.75. Now, you get the message at 2 hours, but aren't paid detention until after the 3rd hour. I was delayed in York, PA last week for just over 3 hours, I got $15 detention pay on this weeks check. Couple that with all the drop-n-hunt loads, then the $.03 cpm raise isn't such a game changer.

 

Guess it was a Shaffer thing then. Over there you got the message at 1 hour and $15 after the 2nd hour.

 

Got my doggie treats delivered at one Purina location in Davenport, drove 15 miles to the other side of Davenport (for no pay), and had to live load again (supposed to be a drop-n-hook, but they were almost a day behind on preloads, which is pretty normal for that location). Managed to get loaded within 3 hours but only got to Galesburg for the night. Split logging this break so I can get thru Crashville before the biggest part of afternoon mahem ensues. Load delivers anytime tomorrow.

Got a message that effective immediately, we need to start using the e-trip on the tablet instead of a paper trip sheet because they're discontinuing using the Transflo app (which is intertwined with the Crete company app). No warning, just "read how to do it on the tablet and start using it". Hope there is a grace period for ''screw ups". Seems pretty straightforward, but I have been know to screw up a free lunch on occasion.