Where Are You Continues, Again.....

Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by Giggles the Original, Sep 13, 2014.

  1. chopper103in

    chopper103in Road Train Member

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    The way they are begging for drivers these days, your chances of getting something is pretty high, especially that you have hazmat
     
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  3. Tall Mike

    Tall Mike Road Train Member

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    Coachella just hanging out..

    Talked to the boss man earlier he was headed home from the Nascar race..
    Something tells me he hasn't looked very hard for a load to get me out of here......sigh
     
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  4. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    I had a 3.5 day yesterday.
    Aas given pick up freight Triangle Fastener. Get paperwork at CSM. Drop at Rentech.
    But CSM didn:t want Rentech to know where I got the stuff. So ticket for Triangle to CSM and ticket CSM to Rentech,
    Then I messed around until 1:30 to pick up SDV going to Air France. The paperwork was jacked up. It turns out that one can write in info in the place the SDV goon messed up. So they took it.
    Then pick up at AIMS not far from Murphy shipping and take it to Oceaneering on FM529.
    Got empty 4:45 and traffic was MISERABLE getting back over to 59.

    Stopped for bread milk and a few other things.
    Got home 7:15.
     
  5. Tall Mike

    Tall Mike Road Train Member

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    Still at the T/A in Coachella..

    Based on what I saw when I opened the curtain this morning I won't be leaving anytime soon..

    or I could be a richard and start POUNDING on doors... :biggrin:
     
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  6. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    As I headed towards Houston my truck was making a lot of noise. The right rear wheel had some slack. Got bearings and races for that wheel. Took until 2pm or so.
    But that didn't fix a thing.
    Not at all sure what to do now.
    We are running errands.
     
  7. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Oh but Coachella is such a nice place to be. *Unless you have ever been anyplace else.:biggrin_2552:
    Of course there was no TA there when I lived in the area. . .
     
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  8. Tall Mike

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    Tucson AZ

    3T truck stop or whatever they call this place...About to shove a monster burrito down my throat..
     
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  9. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    It was yet another front hub/bearing assembly.
    The ones I get from O'Reilly have a 3 year replacement guarantee. I get maybe 8 months.
    They said it's possible to over tighten the bolts.
    I guess I have been. I put a little anti seize on the bolts and only used a wrench and no cheater pipe to tighten them. We'll see.

    Got rolling just after 11am.

    Picked up a 162# pallet in the Woodlands and delivered to Pro Cargo.
    Picked up estimated #1200 2 pallets of flammable paint off FM529 and took them to CE Shepherd a couple miles above 610 on I-45.

    Was to do Ceva to a Wal-Mart Distribution center out I-10 near Hwy 36. Wasn't any way I could have gotten out there by 5pm.

    Sent a few texts about this and that. Have gotten no further communication. About to start for home from outside SDV.
     
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  10. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    Oh! Smashed two corners of my phone agaist concrete. Screen looks like a spider web.
     
  11. Dave 1960

    Dave 1960 Road Train Member

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    It was a four day.
    About 3 miles from SDV to SDV 1 carton 3#
    SDV to Lan Cargo 1 crate 49# Hazmat.
    Down not too far from Hobby a 350# crate to SDV.
    Back down to Hobby to get 2 cartons 110# going to near Hwy 6 and I-10. Got empty at 4:45.

    Took until 7:30 with the several thousand other people going the same way.
     
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