Where is everyone?

I've been lucky staying I-10 and south considering. Got a weekend load from Tyndall, 15 miles from where my last LTL dropped, to Jax FL Air Nt'l Grd. Then got a multi stopper 10 miles away back to Houston with stops in Mobile, Jefferson and Houma. Called my stops this morning after I got loaded only to find they are all shut down for FAT TUESDAY. Call broker, " how much do you need for sitting a day", I say I start at $450. He calls shipper and comes back to me with $350 and I say well OK. I expected them to only cough up $250. Been staying a nice margin over $2/mi on load board freight too. Over 3 on the gubbamint load. Broker paid me more than they were getting. He made money on the other sucker who ran the other load. "weekend loads pay more?" He said a bad word when I told him what I got for a rate.

So I get paid to go to Mardi Gras in Mobile. I was hoping to get Mobile off so I could spend MG in the Vieux Carre. Been over a decade since my last excursion to that hotbed of fornication.

Then I need to get home and throw my air conditioner on the truck, man this sweating sucks! It hit over 80 in Corpus last week.

 

Easiest tarp job I've done to date

 

sitting in bedford pa at the mickey d's got my other 2 stops off would of had my boom lift off as well but broker said jlg refurb shop doesnt recieve after 4 i tried calling all they're numbers but no one and i mean no one picked up im not to worried about it, all im doing tommorow is going back to pittsburg to grab a full TL back to brunswick ME then spend a little time with the family im starting to feel like a reginal driver again sheesh seems like im home every week cant complain though im making money and usually ending up in a warm climate...i could get used to this lol

btw anyone know what time jlg refurb shop on webber lane starts recieving i thought for sure i was gonna get it off this afternoon so didnt ask about am delivery i got here at 4:18 grrrr i knew i should of took the toll rd lol

 

looks like something cluck would do to add another stop to a trip....i think he's starting to rub off on you lol

 

I've been scouting other loads all day but nothing worth while to add to this. At least it pays truck load plus some

 

Too good to talk to me today fisher? Saw ya on 70 around Cambridge OH

 

oh no ##### i didnt even see ya i was trying to find cheap fuel and i had the cb turned down what were ya in? u start the new job yet? and to think i came and visited u in pittsburg but u werent there

 

gravy hauler

 

Logan, do you have a green Pete now? Passed who I thought to be you going south on 28 this morning, I was headed north to Freeport. It was one of those awkard stares across the road like "that's got to be him", but instead of pick up the radio I just kept going. If it wasn't you, then I guess me and one of your co-workers just shared an awkard staring contest then.

 

I am never geting out of Los Angeles, talked to a broker about an overweight and tarped load to New England for less than $2 including permits. Maybe tomorrow will be better.