Where is everyone?

Yea it was really ugly. Took almost 11 hours to do 389 miles.

 

Thanks, I will just run that way.

 

Saginaw MI at the J. Darn truck was leaking coolant out of the lower radiator pipe's boot at the base of the water pump. Had to wait this morning for coolant since so much drained out where I park my truck when at home. Oh well, it was good after I tightened up a clamp broke the other and replaced it. I have yet to hop out and check it right now. Still trying to figure out why they replaced the water pump on here 14k miles ago yet only replaced a couple of the coolant hoses and none of the boots on the upper and lower radiator pipes. Well I'll check it in the AM and atleast there is a few shops here that can fix this thing if its still leaking.

 

Hey Pape, talked to one of your O/Os Saturday in Moline, Fred. You guys are pulling out of there a good bit the past few weeks! Fred was there and then another Pape driver in a maroon T600.

 

What are you hauling to Hanna? It must be going to the mine there.

 

Not too exciting during the week...just a bunch of empty trailers. It is much more interesting on a Saturday...

 

Both of those were O/Ops trying to get home. Mark was just grabbing a short run to MN to get through Winthrop. Fred had a little more work...had to get all the way to PA. He is a good guy. He is on the forum...not sure if he mentioned that or not. We have been pulling a lot out of there. DUB & DAV are slow so all the work is going to the cheapest carriers...had to find somewhere else that needed us. It has been going well for us down there. We have several trailers there now, and they seem to load them as quick as we replace them with empties. Hopefully, some of our other customers will pick up by the time the season ends in 5-6 weeks.

 

You been getting many applicants for your desk jockey position?

 

Yeah ive been busy out of there lately. The stuff coming out seems to be paying pretty decent too. I have ran into Mark, the T600 probably 4 or 5 times in the past 6 weeks. I will have to say hi and freak him out by calling him Mark. He will only think WTF????
Fred seems like a good guy, couldn't be any older then I am to.