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03/12/2010

Seldom has this occurred. The loaders in Mt Holly and I were in perfect sync. I was the first truck in this morning and they wanted me out of the way. I needed to secure and tarp a load and drive 550 miles to get home. And it worked perfectly 2 hours and 15 minutes after my appointment time I pull out of the bay totally ready to roll. Sweet!!

Now the next question Take the I81/I77/I85 route which involves some pulls, but is 40 miles shorter. Or the US15/I270/I495/I95/I85 route that involves significant traffic risk from DC to Richmond, but no pulls. With it being Friday the DC corridor seems its worse on Friday. Add to it the fact that I am in a hurry which always calls the traffic jams out of hiding. I decided on the country route. Once I got out of the mess which Pennsylvanians call I-81 it was a relatively smooth ride. The whole day involved a misty rain until I got south of Charolotte where once it got dark the sky decided to let loose with a real rain storm for about 40 miles. But I-85 from Charolotte to Greenville is always a bit of white knuckle driving even in the best of weather.

I figured at best today would be filled with aggravation and delays and I wouldn't make it home till midnight. As it turned out I rolled into the house at 8:30 and not nearly as tired as I figured. So a very nice way to start the weekend.

I have been told we will be seeing a movie called “Green Zone” a Matt Damon vehicle that extends the Bourne type action flick. More about that Monday.

Have a nice weekend

Bookerz out

03/11/2010

About four hours into today's drive I got my work assignment. Picking up a load in Mt. Holly Springs, PA for a Tuesday delivery in Miami, Fl. Not a bad way to start the week, but it won't get me home till late Friday night. Well last time at home was good and long (comparatively speaking). And I won't have to leave out until the wee hours of Monday morning.

I grabbed some pictures up in new england and once I sort through them I'll post a couple here.

They've replaced the Flying J restaurant with a Denny's here in Carlisle, PA. I spent a bit more money to eat but the quality was better as well. Sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.

Well I had best get back to bed.

Have a good day

Bookerz out

03/10/2010

Well I took off and top off the tanks in Pembrooke, NY this morning. I got to Syracuse and decided a short break was in order. I set my alarm for an hour and a quarter. Fifty-five minutes into my break the qualcomm beep with a routine safety message. What makes that ironic is that yesterday I didn't receive one message nor today either unless messages I sent generated an automatic response.

This customer is pretty specific about appointment times. I didn't know this heading in so getting here early doesn't help the cause. They do have plenty of space for parking so getting here early doesn't hurt either. There is a sign outside the bay door where they receive glass. “Driver are not to help unload trucks”. I thought that was a no brainer. I mean once the tarp and securement equipment is out of the way they should handle the rest. That is pretty normal. Once they got one side of the trailer empty I went back to remove the dunage on that side of the trailer and roll up the tarp skirt. That doesn't help them it helps me to get rolling sooner. I was quickly inform that I wasn't allowed in the area while they are unloading trailers. Hmm.... That is what the sign means. To my of thinking the sign should have said “Drivers are to remain out of the unload area while unloading”. Anyway I apologized and got my skinny butt out of the area. Once they got me unloaded I put up the rest of the stuff pulled out of the bay and parked off to the side for the night.

I did get a deadhead move for MT Holly Springs, PA for the morning. Hopefully it is just a way to get me out of the northeast. I truly dislike loading out of that joint. We will just have to wait and see.

So have a good day

Bookerz out

03/09/2010

Just a quick summary.

From Cudahy I went down to our yard in Gary, In and dropped that trailer. Then I bob tailed over to Ottawa, IL. Then I grabbed a load out of there headed over to Haverhill, MA which delivers Wednesday afternoon at 5:30. A quick 1250 more miles on this week. The kind of trailer I've latched onto almost precludes being able to get another load that closes this week but the tally so far is over 2000 miles. Which is better than the last couple of weeks.

Well with the late unload time perhaps I can get a deadhead move prior to the close of business today. That will allow me to at least move in the correct direction fairly early tomorrow morning. We will just have to wait and see.

For have a nice day

Bookerz out

03/07/2010

I found a purveyor of adult beverages next to the truckstop where I am parked. And true to form I took my ebook reader and consumed a fair number pages along with the beers. It is now safe to say that my ability to read under the influence is a lot better than my ability to walk with the same amount of alcohol in my system. At any rate I safely made my way back to the truck and my ability to sleep under the influence goes on unabated.

Tomorrows appointment is for somewhere between 7am -2pm. My plan is to be there shortly after 7am in order to take advantage of the day. Hopefully the CSRs will feel the same need. That will help the week be profitable. To that end I should make my way back to bed for the night.

Have a good night

Bookerz out