3/14/11
Good evening from a very chilly and windy Van Buren, Ohio! We are currently sitting in the Pilot Truck Stop waiting on planning to find us an empty trailer as we can’t pick up our next load in Muscatine, Iowa without a replacement. And today, has been nothing but hours of waiting on fleet coordinators! You can’t make money if you are just sitting! I could just get out and run, but dang nab it, without my silks, I wouldn’t make it a mile.
Jeff has had a very frustrating day and is getting very tired. We might move from this location or just stay the night which means no internet so you poor virtual truckers are stuck with me. For your information, that top bunk is small and hard and crowded with my gear, you are all on your own!
What little driving we did do today is pretty boring. Everything looks dead……all brown and muddy. I miss the green lush land around Seattle and Duvall, where everything is alive all year around. Where we have literally have two seasons (rain and snow) with occasional sun breaks, these eastern states seem to follow all the seasons…….and I can’t wait until spring to see it!
Ok, per our coordinator, we drove 53 miles to pick up an empty trailer at Whirlpool in Clyde, Ohio and guess what gang? No empty trailer on their lot! We lost five hours of driving time waiting on information that was useless. We ran out of time, the load will be delayed and we will be spending the night behind McDonalds.
I would rather be here though….heard about that one nuke plant leaking overseas!
4 comments:
More good stuff, Reia...although I got to wonder, when you are done training, and you have days like this, does Werner have any kind of pay equalization? I mean youu are ready and willing to drive, and if they don't get you a load, and you just sit, how are you expected to make a living? Hmmm... I know others I have talked to that have done long distance have mentioned that sometimes you do just wait, and the dollars do not roll in. Well you are a trooper, that sure shows through. I hope you hang tough with that old salty dog you got for a trainer. Do you have any whips or shackles with you?
So, I am sitting in the airport waiting for the plane to Guatemala. Sure looking forward to some sunshine! Got this netbook, so I will continue to be in touch.
Jim
P.S.:It is not quite 03/13 yet, you are a day ahead; you only need to jump 1 hour.
Good morning Jim....
From what I remember from that awesome salesman we had in class is that we get $40 for up to two days of down time and then the daily average of a work week while driving (for bad weather anyway) I will have to ask the salty dog has he has been here for 10 years. Jeff carries his own whip, his tongue ;)
Jeff just told me $20 per if we are lucky....other wise ZERO!
Have a safe flight!
Wow...You sound like you are having a bumpy experience there, girl - I hopw you hit some smooth sailin soon. Look for pic sometime soon if you are connected to the HFH blogsite (I am connected to yours, you should be connected to mine) We are in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, a serious port on the Carribean side, lots of BIG TRUCKS! Have you ever experienced Latin American driving? WHAT RULE BOOK?
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