Thursday, June 30, 2011

I can almost smell that......better be newer truck scent!

Good evening from Monee, IL!  I am getting so much closer to my new truck considering I only traveled 75 miles today!  I arrived at the drop at 7 AM and sat there until 10 AM!  Then I was given a pickup that was already an hour overdue, arrived at 12:30 because of that dang road construction and closed exit ramps.  I had to do one U turn and thought I might have to do another when my GPS told me I did not have enough clearance.  I pulled to the side, another driver without a load stopped, looked over my height, went under and parked and watched me drive under.  I cleared it by 6 inches but that was too dang scary with a turn around that would have been hell!
I arrived at my next pick up to find out that I was supposed to be there at 7 AM…….hmmmmmm, and they put me on a waiting list. On a good note, they let me drop my trailer so I could hit the truck stop a mile away for a shower, it pays to be nice!  But nice does not always mean fast as I left there at 5:30 this evening!  I have 1.75 hrs left on my clock, I still had to scale and there was no way I could drive anywhere around Chicago and find a place to park so I parked a mile from my pickup, where I took my shower ;)
This load was due at 4 AM LOL!  I might make it by 11 AM, the cutoff time.  I have been instructed to bobtail to the terminal in Springfield to trade in the Seattle Rust Bucket for a ……………. We will find out tomorrow!
Still having payroll issues and now mileage pay…………..it will be fixed soon, I hope.  See you all at 4 AM!
The spring wildflowers here are beautiful!


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