11-20-06 - Monday - Snow, Ice & More!
I left out of Denver and grabbed a load from the Budwieser brewery in Ft. Collins going up to Jackson, WY. No problem. The load assignment didn't say anything about needing loadlocks. The Budwieser people seemed to think they were pretty important. I bummed 2 of them off of another driver and all was good. I was really heavy comming out of the customer and spent about 45 minutes sliding the tandems back and forth. The drive up to Jackson was pretty uneventful. There were 70 mile an hour wind gusts going across i-80, so it was slow going. I put it to bed somewhere along a small two lane road in upper WY. It was already looking pretty snowy, but the next morning when I headed up the road for the last 100 mile to the customer, it was nice a slick. Packed snow and ice on the little two lane mountain road. Fun, Fun FUN! NOT!
I made the drop and headed towards the second drop in Twin Falls, ID and found out along the way that the customer for that drop didn't want the delivery until Monday. That was three long days away. My DM had me stop where I was and wait till he could figure something out. He had me bring the last of the beer load back to Salt Lake and then grab a load out of Ogden in the morning. I spent the night at the SLC yard and got the Ogden load going to Phoenix the next morning.
Saturday was a beautiful day. I had the load and headed south. The Grand Canyon area is so amazing. I figure as long as I'm riding all over the country, I might as well try to enjoy the scenery.
I stopped for the night in Tuba, AZ. Cool name. It was dark when I got there and Dark when I left, so I have no idea what it actually look like there.
I got to the customer in Tolleson, AZ, which is right in Phoenix, at about 9:45 am. My appointment was for 3:00 pm. I begged them to take me early so I could get on to my next load before it got too late. Well, they got me into a door at about 12 noon. I paid the $140 lumper fee, (England reimburses all lumper fees), and waited while they unloaded me. I didn't get out of there until 5:00 pm. OUCH! I fueled as quick as I could and raced down to Casa Grande to pick up my next load.
I got the load of nutritional supplements and put it to bed for the night just west of Phoenix. The load is only 12000 lbs., so I'm making really good fuel economy. Saving money and running a long trip up to a customer just south of Tacoma, WA.
Can't upload pictures from here, I'll upload them as soon as I'm not on the road trying to do everything wirelessly at a truckstop.
I made the drop and headed towards the second drop in Twin Falls, ID and found out along the way that the customer for that drop didn't want the delivery until Monday. That was three long days away. My DM had me stop where I was and wait till he could figure something out. He had me bring the last of the beer load back to Salt Lake and then grab a load out of Ogden in the morning. I spent the night at the SLC yard and got the Ogden load going to Phoenix the next morning.
Saturday was a beautiful day. I had the load and headed south. The Grand Canyon area is so amazing. I figure as long as I'm riding all over the country, I might as well try to enjoy the scenery.
I stopped for the night in Tuba, AZ. Cool name. It was dark when I got there and Dark when I left, so I have no idea what it actually look like there.
I got to the customer in Tolleson, AZ, which is right in Phoenix, at about 9:45 am. My appointment was for 3:00 pm. I begged them to take me early so I could get on to my next load before it got too late. Well, they got me into a door at about 12 noon. I paid the $140 lumper fee, (England reimburses all lumper fees), and waited while they unloaded me. I didn't get out of there until 5:00 pm. OUCH! I fueled as quick as I could and raced down to Casa Grande to pick up my next load.
I got the load of nutritional supplements and put it to bed for the night just west of Phoenix. The load is only 12000 lbs., so I'm making really good fuel economy. Saving money and running a long trip up to a customer just south of Tacoma, WA.
Can't upload pictures from here, I'll upload them as soon as I'm not on the road trying to do everything wirelessly at a truckstop.
posted by BigJohn at 10:03 PM
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