Rimrock,AZ

Well, let me catch you up. When I last left you, we were going to take a nap. So, FINALLY got the APU installed and got the truck back from Freightliner. The fuel line was clogged. The guy that actually worked on it said it looked like a piece of clear plastic covering that was peeled off of the tank when they were installing it at the factory. Well, if that is what he found, then it sure as hell better be warranty work because that isn't something that we did. That is something that got messed up on the production line. If they end up charging us for that, they will have a fight on their hands. We will see what happens though.

That was Sunday afternoon. Monday morning we took a class on the Smith System and got a nice little certificate showing that we completed it. Then we were going to be ready to leave out early Tuesday morning and our FM found us a load but it wasn't going to be at the yard until around lunch. Another team was bringing it from PA. It is hazmat and paying $1.60 a mile so we figured we would take it and didn't mind waiting for it. Well, it finally arrives around 1600 hours on Tuesday. We pick it up, get the paperwork, get the missing placards put on it and head out the gate. Paperwork is showing 38,000 lbs and there is no scale ticket on it, so we decide to scale it there at the yard. Good thing we did. It was 3000 lbs over on the steers. Sheesh. Our 5th wheel won't move any farther, we get the tandems all the way forward to take as much weight off the drives as we can, and we are still 900 lbs over. Major ordeal but we end up taking it to the trailer rebuild shop, break the seal, and have them re-work the load to get the weight legal. We finally pull out of there around 2000 hrs. It is just frustrating because I know that team had to have driven with that load illegal from the minute they picked it up. I don't know why they didn't scale it. Just pisses me off because this is yet ANOTHER load that is screwed up because of someone elses laziness.

Anyway, get that taken care of and roll out and head west. Our first delivery is in Albuquerque at 1400 hours on Wednesday which we made with no problem. Our second and final delivery on this load is tomorrow at 1000 hrs in Chandler,AZ. It was only 430 miles between stops so we are at a rest area in Rimrock,AZ for the night. If I drove much later, I wouldn't find a place to park so we decided to stop here. J will get up in the am and drive the last 115 miles to deliver.

Oh, I don't think I mentioned this in any earlier post, but since we got the APU installed, we went down and got a fridge that actually has a separate freezer. Very cool and nice to have in the truck. That along with the microwave, toaster, sandwich maker and George Forman grill.....I am all set!