After J took over last night, I headed off to bed. I didn't sleep very well and I guess I can just chalk that up to the road departments inability to make the surface of the roads and bridges match. I mean, how hard is it to make a bridge level with the rest of the road surface. Apparently it is pretty hard because every bridge that J crossed over last night seemed to have about a 3 inch drop!
J did a great job last night of gettin me to Milton,PA. That was over 600 miles that he drove on his shift, through horrible rain storms and fog. He did awesome. When I took over in Milton, I only had about 80 miles to go to get us to the receiver. I made it there in about an hour and forty-five minutes, which isn't bad considering I had some steep pulls in the PA mountains, and I hit morning rush hour traffic. I immediately went off duty when I got there so as not to go over on my hours since I could only work 3.5 hours today. I got us there at 0730 and by 1130 or so we were ready to leave. I took the scenic route of US 11 through Scranton to get back to I-81. Note to self: Don't take that road EVER again, even if it is a Truck Route, seeing as it takes me right through down town!!
I made it to the Pittston yard and as I was pulling in my Qualcomm beeped with our next load. My FM and I both thought it picked up today. He called to see if I could pick it up and then come back to the yard since it was a tight pick-up frame. I was coming to the yard here to have my APU worked on. When we were talking on the phone, we realized that it picks up tomorrow and not today. That actually worked out great for us. I have time to get the truck fixed without being rushed now. Also, I will get a restart on my hours which I need very badly. So in the end, it all worked out.
We will stay here at the yard tonight and then tomorrow afternoon head over to NJ, only about 80 miles away, and pick up our next load. This one will deliver on Monday morning at 1000 hours in Oregon. It is about 2800 miles but shouldn't be too hard of a run to make it on time. It will also be nice to be up north where it won't be quite so hot. I like the more spring like weather as opposed to the weather in the south where it has already been in the 100's. What we will have to watch out for is the tornados that have been hitting the northern part of the US. Yikes!
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2 comments:
Hi There! Nice writing about getting your truck down the road - I just got my CDL a few weeks ago - anyhow, your a driving team? Partners in life as well?? Sounds like it's working out real nice!! I am a bit jealous, heh.
Hi Steve! I am a little behind but am trying to catch up today. Yes, my husband and I are team drivers. Thank goodness we actually like each other and don't want to throw each other out the window. Well, not too often anyway. :) Congrats on getting your CDL! Are you with a company yet? Best of luck to you. Remember, it is what you make out of it that matters!
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