1 tanker heading to Bridgeton MO
... spending the night at North Liberty IA
Breakfast - I was going to go for the yogurt but then I saw bacon, so I had eggs, bacon and papaya juice.
We left out about 7:30. When we left there was a car transporter parked in the middle of the lot, I'm guessing they had been parked next to other trucks and the other truck had already left (or I hope so)
1st stop is home. We had a couple of things to pick up. We were in and out in under five minutes.
2nd stop was the office in Lake Elmo. Dispatchers were all in a meeting but that was over before I could figure out all of my paperwork so no time wasted because of them, just because of me.
3rd stop was the shipper in Plymouth. The usual guy I see had his door shut so I went to the next door. They found my keys right away this time and sent me outside to find my truck. Small not so not an issue. I pulled it outside the gate so that BB could help me inspect it. No issues.
Before I leave, I do see the first person I had been looking for, he is on a forklift. I'm guessing they have not found a replacement for the guy who's last day was the last time I was here.
4th stop - Holiday - for fuel - I thought the gauge said I had a range of 100 miles but it was only showing 1/8th of a tank. It wasn't until I was moving that I realized the 'range' was above the '100' I had been looking at. My range was 11 miles. Luckily there is a fuel station right across the highway, even if it does only have one diesel pump.
This is another one of those that need to be scaled full of fuel so I just put enough fuel in here to get to the truckstop 20 miles down the road where there is also a scale.
5th stop - Honey Baked Ham - Burnsville. - BB had felt in the way at the shipper so she had left before I did and then I went and fueled so she had gone and ordered food before I got there. Nice big parking lot here, strip mall with only a couple of stores still open. We see lots of people come and park and stay in their cars and then leave again. Alone time?
I had the chicken salad and BB had the classic ham.
6th stop is the Flying J another 20 miles down the road near Northfield. No line. I fueled and then scaled. Today I remember all my receipts.
Back at the Holiday my range was 11 miles. I put in five gallons to get it up to 29 miles, so I added two more gallons and it went up to 59 miles. Which is what I need, 59 miles. As soon as I start moving the range goes up. 20 miles later it is up to almost 200 miles.
Now here at the Flying J, once the tank is full it is showing a range of 880 miles. The highest I saw it was around 1,050 and that was after driving 60 miles.
Even when the gauge is down to a half a tank it still thinks the range should be 550 miles. Even though I have only driven 240 miles on the top half.
7th stop is the Loves in Floyd. For a rest break. There is one RV parked there, the driver seems to sleeping in the drivers seat.
Here we decide that it will be 10 hours plus when we get to North Liberty. The next hotel is an hour further down the road.
8th stop is the Comfort Inn in North Liberty. Once we check in, we DRIVE to the Arbey's next door. Only the drive thru is open. We got our correct food today. There is more food, but it is another mile away and then we would have to agree on something else.
Load board
US - 638
IA - 392/390
Our plan is to deliver tomorrow, mid-day. From there it is seven hours back to IA. If we push we could make it all the way and have all day Friday to deliver an RV.
Or there is a 'tractor' a few miles from the drop heading to IL. If it wasn't a tractor, I might be more interested. And it is the RV dispatcher who has the tractor. (So they will know I am working, but not moving RV's)
LOG
7:30 - Black River Falls WI - Comfort Inn - leave hotel
9:00 - home
10:30 - Plymouth MN - shipper/pickup truck
11:15 - Plymouth MN - Holiday Inn - fuel
12:00 - Burnsville MN - Honey Baked Ham - food
1:00 - Northfield MN - Flying J - fuel/scale
3:00 - Floyd IA - Loves - break
5:30 - North Liberty IA - Comfort Inn
5:45 - North Liberty IA - Arbey's