1 trash truck to Springfield MO
... spending the night at Story City IA
Change of plans due to someone else's illness. We are heading to MO today instead of Sunday. That will give us a half day head start on the trip and spit the miles over three days if the ride is too rough.
We got that message about 7:30 AM so we adjusted. We had things that we had planned on doing this afternoon that needed to be done this AM.
We finally pulled out about 11 AM, then needed to stop at the office and pick up the paperwork.
2nd stop is the shipper in Dodge Center. Lots of keys for other drivers. Found the truck in a few minutes. No issues. Before I get done with my paperwork, BB calls and says the security guard wants to lock up? Didn't know this place ever locked up. I had been told someone should be around until 3-4 PM, it's only 1 PM.
3rd stop is the Kwik Trip in Kasson for fuel and scale. This place is in the wrong direction, but if the front axle is overweight, we need to bring the truck back to the shop. No issues. I've never had an issue. My guess is one chassis and one box model even can be overweight and no one has done the research to find out which one. So we continue to weight all the trucks. :(
We talk about where to stop next and BB decides to check the cost of motels. NONE of the hotels we stay at in the Des Moines area still have rooms. And the low end hotels are 50% more tonight than the higher end motels usual are.
... and there are only three rooms left at the hotel in Story City ... for 50% more than usual.
It's a cabover. Governor is set at 60 mph.
BB stops at the rest area in Northwood and for fuel at the Pilot in Williams.
3rd stop for me is the rest area in Dows. Just for a stretch, it's a rough ride.
4th and final stop is another half hour down the road at the Comfort Inn in Story City.
... the lot is almost full at 5 PM. I don't see that soon enough and I drive in. There is room to turn around with a few forwards and backwards but it likely would have been faster to back all the way from the street. I back in beside the other two trucks and BB pulls in front of me. There is a former driveway that I can use the pavement of if I need to swing tight to get out. We used to be able to park in the 'outlet mall' next door but now it is an unused business center that will not let us park there and there are 'no truck parking' signs on the street.
Food is another leftover sandwich from yesterday's graduation party.
When I had gotten out of my truck I noticed I am missing one document that I need. I had noticed earlier that I had one document that I shouldn't have but hadn't looked further. I have texted weekend dispatch but have not heard back. It should be something the can email to me, then I just need to get it printed before delivery.
I hadn't expected this, I can delivery on Saturday and Sunday. If we had known that earlier we could have gotten going earlier. Not sure if we will make it by 5 on Sunday now.
Load board (Friday)
US - 260
IA - 118
MN - 12
Load board (weekend)
US - 251
IA - 105
MN - 12
One fuel stop should be all I need tomorrow, about 400 miles to go to the drop.