221125 MN
Going... nowhere. When we were in the office a few days ago, I had asked when we could call in for trips. I was told that we could call in for trips leaving Thursday thru Sunday on Wednesday but we couldn't call in for trips leaving Monday until Monday. Then this AM, we are looking at trips and real...
221123 WI-MN
1 mixer to Dodge Center (delivered)... spending the night at home We had been told that breakfast was from 7 to 10 AM. But when we got down there a few minutes to 7, people had already been eating and were leaving. I think the person who checked us in last night was in 'weekend mode.' Three kinds of...
221122 WI-MN
1 RV to Neenah WI (delivered) 1 mixer to Dodge Center... spending the night at Rochester MN Plan was to get rolling by 7 AM. Alarm at 6 AM, I grabbed two yogurt and a juice. Windows were frosted, BB scrapped, I just used the washer fluid and heater. The hotel is on the same road that will take us to...
221121 IA-WI
1 RV to Neenah WI 1 mixer to Dodge Center (Tuesday)... spending the night at Tomah WI At 8 AM we both start hitting redial. I get through but it goes quick enough that BB doesn't get through to our 2nd dispatcher before I am off the phone. No one picks up at the 2nd number and after three tries I ge...
221119 MN
Spending the morning watching the load board. No one dropped any new stuff out over night so we are looking at the same stuff we were last night. The only trip anyone took off the IA loadboard this AM was the one we were looking at. It would have been an RV to IL and then 150 miles up to a cement mi...
221118 SD-MN
1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at home No work assigned yet so no reason to set the alarm. East coast dispatch starts at 8 AM, 7 local. I had called them starting yesterday about 2 PM and then finally got ahold of them after 5 PM. A little after 8 AM I started callin...
221117 MN-NE
1 trash truck to South Sioux Center IA (delivered) 1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (Friday)... spending the night at Sioux Falls SD Alarm at 6 AM. Breakfast, eggs, bacon, juice. Running a little slow this AM getting out of the room and then we had to clear the snow off the car. But the major slow down...
221116 MN-MN
1 trash truck to Sauk Rapids MN (delivered) 1 trash truck to South Sioux Center IA (returned)... spending the night at Rochester MN We didn't want to leave out too early this AM as we were not sure how well the roads were going to be. And then when we were ready, we weren't ready so we finally got g...
221115 MN-MN
1 trash truck to Sauk Rapids MN (Tuesday) 1 trash truck to South Sioux Center IA (Wednesday)... spending the night at home. Snow wasn't really an issue on the ground. But the radar showed snow all day from here to Montreal Canada. We had planned on not working so we did not. Closer too noon, I calle...
221114 MN-MN
1 Chassis to Plymouth MN (delivered) 1 Tanker to Lake Elmo MN (staged)... spending the night at home Our plan over the weekend had been to line up a MN to MN trip at 7 AM local. Once that call was made, I was going to call the rental truck dispatcher and line up some IA to MN work or IA-IA work or b...
221111 MN
Life... isn't always on the road. Got up this AM and decided I should do something about my loose tooth today. I was able to call and get a 9 AM appointment. But, because I have to take a med, I was not ready to go anywhere for a few hours after that. We did keep watching the load board for the idea...
221110 MN-IA
1 Box truck to Orange City IA (delivered)... spending the night at home We head out at 7:30, arrive at the shipper at 8 AM. Arden Hills - This place has no receptionist which is becoming common. I call the 1st person on the list, they put someone else on the phone. This person doesn't know anything...
221109 MN-IA
1 Box truck to Orange City IA (Thursday)... spending the night at home Nothing great on the load board today so it was 'laundry day.' We made a few calls, a few errand's and hit re-fresh on the loadboard. One of those errand's was to drop off paperwork from a couple of weeks ago. With that company I...
221108 CA-IA
1 Bus to Ames IA (delivered)... spending the night at home No stairs. Being on the ninth floor we rode the elevator every time. Breakfast was eggs and sausage for me. The event area was setting up as a polling place today. Not sure how that works in IA. Lots of political signs on the front lawn of a...
221107 CA-IA
1 Bus to Ames IA... spending the night at Omaha NE Breakfast is eggs and sausage, and some juice. We aren't in a huge rush to get going this AM, we are watching the wind speeds in NE today. Just north of the freeway gusts are up to 80+ mph. But it should stay north of the freeway. We pull out at our...
221106 CA-IA
1 Bus to Ames IA... spending the night at Laramie WY Guess I'm better, I ate half the quesadilla last night and no issues. This AM we each ate half of our remaining half. That was our breakfast.... during the night I dreamt that the roads in WY were all good:) We aren't in a big rush because we are...
221105 CA-IA
1 Bus to Ames IA... spending the night at Wendover UT 3 AM - I wake up and soon need to run to the bathroom. And that is they way the rest of my morning goes. I even go back in one more time after I get the bus started. Breakfast is part of a cup of yogurt. 1st stop is Donners Pass. Snow above 3,500...
221104 CA-IA
1 Bus to Ames IA... spending the night at Rocklin CA Down for breakfast, and there is very little. This place never has much but the price is low so we don't expect everything. BB gets some dry cereal. I get some juice. I still have over half of my Swedish meatballs from last night to eat. I don't e...
221103 CA-CA
1 Pickup to Fresno CA... spending the night at Santa Nella CA:( Woke up to a dead phone that won't charge. I had this issue a few months ago and at that time a new charger fixed the issue. I'm guessing it is not the charger. So far, after two hours I still have no charge. Plan for today is to get th...
221102 CA-CA
2 Pickups to Fresno CA (1 delivered)... spending the night at Manteca CA Called, and called, and called dispatch this AM. Sent them a text. Then thinking their phone might not be on, I sent them an email... the called right back. Actually it was just timing, they had 'things' going on this AM and ha...
221101 IA-CA
2 RV's to Gilroy CA (delivered)... spending the night at Gilroy CA Tried to sleep in. BB was up by 5 AM local (7 AM home time) I was up by 5:30. We were down for breakfast shortly after they opened. Cheese omelette and sausage plus juice. Juice was not good enough to drink both glasses that I took....
221031 IA-CA
2 RV's to Gilroy CA... spending the night at Rocklin CA We are up at our usual time, but based on local. We can't call for our NV permit until 7:30. We do call at 7:30 and someone picks up right away. Good sign. In the past we have gotten our permits within 15 minutes.... an hour later I call back.....
221030 IA-CA
2 RV's to Gilroy CA... spending the night at Wendover UT Very long day. From before dawn to after dark. Tomorrow we need to get past Donner's Pass. That will be a 500 mile day instead of a 650 mile day. We had purchased enough food to have some for breakfast as they place does not start their breakf...
221029 IA-CA
2 RV's to Gilroy CA... spending the night at Sidney NE 635 miles today - long day. We woke up in the in the AM and Donners Pass now has a forecast for snow so we want to beat it. We both had leftovers so we did not even stop to see what they had for breakfast. We pull out at 7:15 and our first stop...
221028 IA-CA
1 boom truck to Hopkins MN (failed) 1 trash truck to Dodge Center MN (delivered) 2 RV's to Gilroy CA... spending the night at Clear Lake IA I thought we had everything planned out last night. But by this AM we decided not to take the NY runs and wait for something better. And we decided not to do th...