230330 IA-SC
2 RV's to Greer SC... spending the night at home We go over what we had talked about last night and agree it is still the best plan. So at 8 AM I call in, not sure why we both did not call in. The NE trip we wanted to do today is already gone but the two for SC are still there so we take them. Now w...
230329 MN-MO
1 trash truck to Foristell MO... spending the night at home We have 10 hours to go today so we are ready to go by 7 AM. No breakfast, I didn't even look at it. Less than 10 miles down the road, the check engine light comes on. I know there is a truck dealer in this area but don't remember the road l...
230328 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Summit IL (Delivered) 1 trash truck to Foristell MO... spending the night at Rochester MN No breakfast so we were leaving the hotel at 7:15 this AM. Well, we didn't eat breakfast there... when I was checking out, I did see they had bacon so I grabbed a bowl and put a few strips in i...
230327 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Summit IL... spending the night at Rockford IL Alarm at our usual 6 AM, ready to leave the hotel at 7:30. We did grab two more yogurts for the road again today. 8 AM we are at the shipper. The large shuttle van from my local company is there, that usually means there were more than...
230326 MN
1 trash truck to Summit IL (Monday)... spending the night at Rochester No breakfast at the hotel. We do grab some yogurt and fruit for later. We are out of the hotel by 9 AM. 1st stop is in Fountain at the end or start of the Root River trail. It is not maintained in the winter but it is late enough...
230325 MN
1 trash truck to Summit IL (Monday)... spending the night at Rochester Because we don't spend enough time on the road, we decided to take a little road trip this weekend. Saturday - I had emailed dispatch on Friday to make sure my paperwork would be ready Friday night. 1st stop was the office, no pa...
230324 MN-IL
1 truck to Libertyville IL (delivered) 1 trash truck to Summit IL (Monday)... spending the night at home... no breakfast again. They had it, we didn't. I was glad to see that the box on the back of my truck was still there. I tore off the extra cardboard that I had put on last night. I had noticed a...
230323 MN-IL
1 truck to Libertyville IL... spending the night at Kenosha WI Alarm at 6 AM, we are both awake slightly before. No breakfast for now (we'll see how long that lasts) Leaving the house at 7:30... 1st stop is the office. I have the last two days paperwork to do so I start on that. Then start talking t...
230322 MN-MN
2 chassis to Plymouth MN (final miles) 1 tanker truck to Grove City OH (staged) 1 bus to MD (re-parked) 1 truck to Libertyville IL (Thursday)... spending the night at home No alarm, we plan on watching the load board and then calling local dispatch later in the AM. We did go down for breakfast. When...
230321 MN-WI
1 tanker truck to Janesville WI (delivered)... spending the night at Mauston WI I had a medical appointment this AM and a possibly another appointment so as of the weekend I had not planned on working at all today/Tuesday. By yesterday AM that began to change and by mid-afternoon we knew we were goi...
230320 MN-MN
3 tankers truck to Lake Elmo MN (all staged) 1 tanker truck to Janesville WI (Tuesday)... spending the night at home Saturday I called and got a duplicate of a receipt that I had left in my truck. On that trip I get reimbursed for the cost of the fuel. Actually, Saturday I had called an the young pe...
230317 IL-WI
1 tanker truck to Madison WI (delivered)... spending the night at home At 7 AM, we call the east coast dispatchers. As I do with other dispatchers, I just say the pickup city name. This dispatcher says 'What about it?' So I had to say the full information about the trip I wanted. It was still there...
230316 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Dixon IL (delivered)... spending the night at Rockford IL Out of the house by 7 AM. No side stops today. 1st stop is at the shipper. Find the paperwork, find the truck, no issues. BB sees and hears a driver for our long haul carrier, he is having issues. Must not have been too bad a...
230315 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Dixon IL (Thursday)... spending the night at home No breakfast as I have an appointment this AM. There I find out I need to make a 2nd appointment for Tuesday and Tuesday I will need to make a 3rd appointment. It kinds of messes up doing even the short trips. In the afternoon we hav...
230313 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Pittsfield IL (failed)... spending the night at home ?? Home ?? Yes, three issues in the first 120 miles and I ended up leaving it at a repair shop. Breakfast... was last nights leftovers. We pull out at 7:30 as planned. 6:30 if your body still hasn't switched to daylight savings ti...
230311 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Pittsfield IL (Monday)... spending the night at home Local dispatch has not had a problem keeping me busy the last few times I have been available, but we do like to keep an eye on the load board just in case. I keep in contact with one driver who drives the buses out of CA and last...
230310 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Pittsfield IL (Monday)... spending the night at home We've been mostly gone for the a few weeks so we stayed close to home the last couple of days. We also had someone coming to work on the house that 'may be able to come Thursday, but more likely Friday.' If they had come Thursday...