1 trash truck to Elk Grove IL (Tuesday)

... spending the night at home

No great work on the load board, no dispatchers calling us so we take another day off.

Finally about 10 AM I call the local dispatcher, they are in their meeting so I call again about 11 AM. No 'good' trips so I am taking another trash truck to Elk Grove, might be the same as the last one I did for the other company. The only difference is this one is diesel instead of CNG.

Last time we picked up and dropped the same day. This one we will split the miles over two days, that is usually a good thing for as rough as they rode. We have an appointment Tuesday at 10 AM. Not sure what happens with the emails. The first notice of the appointment went into the junk folder but the follow up came through OK.

Later in the day the rental dispatcher put a few midwest trips out so we will try to grab one of those, but not until after I am in this truck. There are also a few options of other 2nd legs but most heading further than we want to run with our personal car.

Personal car, we have put enough miles on it that I had to take it in for an oil change. As I am coming down the street by the shop, I notice the car ahead of me is smoking/steaming and pulling off to the side. But when I get to the shop, the shop is blocking my view so I can't see the car. I do see some more smoke/steam later and it smells like smoke.

When I get in the shop, I ask the help about the car ... it did catch on fire. Apparently there was some grass stuck under the engine. Not totaled so someone must have had a fire extinguisher as there were never any fire trucks.

Load board

US - 102

IA - 1/0

MN - 4

WI - 1

Tomorrows plan is to make it 2/3rds of the way to the drop so likely DeForest or Rockford. Then deliver by noon and pick up a passenger van coming back to the auction house in the cities and then do the same a 2nd time if the other trucks are still there.