2024 03 30 MN
Load board US - 274 IA - 24 MN - 12 WI - 3
2024 03 29 KS-MN
1 box truck to Brooklyn Park MN (delivered)... spending the night at Story City IA ?? Morning ?? My BP has been way down all week. Not sure the why on that, it usually is only this low when I have been home a couple of days. Breakfast. BB eats leftovers, I go down for yogurt... then see meat. This p...
2024 03 28 KS-MN
1 box truck to Brooklyn Park MN... spending the night at Story City IA This AM I am finally able to get the front desk to print my Bill of Lading. It was the first thing that actually printed for them so they were surprised. I thought I could make a 2nd copy myself and their business center but coul...
2024 03 27 IA-NE
1 box truck to Omaha NE (delivered) 1 box truck to Brooklyn Park MN... spending the night at Independence KS Up with the alarm. At 7 AM I call dispatch on the east coast. I ask them to hold an order for we while I call the drop. The drop opens at 7 AM so it is a quick call. Yes, they are open Good F...
2024 03 26 IA-NE
1 trash truck to Bloomington IL (delivered) 1 chassis to Janesville WI (delivered) 1 box truck to Omaha NE... spending the night at Walcott IA Even before breakfast, I saw on FB that the bridge in MD had collapsed. One of the drivers I talk to on the phone (but haven't met yet) was in the area last...
2024 03 25 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Bloomington IL... spending the night at Rockford IL No alarm, up before 7 AM. Call dispatch a little after 8 AM. Dispatch had not given my truck away so we are heading to Decatur... no, they change that to Bloomington. About 50 miles shorter. They call again because it is not the st...
2024 03 23 IL-MN
1 tanker truck to Blaine MN (delivered)... spending the night at home Nothing major today. Finishing up paperwork, filing, getting ready for the next trip. Forecast is changing, so far how long the storm lasts has changed. We'll see how things are on Monday. Load board was busy today. End of month f...
2024 03 22 IL-MN
1 tanker truck to Blaine MN (delivered)... spending the night at home Alarm at 6 AM... even though we were not planning on leaving until 9 AM. Snow. It had snowed overnight. Snow was deep enough that it covered the grass, but didn't stick to the pavement in most places. Breakfast was OK, plus they h...
2024 03 21 OH-IL
1 refer truck to Romeoville IL (delivered) 1 tanker truck to Blaine MN... spending the night at Black River Falls WI We got going early... and late. Breakfast, another day of yogurt. We got going at 7 AM our time, that is early. We got going 8 AM local, that is late. By being late, locally, the park...
2024 03 20 OH-IL
1 refer truck to Romeoville IL 1 tanker truck to Blaine MN (Thursday)... spending the night at Van Wert OH Woke up just before 8 AM local and got up. Had been awake during the night because I ate way too much food yesterday. So breakfast was one small carton of yogurt. We watch the board, we do the...
2024 03 19 MN-IN
1 refer truck to Berne IN (delivered)... spending the night at Elkhart IN Alarm this AM... Breakfast at 7 AM. This hotel requires that we eat in their breakfast area, we can not take food to our room. Breakfast for me was Banana-strawberry yogurt. The ABS light is on again this AM but goes out befor...
2024 03 18 MN-IN
1 refer truck to Berne IN... spending the night at Schaumburg IL Up at six, calling the shipper at 7 AM... and 8 AM... and... Paperwork says that we must call ahead or be turned away (?) Not sure if that is something that is on all their paperwork or this just this shipper. Sometime after 8 AM I do...
2024 03 16 MN-IN
1 refer truck to Berne IN (Monday)... spending the night at home Slept in this AM. Forgot to call right at 7 AM local / 8 AM dispatch time. But I still got the trip. This is our best chance of getting out of town. There MAY have been work for the local company but those on play a small % of what the...
2024 03 15 MN-MN
2 trank trucks to GA (staged)... spending the night at home Up and rolling at our usual time. 7:30 AM. No frost on our windows, but from on some of the neighbors cars and houses. 8 AM at the office, both other drivers are already there. Only one dispatch on time and they come out to say hi as we hav...
2024 03 14 MN
2 tank trucks to GA (Friday)... spending the night at home We watched the load board. Nothing even worth calling on. Near the end of the working day, local dispatch calls with 2 trucks for me to stage. Then asks if another driver can ride with me. A while later they call and ask if a 3rd driver can...
2024 03 13 MN
1 trash truck to Ortonville MN (delivered)... spending the night at home No alarm, but we are up and watching the load board when they open. BB spends an hour (confirmed by her phone) on the phone with SS. Yep, 65 is coming up. Finally close to noon there are two short rentals. I call one dispatcher...
2024 03 12 MN-MN
1 trash truck to Ortonville MN (delivered)... spending the night at home BB is better this AM, she has her usual for breakfast. My drop is not a town I want to stay in, it has no way (public transportation) in our out but I do know people there that could help if really needed. And last night it loo...
2024 03 11 MN-MN
1 box truck to St Paul MN (delivered/refused) 1 trash truck to Ortonville MN... spending the night at Owatonna MN Left home <> 7:30. 1st stop is two hours down the road at a rest area near Lewiston. 2nd stop is in La Cross at the dealer where I pick up. It takes them three tries again to find...
2024 03 09 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT (delivered) 1 box truck to St Paul MN (Monday) 1 trash truck to Ortonville MN (??)... spending the night at home Up early, breakfast early. Scrape the frost off the windows before we head out. BB re-set the mileage setting and she still got <> 25 mpg. We keep thinking some...
2024 03 08 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT (delivered) 1 box truck to St Paul MN (Monday) 1 trash truck to Ortonville MN (??)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN (early AM note) Heard last night that extended family was driving 15 mph in ice on I80 in NE. Glad we headed the northern route. I80 is closed this AM. By to...
2024 03 07 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT (delivered)... spending the night at Spearfish SD Alarm at 5 AM, ready to roll by 6 AM (local) Todays morning clerk has all the breakfast items ready before we get down there. The posted time is 6:30. So we grab some to-go items and are gone before daylight. Before official dayl...
2024 03 06 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT (delivered)... spending the night at Wendover UT The good... and the bad. The good - 1st the drop said that they would take my RV with a warning light on (rare) and then the light went off before delivery. The bad - After driving 300+ miles in the direction AWAY from home, we ca...
2024 03 05 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT... spending the night at Coalville UT Bad night, ate too much food last night. Up at 5 AM, breakfast a 6 AM. Yogurt for me. Sun is already up when we are rolling at 6:30, days are getting longer. 1st stop is the Port of Entry for our permits. Busy today. As we were leaving, anot...
2024 03 04 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT... spending the night at Sidney NE Breakfast, just yogurt and a hard boiled egg for me today. This morning... "Oh, you are going to shave this AM"... as she grabs the razor and walks away and packs it up.... I had to explain to her what she said, and what she did... It is rainin...
2024 03 03 IA-UT
2 RV's to Drapper UT... spending the night at Waukee IA (Des Moines) Up and out of the room before 7 AM. We grab breakfast to-go. A hard boiled egg, two bacon patties, grape juice. BB has to fuel before dropping the rental so I take the time to fuel also. Pilot in Northfield is the cheapest fuel tod...