221027 MN-MN
2 PU's to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at home BB had her final appointment of the week this AM and at first we were not going to call on any trips until she was back home from that. But she got done at home what she wanted to before she left so we did call for work at 8:30. Dispatc...
221024 DOT
... spending the night at home Today was BB's DOT physical. She passed so we can drive until mine expires in about a year. Every year we wonder what it might be this year that trips us up and if we are going to pass. While she was doing that I drove to the MN DMV and got a copy of my driving record....
221021 IL-IL
2 trucks to Rock Island IL... spending the night at home Breakfast... didn't start until 7 AM. We were down a little after and the doors were still locked. I knocked and someone opened. It was the usual, eggs, sausage, yogurt... We weren't as quick getting going as I thought we might be. Then I had...
221020 IA-IN
1 RV to Mount Vernon IN (delivered) 2 trucks to Rock Island IL (Friday)... spending the night at Galesburg IL We eat breakfast, what there was. No plates, no forks, apple juice was water, the OJ had gone bad. We pull out at 7:15 AM and headed right into the sun-up. Glad we didn't also have to deal w...
221019 IA-IN
1 RV to Mount Vernon IN... spending the night at O'Fallon IL Up at 6 AM, breakfast at 6:30 AM (2 yogurt) and on the road at 7 AM. 1st stop - the shipper in Forest City. We get to the office right at 8 AM, they greet us but it's a few minutes before anyone brings us our paperwork. And we get some log...
221018 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Germantown WI (delivered) 1 RV to Mount Vernon IN (Wednesday)... spending the night at Albert Lea MN I wasn't planning on stopping for lunch so I decided I should eat breakfast. Scrambled eggs, with cheese and ham. Plus a few pieces of bacon. Just OJ because the apple juice looked l...
221017 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Germantown WI (delivered) 1 trash truck to Louisville KY (Canceled) 1 trash truck to Germantown WI... spending the night at Rochester MN Not much went as planned today. This much was pretty much as usual... I ate left overs for breakfast. I delivered my truck this AM as planned. Her...
221016 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Germantown WI... spending the night at Waukesha WI Up and rolling a little earlier than usual, but that left room for errors. Out on the freeway, BB and I are talking and I sail right past our exit. And this is close to the longest stretch on the loop between exits. Oh well, by the...
221014 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Germantown WI (Sunday)... spending the night at home Got up this AM and there was snow on the ground, on the leaves, but not on the streets. Our 1st snow of the year. At 7 AM we call the east coast dispatcher. The trip we wanted is gone. The other trip we were looking at only leaves...
221013 MN-MN
1 roll-off truck to Hopkins MN (delivered) 1 trash truck to Milica MN (delivered) 1 tanker to Lake Elmo MN (staged)... spending the night at home Went 'down for breakfast' early this AM. (Our fridge is always open:) ) 7 AM local, 8 AM eastern, I called the rental dispatcher to get short trip from hi...
221012 IN-MN
1 roll-off truck to Hopkins MN... spending the night at home Detour Tornado Long day -------------------------- (one day later) Breakfast today was one small carton of yogurt. Travel was mostly on roads with dividing lines but a few miles were the one lane blacktop kind. 1st stop - The shipper in Wi...
221011 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Bloomington IL (delivered) 1 roll-off truck to Hopkins MN (Wednesday)... spending the night at Rensselaer IN Breakfast is going to be leftovers from last night. This fridge works, the meatloaf is frozen solid. So I need to go down and get a paper plate so I can nuke the food, we bro...
221010 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Bloomington IL... spending the night at Davenport IA (Spent the night doing math trying to find something that pays enough to keep moving. We are using a rental car this week) (written up one day later) Nothing looks good on the load board so at 8:30 I call the local dispatch. They...
221008 MN-MN
US load board during the day 7 AM - 222 7:30 - 217 8:00 - 215
221007 MN-MN
1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at home Breakfast was last nights leftovers. Then as we were leaving, BB checked and they had bacon for breakfast:( Same route, nothing new.... but pulling out of the first town I had to slow down for... I kept up to traffic, set my cru...
221006 MN-MN
1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (delivered) 1 rental truck to Shakopee MN... spending the night at Worthington MN Rolling after 7 AM, to the shipper at 8 AM. This time I know the routine so the shipper did not escort me to the truck. When we pulled off the tar road, we met one of the trucks leaving. O...
221005 MN-MN
1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (delivered) 1 rental truck to Shakopee MN (Thursday)... spending the night at Worthington MN We managed to get going early again, today at just after 7 AM. Light traffic, clear weather. We made it two plus hours before stopping. 1st stop is the rest area near Blue Earth...
221004 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Ringle WI (delivered)... spending the night at home Alarm at 6 AM, rolling at 7:15. We actually left home early. Not much for traffic so we made good time. 1st stop - Dodge Center at the dispatcher's office. He is gone yesterday and still today. His back up didn't get my paperwork d...
221003 MN-WI
1 trash truck to Ringle WI (Tuesday)... spending the night at home We had not planned on committing to anything today... until after we've had a good nights sleep. But by mid-day we started talking about work. Local dispatch had called and I told them I was NA this month so now are plan is to work f...