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 time we are by on the route, we are running at our normal time.

1st stop is picking up the paperwork at the dispatchers house. He has four trucks in his drive waiting to go, including one going to St Cloud. ?? Not sure why he is pulling some off the lot and not others.

Same town, we are at the shipper. The gate is already open and then I see why. My other companies shuttle is sitting in the drive ... I hold my cap over my face as I drive past, and then realize it is my cap from their company :)

As soon as I am parked, security pulls up and asks questions. Next time I talk to him I will have to ask if I should have called even if the gate is open.

Looks like one of the drivers is having some kind of issue again. Same as last time I saw the shuttle here. It's 9 AM, usually the shuttle gets here about 7:30 and drivers should be out by 8 AM.

But carriers have two boxes for keys here. My local company has the code set the same for both boxes. This carrier does not so when I can't find my keys, I need to call dispatch ... on their day 'off' and ask for the code.

Three rows of trucks, BB walks one, I walk one and then we walk together coming back on the 3rd row. Two trucks from the end is my truck.

No issues. But I do see on my paperwork they have four fuel stops listed. I could do it in one, the other carrier has me do it in three and two of these stops add extra miles. So I text the dispatcher asking if I need to stop at those stops. I don't. So I do my own thing.

I do stop four times because they are paying us for 'stop offs,' at least on past trips.

2nd stop is the Kwik Trip in Rochester. This is the one my other carrier does not have us stop at. 20 gallons so the tanks were not quite full.

3rd stop is West Salem at a Kwik Trip for fuel and lunch. But their fuel is down and will be at least until tomorrow. Do I go back 10 miles so I fuel four times? I decide I have enough fuel to get to Madison where there are six plus CNG stations so I should be good.

Food is a rib sandwich ... with no onions. I think the rib sandwich is better here than McDonalds or Arby's. But this station is out of onions, today. I didn't look to see if they had any on the shelf.

... from a FB friend. They stopped at a truck stop today and ordered a salad. No salads today, there is no one here to chop the lettuce ... ???

4th stop ... BB saw this ... I didn't ... and it was posted right above where I slid my credit card in. "Pumps will be shut down all day Wednesday." ... and we may be coming through again Wednesday. Plan ahead.

After two stations being down or going to be down today and my only stop last CNG trip being down, I called my final stop tomorrow to see if their pumps were working. So far they are.

One more hour ... of riding a jack hammer. This is the worst truck I have had in a long time. Lots of time with my seat off the seat. But I forget quickly and may do another one tomorrow.

5th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Waukesha. Plenty of room to park, this place has never been full when we've been here and it has three area's away from the building where we can park crossways away from most cars.

Food and treats were from Oscar's Frozen Custard. While waiting for our food, the rest of our food, someone asked BB how the 'flavor of the day' was. Because they were buying a gallon of it. Food was good. Chili was thick like spaghetti sauce with beans. Mild, the way I like it. But I did not need a malt, chili and a burger. Finally stopped when I was half done with the burger. I may finish it for breakfast.

Load board (weekend)

US - 184

IA - 2

MN - 3

WI - 4

Plan ... call dispatch at 7 AM local for a RV in IN. Then call my local dispatch and offer to do a repeat of today ... that way I will know which company pays better.

We should drop by 10 AM, be in IN by 2 PM and back somewhere in WI by nightfall.

Tuesday we should drop early afternoon and be able to pick up the next WI trip and get to Rochester or La Crosse ... we'll see.