2 RV's to Dayton OH
... spending the night at Morton IL
Pretty skimpy breakfast. I had two yogurts and a hard boiled egg. We are up at our usual time but don't leave the hotel until after 8 AM.
'Rumor has it' that this shipper is wholesaling close to 1,000 vans. They come in as Sprinter or ProMaster shells and the dealer builds their RV inside of them. BUT ... it sounds like they ordered to many/sales quickly died ... so now those models are too old to sell as 'new' RV's. And to go along with that rumor, today we saw three loads of the vans leaving in the few minutes we were at the shipper picking up our RVs.
We did see one person bringing in an RV. Plus we saw one leaving as we were pulling into town and then two more drivers in the lot as we are leaving.
BB leads today as she has less fuel. We don't stop in Clear Lake so she was doing OK then, but before we get to Floyd she has slowed down to conserve fuel. Zero bars left on her gauge and then the semi ahead of her is slow on the startup and she misses the green light.
24 gallon tank on BB's RV and she can only get in 17 gallons, and the gauge will not go up to full. But we both try putting in more and it is full to the top.
It is too early to eat so we will make our next stop in Evansdale. Arby's. I try one of their monthly specials. A little hot for me, spicy. After I take a few more bites, BB and I switch and I eat her gyro. Next time I will try to get that sandwich with Arby's sauce or mayo.
IA scale is open today, that is rare. I have to cross the scale, BB does not. Someone is being talked to by an officer, they are driving a paint stripper. So this one likely was ready the day we were in ND ... but this one they are moving themselves. They passed us a few miles down the road.
By Davenport it is time to fuel again. There is one other RV in the lot when we leave, didn't see the driver and they were not from our company. From here we make our reservation for tonight.
Morton at the Quality Inn is where we will spend the night. We are in early enough that BB decides to do laundry tonight instead of tomorrow morning, or the next. Once we get that set up we walk over to the Cracker Barrel to get our to-go order.
1st stop - the shipper in Forest City
2nd - Floyd Loves for fuel
3rd - Arby's in Evansdale
4th - Loves in Davenport for fuel
5th - Quality Inn / Cracker Barrel in Morton
Load board (weekend)
US - 199
IA - 2
MN - 7
WI - 22
Nothing has changed since yesterday. The 2nd leg we want to take also have 'limited availability' of cars to get out of. And at some point I want to get back and spend some time out in the field. That isn't likely to happen as long as there is still snow in the forecast.