Guess I've been really slacking in updating
. I am even too lazy to go back and read my last update to see where I left off :lol:
So, let's see.......I dropped my son off at home and picked up a military load out of Fort Hood, TX going to Appleton, MN. I had 2 humvee's and 1 Dodge Caravan. It was an easy load except that dang van was a little bit of a challenge because it does not have any specific tie downs and I do not carry any special ties downs for regular vehicles. Although a slight pain in the rear end to secure, I "got er dun" and delivered the load with no problems.
From Appleton, I bounced down to Zumborta, MN and picked up some misc. pipes and racks going to a job site in South Jordan, UT. I was told to be at the shipper between 10-11am so I got there at 9:45am (early is on time and on time is late). Anyways, it turns out that the load was no where near ready. I mean they were still welding flanges and such on the pipes. I didn't roll out of there until about 3pm!
Other than that, the run went smoothly.
From there I bounced down to Myton, UT and loaded some "Mats" for an oil rig that were going to New Town, ND. I usually will not take any loads up to that area as it can be real hard to get out of. But this one paid extremely well and when I figured in a healthy DH out of there it still paid decent. It was an absolute cluster there. There must have been at least 40 trucks all sitting in a field getting loaded with this and that. Most were OD & heavy loads. There was only one other LS truck there and he too was getting the same Mats as I was. We sat there for about 6hrs before they even called on me to load. Once they did, there was a big debate as to how much each mat weighed and what they would load on me. Eventually, they decided to play it safe and put 4 mats and a few misc. peices on and asked if I would weigh and call them back so they had an idea of what to load on the other trucks. When I weighed, it turned out to be about 39k. That load went smooth and was delivered a day early.
Of course they was not a single decent paying load coming out of the area so the other LS driver and myself DH back down to Rapid City, SD (bike week was gearing up
). After sitting for almost 2 days with no decent loads popping up, I finally found one from Peetz, CO to Elk City, OK. Although it and the previous load both have good rates, when my DH is factored in it goes from good rates to just O.K. rates. But that's the way it works in this business sometimes right.
I am now sitting at the Sapp Bros. in Sidney, NE. I am 14 miles from Peetz, Co where I will load first thing Monday morning.
After this load, I will start making my way back to the house to take a couple of weeks off as my son, who received a full blown Navy ROTC Scholarship to Hampton University in Hampton, VA, leaves for college in mid August. His mom and I will drive him there and visit a few old friends from my Navy days.
