OH, updated my blog today also for those keeping up with it.

Later

 

Thanks, I was looking for you at Joplin. I was routed there because of the flooding and my consignee's location. I arrived there midday Monday, swapped trailers and picked up a load at TAMKO, also going to Pharr, probably at the same place. I deliver on Thursday. I had a few hours left on my 11/14, not enough to make it all the way home. I decided to remain at Joplin overnight, make it to Austin on Tuesday. I would be able to get in a 34 hour reset before I had to leave for Pharr on Thursday morning. I'm sure I will bounce over to Laredo and pick up a preload of John Deere parts or airconditioners going somewhere.

Have you ever been to TAMKO? Try to be first in line so you can be loaded first. You can just make it to SA in one day. Time will be tight so don't fool around. Call me if you have never been there before. You have to weigh, park, then check in with shipping. You will be loaded in the order in which you check in. So be sure you check in early. You will have to tarp that load. If it is double stacked you may have to use your V-boards on the top stack and strap in down before you pull outside to secure the load. As soon as you are loaded they will give you the packing list, take that back to shipping and they will give you your BOL. My point, if it wasn't clear, is if they load you early, and you don't delay, you can, just, make it to SA in one day.

 

Hey Terry haven't talked to you since we had ribs in Des Moines awhile back.I'm shut down south of Vegas waiting to deliver in LA on the 5th,nobody working on the 4th... so gettin in a 34hr restart.Check your pm I got a couple questions I'd like to talk to you about.Jim Bryant

 

Jim,

I was more than a little worried about you because I haven't heard from you for so long and you hadn't posted. I don't have any PM's, check to see if you sent them properly. I have your phone number on the truck and I'm at home right now.

 

[quote="terrylamar"][quote="countryhorseman"]Thanks Terry, have been there several times with my trainer. only 20 pallets, so it will be single stacked. I did pick up new v-boards before leaving the yard yesterday.

We were at the yard about 0730 to get the company car to take the rental back to Springfield. Got back and started processing around 1100.

Will be at TAMKO early in the morning, so I can get home tommorow evening. May even head over there tonight after the sun goes down, to make sure I am first in line. Sorry I missed you in Joplin.

I have made the run from Joplin to home before, with about an hour to spare when I was with Stevens. Like you say, it is tight, but can be done.

 

I spent the first part of the day running around Austin and looking at the water flowing out of the floodgates and some flooding around town. I have to say that Auditorium Shores was not as flooded as I was expecting. I've seen much worse north of here driving between stops. I hate to see all of the destruction but then I think about how busy we will be with the rebuilding.

Happy 4th of July to all. It's a soggy one here. :sad:

Rain, rain, go away.........

 

My wife says it is still raining off and on at the house. My truck turn-a-round is a huge mud puddle, so when I get home Thursday night, I will have to back into the drive way instead of pulling straight in. No big deal though. The rain is suppose to stop tonight, at least that is what they are saying. Hope so, sure do not want to spend my hometime couped up in the house.

 

well things didnt go all that great for hubby this week. he wont make it home for the weekend :sad: we knew this may be a possibility this week cause of the holiday and all. i was looking forword to seeing him tho, and he wanted to see the kids. guess this is just something we will have to get used to. i hope from now on he gets home on the weekend, but I guess I wont know for sure till I see him walk through the door.

 

Just saying hello to all and hope all is well with everyone. Monday is my girlfriend's court case for child custody of her son against her soon to be X-husband. Wish us luck!!!
Also, if ANY truckers happen to be in the Queens New York vicinity and see an overweight, bleached blond a$$-hole of a man with too many tatoos crossing the street on his way to court Monday morning, I'd be forever in your debt if you ran him over..... TWICE.

 

Good Luck Fred in everything. Got my truck Tuesday, and finally made it to the house today for a couple of days before heading for the valley to deliver Monday a.m.

Thanks for all your help.

Horseman