ENOUGH SNOW
Well, we went and got the load to Cheyenne, one we have done before, (I like familiar : ) Had just gotten over into Kansas and the check engine light came on... checked all the gauges and all is good. Called road service and checked the truck manual and decided all was o.k. till we could get to a Kenworth dealer... called several and even stopped at the one in Cheyenne.. would be at least 3 days before any could look at it. Got into snow as we went through Kansas to the west, all on the grass in places, like that in Colorado, and Wyoming too. Made our delivery and went to the truckstop to wait on a dispatch.
Was really cold up there, nice vacation spot, don't think I'd live there, unless I lived like a hermit in the winter. Got the dispatch to wait on a driver to do a relay..one to do over night.. to Salt Lake City, UT... Had been watchin the weather and knew a storm was comin... was not happy about a night run in snow and wind.. The run was tight.. but thank goodness the driver got there an hour early.. left at 1o:30 at night to deliver at 7:00 am.
Wasn't too bad till we hit the Utah line...that's were we met the snow and wind and the road signs warned of slick spots...black ice... Ricky did really good..drivin slow and steady... our load wasn't too heavy or too light...we went up the east side to the north and came down around the west side to the south of Salt Lake to get around the pass... they had the chain law in effect there.. and then shut it down completely. The snow was deep on the mountains and coming down hard and blowing across the roads in Utah. We sent in a delay message after we were easing into town because of the roads and then we hit stand still traffic comin into Salt Lake, Ricky just eased along and we were just 45 minutes late. The manager said he couldn't believe the over the road guy beat the line haulers in.. made Ricky smile : )
Dropped that trailer and went for breakfast at Sapp Brothers truckstop, just down the street, thank goodness. Got a nap and then a dispatch to pick up a load in Ogden, with another storm pumping up for the night up that way. Left to run up there and it was snowing hard.. had to weigh the empty trailer on the way there... gosh that Pilot up there was a mess. Snow and wind, parking lot not cleaned off and trucks out the A.. trying to find a parking spot and getting fuel. Finally got out and went to the customer...parking lot worse... one of the other drivers was stuck and had to call a wrecker to get out...got the loaded trailer..Ricky waded in thigh deep snow to check it out and hook it up..and then had to go back to the Pilot to reweigh it and come back to the customer and get the Bill of Laden so we could finally go... 4 hours to do a drop and hook...geeezzz.
Weather was getting scary... I-80 was closed but had just opened back up as we got there.. winds were 50mph with 70mph gusts... Ricky decided we needed to get past the Sisters(a hill that goes way down one side and way up the other side just after crossing into Wyoming) at least before we shut down, and we did : ) without me crying once : ) found one spot at the TA, that was not really a spot...some of Ricky's creative parking : ) parked for the night, wind was rockin us all night. The snow was blowing up drifts, a truck over to our side had to get a wrecker pull him out that next mornin.
We took off for Georgia...got warmer as we went east and south...poor paco's feet got froze one time Ricky took him out to potty...Ricky told him to find his perfect spot faster.. Isabelle did her business as soon as she hit the ground, no waitin on her. Oh well, I'll wind this up, delivered in Georgia, just north of Atlanta, Ricky had highlighted for Joplin so we could get the truck fixed, so we went to Tennessee just west of Nashville, got a load to Memphis, and then a load from there to Monett, Mo and then dead headed to Joplin. Got our truck fixed this morning,(bad sensor) and are waitin for a new dispatch now. Big board, little freight...hold up in the truck...cause it's freakin cold... a Miami run would be nice : ) will go for now. Ricky's gettin a nap case we have to run tonight...the dogs are gettin a nap too : )
Livin our Dream...Belinda and Ricky
Well, we went and got the load to Cheyenne, one we have done before, (I like familiar : ) Had just gotten over into Kansas and the check engine light came on... checked all the gauges and all is good. Called road service and checked the truck manual and decided all was o.k. till we could get to a Kenworth dealer... called several and even stopped at the one in Cheyenne.. would be at least 3 days before any could look at it. Got into snow as we went through Kansas to the west, all on the grass in places, like that in Colorado, and Wyoming too. Made our delivery and went to the truckstop to wait on a dispatch.
Was really cold up there, nice vacation spot, don't think I'd live there, unless I lived like a hermit in the winter. Got the dispatch to wait on a driver to do a relay..one to do over night.. to Salt Lake City, UT... Had been watchin the weather and knew a storm was comin... was not happy about a night run in snow and wind.. The run was tight.. but thank goodness the driver got there an hour early.. left at 1o:30 at night to deliver at 7:00 am.
Wasn't too bad till we hit the Utah line...that's were we met the snow and wind and the road signs warned of slick spots...black ice... Ricky did really good..drivin slow and steady... our load wasn't too heavy or too light...we went up the east side to the north and came down around the west side to the south of Salt Lake to get around the pass... they had the chain law in effect there.. and then shut it down completely. The snow was deep on the mountains and coming down hard and blowing across the roads in Utah. We sent in a delay message after we were easing into town because of the roads and then we hit stand still traffic comin into Salt Lake, Ricky just eased along and we were just 45 minutes late. The manager said he couldn't believe the over the road guy beat the line haulers in.. made Ricky smile : )
Dropped that trailer and went for breakfast at Sapp Brothers truckstop, just down the street, thank goodness. Got a nap and then a dispatch to pick up a load in Ogden, with another storm pumping up for the night up that way. Left to run up there and it was snowing hard.. had to weigh the empty trailer on the way there... gosh that Pilot up there was a mess. Snow and wind, parking lot not cleaned off and trucks out the A.. trying to find a parking spot and getting fuel. Finally got out and went to the customer...parking lot worse... one of the other drivers was stuck and had to call a wrecker to get out...got the loaded trailer..Ricky waded in thigh deep snow to check it out and hook it up..and then had to go back to the Pilot to reweigh it and come back to the customer and get the Bill of Laden so we could finally go... 4 hours to do a drop and hook...geeezzz.
Weather was getting scary... I-80 was closed but had just opened back up as we got there.. winds were 50mph with 70mph gusts... Ricky decided we needed to get past the Sisters(a hill that goes way down one side and way up the other side just after crossing into Wyoming) at least before we shut down, and we did : ) without me crying once : ) found one spot at the TA, that was not really a spot...some of Ricky's creative parking : ) parked for the night, wind was rockin us all night. The snow was blowing up drifts, a truck over to our side had to get a wrecker pull him out that next mornin.
We took off for Georgia...got warmer as we went east and south...poor paco's feet got froze one time Ricky took him out to potty...Ricky told him to find his perfect spot faster.. Isabelle did her business as soon as she hit the ground, no waitin on her. Oh well, I'll wind this up, delivered in Georgia, just north of Atlanta, Ricky had highlighted for Joplin so we could get the truck fixed, so we went to Tennessee just west of Nashville, got a load to Memphis, and then a load from there to Monett, Mo and then dead headed to Joplin. Got our truck fixed this morning,(bad sensor) and are waitin for a new dispatch now. Big board, little freight...hold up in the truck...cause it's freakin cold... a Miami run would be nice : ) will go for now. Ricky's gettin a nap case we have to run tonight...the dogs are gettin a nap too : )
Livin our Dream...Belinda and Ricky
posted by RickLynn | 1:46 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the info regarding the loading of those trusses. After we drop in NC we are tentatively being sent to SC for some boats headed to Texas. We know then we'll probably be sent to Pharr! As I type this, it is about -1 just south east of Chicago. Nothing like the -40 we had in Yellowknife NWT last year. Hope to see you on the road sometime soon!
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