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A friend is visiting
This was a fun weekend and the week is too. My old friend from Norway is visiting me and he is joining me over the road for a few days. He arrived in Dayton on Saturday, unfortunately, the great weather we had last week is gone, but visiting the Air Force Museum in Dayton never goes wrong.
...Tennesse Ice Cream
I got ice cream back to Ohio for T-call at the yard. I just arrived at the yard and will start my weekend in a few. I started early yesterday so didn't make it far, but I got to Smithon and parked on the shoulder just outside Speedway. Did the remaining of a 3+7 split sleeper and started Satur...
Bananas back to Ohio
I picked this banana load up Friday morning and I was back in Ohio around 8 PM the same day.
I had to Saturday off, but I left home around 11:30 PM and headed down to the Washington Courthouse where I'm at right now. When I got here I had a couple of hours of sleep then I checked in an...
Holiday weekend
With 4th of July almost over I headed down to Washington Courthouse for a delivery of bananas from Gloves Gloucester City NJ.
The appointment was 3am on Monday and my next load was from Kopp Turkey in Harrison to Quakertown PA
US Foods Seabrook
I started the day with a 7+3 split so I could make it to the shipper on time. I arrived just before my appointment and got assigned to a door immediately.
While waiting to get loaded the last half of my split sleeper birth was completed and just before 13:00 I was ready to go.
Autoposted
Quakertown was completed successfully again, next load is a very local run from Hazleton to Pottsville which is about 20-25 minutes drive.
It will be preloaded tomorrow at 1500 so I'll be chilling until then.
This is a perfect opportunity to get some groceries since this ...
Foodbank
Started early today and went up to Toledo with delivery at the Seagate Foodbank. The trailer was dropped during the weekend in the Columbus yard and I went over there this morning and grabbed it.
My appointment at the foodbank was 10:00, at noon I was done.
I'm h...
Homebound
It was a long way home from Boston to Columbus, but I did not run during the night this time. The heat and the truck that wouldn't idle at night plus the extreme headache I had made that impossible. I was popping pills to make it go away and it eventually did. I woke up around 8 am and was gro...
Weekend
After getting loaded up with bananas on Wednesday afternoon my 14 was getting low and so was my energy levels so I pulled over in Carlisle at the company yard and called it a night. I had too much time on my hands for this load, but don't get me wrong, nothing is better than that.
I tr...
Escaping from rain
Had a good sunny weekend, was able to buy a polisher and a grinder so hopefully, I can start polishing the rims on the truck next week. It's really needed. I got up early Monday morning to get ready for another week on the road. The day was gloomy with grey clouds and it was pouring down. I le...
Weekend
Finally home after a pretty unusual week, not a bad week. Just unusual. I arrived yesterday in the afternoon at the Lineage warehouse in Conklin NY, but they were not able to get me unloaded early. Not a surprise really, I've been in this game for a while now.
I was directed to park in...
Conklin NY
Lineage logistics is not a new customer, but Conklin NY is definitely a new place in the middle of nowhere. More exactly a couple of hours north on I81 from Hazleton PA.
I wasn't much in a rush today either, but I did move from the Plymouth mall to Walmart in KoP to replenish my ...
A chill day
A pretty chill day I must say. Started this morning in Monroe Township NJ delivering the Tyson product to Costco on Costco Drive, checked in, and did all that stuff you do there. Was immediately assigned to door #144 and 2 hours later I was done and could leave.
My next dispatch howeve...
Late delivery in Quakertown
Was a great start to a new week, weekend was cut short because I decided to work Saturday.
This week I'm back in Quakertown and after here I'm heading up to Tyson in Pottsville for some frozen meat to Costco in Monroe township in New Jersey
Weekends work
Seems like I'm back at the dog food factory again, but this time on a Friday. I decided to work this weekend so I got this load back out east yesterday, delivering today. The delivery of Velvet ice cream yesterday took longer than expected so I got short on my 14, which had me park early in a ...
Sleepless weekend
Worked two-night shifts over the weekend then headed to Pennsylvania Monday morning. Literally no sleep since Sunday 1 pm until Monday 10 pm. At least my paycheck will look good this week.
I arrived early at Simmons in Quakertown on Tuesday. Slept really well last night and the day tur...
Bakery load to Columbus
Finally back in Columbus after a very much stressful week at the eastcoast. My Thursday delivery of ice cream on Long Island was much delayed because of the previous delivery in Jamaica NY. When I was done I headed towards Vineland, but first a little pit stop at Loves in Bordentown for some f...
Plumbing and trucking
An exhausting weekend is over consisting of pretty much work and little sleep. I worked on Saturday, taking a load from AmerisourceBergen to Whitestown. I was back home around 16:30, so it turned out to be just a few minutes under a 10 hour day. Rest of the day and Sunday was plumbing in the l...
Whitestown
Another weekend load to whitestown. This time there were no fuel leak, no grey clouds. Just positive things like a clear blue sky and a big warm sun. The trip was a breeze and I was home early. Like just after 16:00. Perfect day for some weekend work.
Saturday work
I worked this weekend, was a great day with a blue sky and sun. Started from home around 8, went to pick up my preloaded trailer in Lockbourne OH. I arrived at the customer, but the trailer wasn't really preloaded after all.
After a little less than an hour I was ready to go, but...
Bananas to Columbus
Soon weekend, just gonna shake off these bananas then head across the street and get a trailer loaded up for another driver.
Dangerous week?
I wonder if this week will be now dangerous than normal cause of all the protests around the country. Dayton had curfew at 9 p.m. this weekend, Columbus had at 10 p.m. While other cities like New York and Philadelphia were much worse.
Tomorrow I have a delivery in Port Washington and B...
Ready for the weekend
Now I'm really ready for the weekend, the weather has been great over here on the east coast, but not so good in the area around home from what I've been hearing.
Used about half my day to get up to this customer from my last night's delivery in Mechanicsville VA. At least I have a few...
Late weekend
It's getting a late weekend this time because of my target delivery here at Target distribution Center in West Jefferson at 5:30 a.m. this morning.
Yesterday I was waiting pretty much the whole day at the Indianapolis yard, I eventually headed down to canara around noon for my 3 p.m. a...
Week 14
It's week 14 already and we had a great weekend, really warm weather on Saturday. It was great, but thunderstorms came and ruined some of it, but turned well later on. Sunday was good too.
Monday was another day back to work and New York City. They're still struggling up there and most...
Going to the hotspot
Another weekend down, but I literally only stayed home expect for a short trip to the grocery store.
No I'm back on the road again for another trip to New York City, but this will probably be my last one for a while until things gets better.
Just pulled over here at the r...
Same old, same old
Nothing new is going on here, still doing these New York City loads on Mondays and Tuesdays. My truck was turned in last week for body work, scheduled to be done when I arrived on Thursday, but it wasn't. Ended up in Indianapolis with a load dropped at Johnson & Johnson. I was supposed to ...
Weekend is over
Yes, the weekend it's over and I'm back at Dole to pick up another load to New York City.
It was kind of a shity week because the house I was going to buy got taken right in front of my eyes. Now a new house hunt going is going to start but unfortunately, it's not a lot of nice houses ...
Kentucky
Got a load from Kentucky at the end of the week, with 3 stops. Two in Indiana and one in Michigan. Since I got here late I had to pay $76 late fee and they spent literally all day to load me.
Now it's almost 11 pm and in 45 minutes I've got an 8+2 split started and will head up to my f...
Weekend work with issues
I was asked to work the weekend this time and I accepted. It was another produce load from Springfield Ohio to Hunts Point Market in the Bronx. I made it to the Delaware Water Gap on Saturday where I shut down. Drove the next 80 miles Sunday morning, starting 4 a.m.
I arrived at 6 a.m....
Finally weekend
This was a messy week, mostly because of that bad start on Tuesday morning. The big round-trip got canceled and replaced with something that seemed better (at first).
I needed to deliver the pharma load at the customer today at 10 am, I showed up at the customer an hour before, but sti...
Cliff bar baking company
Got the OS&D worked out this morning and now I got the cab full of small cups of frozen orange juice. 384 to be exact. I'll bring them home and drink them slowly.
Last load before weekend was a load that was dropped in the yard, some organic syrup to Cliff Baking company, loc...
Candy to Loveland
First load in 2020 was to deliver the candy from Mars in Joliet to Classic Impressions in Loveland Ohio.
Once I was down there I just had to head back up to the Knight Transportation yard in Columbus. Getting some new efta stickers for 2020 and a new alcohol permit.
no I'm just...
A weekend in Bronx
After delivery on Sunday morning in Bronx I had no other load scheduled so I got stuck there for the rest of the weekend. I was way too optimistic to think that I would have a load on Sunday.
Not very fun to hang around there for the whole Sunday, but Monday morning I got a load ...
Another Monday going east
Another Monday and I'm heading east again after a snowy weekend in Dayton. At least from Sunday with more snow Monday afternoon. Driving conditions were ok, but snow started to accumulate on i70 in Indiana, got better at I reached into Ohio. No delays at all and no accidents either. So all in ...
Just another Thursday with pharma
It was a very short day yesterday, parked overnight at Walmart. Enjoying the evening with dinner and Netflix.
Today was another day with a pharma load from Siemens Delaware to Indiana. Just pulled into the Hebron rest area for the night. As you can see a bunch of drivers have already c...
Quick week
The last few weeks have gone by really fast thanks to late Monday afternoon starts with loads from Boars Head. Picking up from New Castle IN to Groveport OH then back for another one to Spring City PA.
This week was just the same almost, except from an extra load going from the Columbu...
Extremely cold days
It's been a real winter for once around where I've traveled. Also lots of snow been coming down. I'm so ready for the weekend and I also had some bad luck this week getting a staph/mrsa infection on my skin around the face.
Before picking up a load yesterday in Troy I went to Urgent Ca...
Dunkin donuts
After my weekend there always a Monday and this time with another Dunkin Donuts load, but not to Mount Holly. Thank God!! It went from Columbus cold storage to Mokena IL.
The trip was fairly short and appointment was 11am next day so I took my night at the pilot on us30 in Valpar...
Ice cream to Kroger
Been doing the ice cream loads all week and paychecks are looking great and I'm home every weekend. My choice was right. This is great.
Today my load was late and I've been waiting for a door since 5:30am. Time now is 4:30pm, got a door an hour ago, but haven't started unloading ...
Back to Knight
After six months with Pepsi oi was time to go back over the road again, but only regional this time. At least for now.
Got an older truck with about 400,000 miles on it, but that don't matter cause it's a Volvo with ishift.
Spent the first two evenings in it cleaning all ...
Back to Knight
As you can see from the picture Im back at the Knight Terminal in Columbus. My time with Pepsi is officially over. The people working at the Dayton Pepsi plant were all good guys and there were alot of fun going on in the mornings, but the kind of work was not for me. I did however try hard fo...
Texas run
Did not get enough miles last week, noticed that on my paycheck today. I was pretty much sitting the whole weekend and Monday. The load that was supposed to be picked up at 10am Sunday from JBS in Phoenix. It was 28 hours late and ready Monday at 15:00.
The load has four deliveries. Tw...
Back to work..
Another shitty day at work. It was good with hometime, but all good things must come to an end. I'm getting tired of being home one weekend per month so shitty things will soon come to an end as well!. So let the job search begin!!