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Spent the first few days with the new Pete working out of the Tomha Wisconsin Walmart terminal, picking up loaded trailers and delivering to Walmart stores. Not my favorite work, too many stops and basically a pain in the ass. Several trucking companies, including Marten have accounts with the many Walmart distribution centers to handle all the out going deliveries. Local drivers enjoy the job, they get to go home every day. To many over the road drivers, it's a pain. I prefer to spend my time driving and making just one delivery, more driving, less dock time and stops.
Anyway, done with that assignment and now waiting to pick up a loaded trailer in Gaylord Minnesota and delivering to Salt Lake City Wednesday. Then home for 4 days, back to work on the following Monday.
Good internet here, and load not ready until later. So, finally some time to do some Flickr visits. Will see how much time I can play, not sure when load will be ready, I'm way early so could have most of the day, or not.
Oh, and I love my new truck number, 64911. The emergency truck, which is kinda true, I'm a driver mentor, which means I get calls from other drivers that need help. Mostly new drivers asking about things like, how to use the navigation system, editing logs, sending appropriate daily macro messages, and all kinds of general questions and solutions to problems they encounter out on the road. (I get paid extra for doing this, and it doesn't take much time)
To say I've been busy would be an understatement, just crazy. While in Texas and few days later in Missouri ran through some of the worst rain/wind storms of my career and both at night making for some white knuck driving. I pushed through, not because I wanted to, but had to find a safe place to park, the shoulder of the road wasn't an option.
Then finally (after nearly 4 weeks of trying to get there) made it to Minneapolis which is only about 100 miles from Mondovie Wisconsin and with the expectation of getting the new truck, but was told they didn't have one available.
I wasn't a happy camper, told my dispatcher to route me home. I'm quitting, need to go home to empty my truck. That was last Thursday. Less than an hour later I was told a truck would be ready Tuesday, would that be ok? I said sure, just felt like I'd been jerked around for the past month.
Well all is forgiven and forgotten, got the new truck Tuesday, a 2020 Peterbilt. Some things are better, but some not. My old truck had a swivel out table, which was perfect for my laptop. The new truck has a very small writing draw/shelf. I'll figure something out, probably a small folding table.
This shot is from inside the new truck, and what a perfect day for moving. Surprising how much crap you can accumulate over time. Took me about 5 hours to complete the move, but the weather was the best. I've moved into other trucks in winter, wind and snow, I've moved in rain, and once in Atlanta during the summer, so hot and humid.
Anyway, I've got some exterior shots and one of the old truck next to the new one. I'll put a link to the pair shot, nothing fancy. Then on my next posting I'll put my favorite solo shot of the new truck with gorgeous clouds. What a beautiful day to be moving.
No T-Mobile signal here in Mondovie, so have to use my Verizon Jetpack for a mobile hotspot. Will do a little catching up, but only have a couple of hours before I have to hit the sack. You know the drill.
Link to both truck side by side.