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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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2024 05 06 MN On Tuesday ... the west coast bus dispatcher called me to find out when I could be out there ... 'not for at least another week' ... Load board - Friday US - 135 IA - 2/0 MN - 2 WI - 6 Load board - weekend US - 125 IA - 2/0 MN -0- WI - 4 Load board - Monday US - 107 IA -0- MN - 1 WI - 5 Load board - Tuesday US - 111 IA - 5 MN - 4 WI - 7 2024 05 08 MN Load board - Wednesday US - 1 IA - 10 MN - 6 WI - 5 Load board - Thursday US - 89 IA - 3 MN - 5 WI - 7 Load board - Friday IA -0- Load board - weekend US - 96 IA -0- MN - 1 WI - 7 2024 05 13 MN Spending the night at home ... At 10 AM they put out an RV for Davis and one for Salt Lake City. We talked about it ... and while we were still talking, one of them was gone. We had talked over the weekend about how we needed to just grab the first thing that looked like it might work. The load board is very slow and we are not likely to get the 'perfect trip' for another week or two. We need to be rolling now. But we forgot about that right then. We could have gotten down the road a few miles yet today and delivered by Friday ... 10 AM - 2 10:03 - 1 10:10 -0- 22:15 - 2 22:20 -0- Load board US - 124 IA -0- MN - 3 WI - 7 2024 05 14 MN Spending the night at home ... (for most of the last three weeks) We were up and watching the load board as soon as the east coast opens. The two most interesting things all day were a local trip for about 50 miles and a IA to NE trip. But we wanted to hold out for a long trip. And we are still holding. I did get a call from my local company. They wanted me to take a trip to ND and then pick up a 2nd truck and bring it back to MN. Would have worked good at the other end of the month, but as I've already said ... 'We are waiting for a long trip.' So I passed. The most RV's there were on the load board today was five. And that only happened for a few seconds twice within 10 minutes. The longer trip today was going to FL. That was out there a few minutes. The only two going the same direction were actually going to the same location but were not on the load board at the same time. And they were going to Canada. ... it's been a week since the west coast bus dispatcher called. I said it would be at least a week ... now it has been that and we are still sitting. I had looked at the cost of a car to just drive out there. $2,000 for three days rental. Even at $100 a day, $300 total it isn't always worth it. (And BB needs to work too. She has already gotten her 30 day notice) After we knew we were not working, the guy I help locally called. He was stuck. He swung wide at the end of a field and got off the sand ground. He had been wanting me to come back when the clay dried up but that wasn't mentioned today ... if it is that wet next to the sand ... Load board US - 95 IA - 1 MN - 5 WI - 3 9:10 - 2 9:13 -0- 9:14 - 4 9:33 - 3 9:42 - 4 9:46 - 3 9:55 - 2 10:03 - 1 1:07 -0- 3:39 - 1 3:59 - 2 4:00 - 1 4:01 - 2 4:02 - 4 4:04 - 5 4:05 - 4 4:08 - 5 4:14 - 4 4:17 - 3 4:24 - 2 4:26 - 1 2024 05 15 MN Spending the night at home. Got going early to help someone get un-stuck. That was quick, came right out. BB watched the load board while I was gone. I did not keep track of what came and went today. Things are staying on the load board longer now. Out of the seven RV's on the load board, two are to NY, two to TX and two the the same customer in IL. So we have choices ... if we were not waiting for the ideal trip. To do the NY or TX it would add about 10 miles to the longer leg to do them together ... Load board US - 87 IA - 7 MN - 4 WI - 4 |
