TRUCKER LOG: Quartzsite - Phoenix - Bakersfield

TRUCKER LOG: Kingman, AZ - Santa Rosa, NM

TRUCKER LOG: Got a Bike!

I got a bike to take with me on the road...

A lot of times I get stuck at a truck stop and don't want to just stay at the truck stop. The places I want to go to are a little too far to walk to. Also, when the truck goes in the shop, I'm usually stuck there at a terminal until they fix the truck. I don't know about you, but I don't necessarily like a vending machine diet. With a bike, I can peddle myself to a restaurant or anywhere in the area I wanna go. Mostly, I got the bike for some exercise. Driving a truck limits you on cardio, resulting in having a jiggly belly. Weather permitting, I'll hop on and ride around the parking lot and beyond. I think all drivers should develop some sort of exercise regimen, along with a healthier diet. I've seen a lot of drivers (myself included) over the years drive all day, eat a bunch of garbage, then just lounge around in the truck. I see some that exercise like they're in gym class, eat healthy food and look good. As everyone else, I'm getting older. I'm making changes in my life to he more full and complete.

TRUCKER LOG: Rice Hill, Oregon - Dunnigan, California

TRUCKER LOG: Emeryville, CA - Reno, NV

TRUCKER LOG: Eloy, Arizona - Fontana, California

TRUCKER LOG: Snow Chains in California

Yesterday I pulled a load from the Kmart warehouse in Sparks, Nevada to a Kmart store in Santa Rosa, California.

The weather was calling for rain, but as you can see in the picture it was snow! Heading westbound out of Reno, I started to get snow just past Robb Drive. The wind was beyond strong, and blowing snow all over the place causing a "snowglobe" effect. It was hard to see, and keep the truck straight. But like the little engine that could, I kept on going right into the storm. Luckily the trailer had a decent ammount of weight in it to help keep traction and keep the truck from rolling over. That 28,000 lbs and my one million plus mile (1,000,000+) driving experience is what got me up and over "the hill"...Donner Summit.





 

Daily Update 5-13-13

Well...this is the first in hopefully many updates. Reason why I say that is because I might forget or not have service for my phone. Ok, anyway,...today was a long tiring day. I woke up at 0700 to get a jump on that Florida load I was promised. Before I even got dressed I was on the phone with dispatch, and it was the same story about whom ever set it up is dicking around. Andrew told me to finish the load Jim told me to drop in the Phoenix yard on Sat...and I sat all day Sunday in hopes that they would give some info on the Florida load. BUT NO NOTHING! That's why I got up early to shake some info about the load. So, anyway...I was told to finish the load I brought over from Mira Loma, then run a load up to Albuquerque. Ok no problem...however I couldn't find my trailer. I drove around the yard 5-6 times. Still no trailer. I called in saying about the trailer, naturally they ask if even looked.WTF! Of course I looked, that's why I'm calling and telling you I can't find the trailer. The yard goat didn't see it, but dispatch says it was. Also, the paperwork was in the guard shack. The shop on the phone said it wasn't there either. So there was this big mystery about the missing trailer full of Home Depot stuff. I kept circling like a Vulture, and eventually found it in the shop having a some kind of service done on it. I questioned the dude he said it wasn't entered in the computer. I asked him why he didn't actually walk the shop and look. He didn't have an answer. As I was calling Andrew he was calling me, I told him about the shop. He said just go grab that Albuquerque load. Oh yeah before I forget there was a bee hive in the nose of one of the trailers. The yard goat was freaking out saying it was a swarm of bees. I didn't see a swarm, I saw a bunch of bees hanging onto each other under the nose of a trailer. Hardly any were flying around. It must have been still too early for the bees. I told the yard goat to move the queen somewhere else and the rest of the bees will follow her. The look on his face was priceless! Nothing but fear and disbelief that I told him to reach in there and grab the queen! Lol :D

I then head straight over to Albertsons to grab the load. I had to wait a little while for them to finish loading the trailer. It had a stop in Phoenix, which took me longer to get there and back up than it did to remove the pallets. Then I drove straight to Albuquerque non stop. The trip seemed fairly quick. The offload at the store went smooth as well.

After delivering I came over here to the T/A and lucked out on getting a parking spot. I pulled in to it instead of backing. It was easier due to the angle, plus me being tired I didn't want to back into another truck. After patting myself on the back for grabbing this spot I went inside to eat. The waiter is a dude that I think spent understand much English. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with home fries. I get a grilled cheese with fries. I had to literally tell the cook what I wanted. Then it was ok. Now I'm back I'm the truck typing all this. They have me on a load that picks up here in Albuquerque going up to Denver for tomorrow night. So with this in mind I definitely think the Florida load fell through, at least for this "Reno truck". I'm sure a Phoenix truck will get it. Oh well fuck it. Maybe its best I stay out West here. Anyways, that was my day.