Been off a few days. Got the load to Laredo on Tuesday morning and got unloaded. Got a load that picked up in Laredo that afternoon going to Maquoketa, IA. Was a load of Mexican mops and brooms going to Family Dollar warehouse. Walk into the back of the trailer and smelled like a hay field, started sneezing.
My company picked up 2 loads out of there going to the same place. The first driver in got my load and when I arrived and gave them my pick up number, well I can't tell you what he was telling me, I don't speak Mexican. He loaded me and I got my paperwork and started to walk out and noticed the pick up number didn't match so I had to go back in and find out why. Finally I got the message that they had loaded the other driver with my load, and me with his. I called dispatch and told them what happened and after awhile they told me shouldn't be a problem. Well....yeah it was.
The shipment I had that was supposed to be picked up by the other driver delivered at 10:30pm Wednesday night. You have a confirmation number on your paperwork that allows you in the gate when you arrive. My load delivered anytime from midnight to midnight on Thursday. Problem was when the driver arrived at Family Dollar at 10:30pm Wednesday with my load and my confirmation number for Thursday delivery they let him right in. The load I had that was supposed to be his, I delivered on Thursday. Problem being the confirmation on my load was for a 10:30pm appointment Wed., he used my Thursday confirmation number to deliver, and the confirmation number I had was canceled. I couldn't get in the gate when I arrived. Dispatch did not change our appointment times and I had no idea what the appointment on my load was. Anyway, I got in after about 1 1/2 hour wait.
I dropped the load and will pick up load in Ft. Madison, IA in the morning going to Conroe, TX. That should get me home for my 4 days off starting Tuesday.
Got our mobile home rented this week, so the work I did on the driveway last time home paid off with some good renters. They also have horses and paying to rent pasture too. Now I have to build fences when get home. Oh boy
About Me
- Travis
- I am married 32 1/2 years and live in E. Texas. We have one son and 3 grandchildren. Although I have BS degree and have tried management several times, I have found I am more comfortable just driving a truck. You keep your record clean and drive safely you will always have a job. When lost management jobs, I was always able to get one driving. I have always loved writing, haven't done enough of it to increase my vocabulary over the years, but no time like the present to start. Thanks to Eric and Jamie's living in China and getting me hooked on blogs, I have decided to write my own. I am a long haul truck driver and I travel 48 states. I have done this off and on most of my working career, getting my commercial license in 1972 just to pull uncle's dozer around town. If anyone follows this maybe they will get some idea what I am going through. What any truck driver goes through and what he gives up in his life. It is very lonely and not for everyone.
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