Big_Dave
November 13th, 2005, 17:03
Picked up my load last Monday night (Tuesday morning) around 2 am. After stopping at the guard shack for my paperwork, I find out that the B/L isn't ready yet. :wtf: So I ask the guard if I can roll across their scale. He says no because their scale isn't certified (but they use it? :wtf: ).
So I run across the street to the truckstop and scale out. Not too bad, only about 1,800 over on the drive axles. :yikes: :wtf: I go back and tell the guard that they need to jockey the load around and take about 2,000 lbs out of the nose. He makes a call and sends me around to the back of the plant to a door.
A few minutes later a guy comes out and asks me how much needs to come off the nose.
2 hours later, I'm finally done. :cool: Problem now is, that it's 4:30 am and I have been up for the last 18+ hours (line 4 for 2.5 hours).
*Note: I kept in contact with the packing plant and did not leave home until my trailer was loaded.
I met up with Brad a bit later and we head towards LA.
Wednesday night:
Cruising down the road, I noticed at 'warning light' had come on, on the reefer control panel. :wtf: A little bit of troubleshooting and a couple phone calls later, it's determined that I need to find a Carrier reefer shop, a.s.a.p. The reefer had blown a seal and dumped the refrigerant. :yikes: The shop got me squared away temporarily because they didn't have the correct seal.
Thursday:
Delivered in Santa Fe Springs CA around noon (I was about 6 hours late because of the reefer). There was a Carrier reefer shop in the City of Industry that could and would get my reefer in and fixed as soon as I got there. They did as promised! :cool:
Friday:
Reloaded 24 skids of grapes near Delano CA and grabbed 2 skids of carrots out of Bakersfield, then headed towards MN by mid afternoon.
Today:
Due to being very short on hours, I dropped my truck and trailer at the yard and someone else took the load to LaCrosse WI and delivered it for me.
This week I spent very little time in loading docks and no hassles from the produce shippers (compared to last week). :cheers: :cool:
So I run across the street to the truckstop and scale out. Not too bad, only about 1,800 over on the drive axles. :yikes: :wtf: I go back and tell the guard that they need to jockey the load around and take about 2,000 lbs out of the nose. He makes a call and sends me around to the back of the plant to a door.
A few minutes later a guy comes out and asks me how much needs to come off the nose.
2 hours later, I'm finally done. :cool: Problem now is, that it's 4:30 am and I have been up for the last 18+ hours (line 4 for 2.5 hours).
*Note: I kept in contact with the packing plant and did not leave home until my trailer was loaded.
I met up with Brad a bit later and we head towards LA.
Wednesday night:
Cruising down the road, I noticed at 'warning light' had come on, on the reefer control panel. :wtf: A little bit of troubleshooting and a couple phone calls later, it's determined that I need to find a Carrier reefer shop, a.s.a.p. The reefer had blown a seal and dumped the refrigerant. :yikes: The shop got me squared away temporarily because they didn't have the correct seal.
Thursday:
Delivered in Santa Fe Springs CA around noon (I was about 6 hours late because of the reefer). There was a Carrier reefer shop in the City of Industry that could and would get my reefer in and fixed as soon as I got there. They did as promised! :cool:
Friday:
Reloaded 24 skids of grapes near Delano CA and grabbed 2 skids of carrots out of Bakersfield, then headed towards MN by mid afternoon.
Today:
Due to being very short on hours, I dropped my truck and trailer at the yard and someone else took the load to LaCrosse WI and delivered it for me.
This week I spent very little time in loading docks and no hassles from the produce shippers (compared to last week). :cheers: :cool: