December Locations

ntimevan · Dec 24, 2011

Thursday 1pm DH from home to (109mi.) Montezuma, IA. to Chicago Heights,Il ( 290 loaded miles ) ALL MILES PAID plus extra gas money to GO home...... BUT even before i got loaded THEY wanted to PREBOOK me a load ( 103 D H ) Pierceton, In to Florence, Ky. ( 225 ) loaded for Friday morning and extra gas money to deadhead back home and ALL miles paid again . I said SURE THING

. THEN to top it off on way home Friday afternoon Lebanon, In. to Suak City, Wi. LOAD for Midnight delivery, BUT when i got to SHIPPER i backed into door to get freight and I SEEN the freight , I called dispatch and told them it was way BIGGER than 10 FEET long and the WEIGHT HAD to be WRONG. IT measured 161 inches long and was on 3 1/2 skids. It looked like one of the MAIN support BEAMS for a VERY big CASE backhoe. It was like 2 feet square with all the brakets and pivets welded on , it had to way alot more than 1900 lbs. I told them they needed a str 8 truck and left when dispatch told me to. Dry Run paid more than than my gas to D H HOME 621 miles .

Sure glad i was taking 2 1/2 weeks OFF for the holidays.

gotta go · Dec 25, 2011

ntimevan said:
Thursday 1pm DH from home to (109mi.) Montezuma, IA. to Chicago Heights,Il ( 290 loaded miles ) ALL MILES PAID plus extra gas money to GO home...... BUT even before i got loaded THEY wanted to PREBOOK me a load ( 103 D H ) Pierceton, In to Florence, Ky. ( 225 ) loaded for Friday morning and extra gas money to deadhead back home and ALL miles paid again . I said SURE THING . THEN to top it off on way home Friday afternoon Lebanon, In. to Suak City, Wi. LOAD for Midnight delivery, BUT when i got to SHIPPER i backed into door to get freight and I SEEN the freight , I called dispatch and told them it was way BIGGER than 10 FEET long and the WEIGHT HAD to be WRONG. IT measured 161 inches long and was on 3 1/2 skids. It looked like one of the MAIN support BEAMS for a VERY big CASE backhoe. It was like 2 feet square with all the brakets and pivets welded on , it had to way alot more than 1900 lbs. I told them they needed a str 8 truck and left when dispatch told me to. Dry Run paid more than than my gas to D H HOME 621 miles . Sure glad i was taking 2 1/2 weeks OFF for the holidays.

Merry Christmas to you from Bolt dispatch. Good to see that they are treating you well.

moose · Dec 25, 2011

Hey Jeanie,
i would like to use this opportunity to Thank you for a great idea !
- more to come.

I'm parked at the very end of the TA just to the north of Dallas,in Canton TX.
for yet another 34 restart .
stop by to feed the Moose !
I cannot be ignored no more.

gotta go · Dec 25, 2011

moose said:
Hey Jeanie,
i would like to use this opportunity to Thank you for a great idea !
- more to come.

I'm parked at the very end of the TA just to the north of Dallas,in Canton TX.
for yet another 34 restart .
stop by to feed the Moose !
I cannot be ignored no more.

Now that's impressive!!

If I were in the area, I would be cooking, but I'm actually taking time off until after New Years. (first time to be oos for the Christmas/New Year holiday since I returned to driving 12 years ago)

redytrk · Dec 26, 2011

Florence (ya all) Ky

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BigWheeler · Dec 26, 2011

Las Vegas,NV. Sunny and 60 going to be a nice relaxing day with my wife.

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ntimevan · Dec 27, 2011

Leaving now 8 am pickup Decorah, Ia. to Muscantine, Ia. 114 DH and 185 loaded all miles paid

Falligator · Dec 27, 2011

At home waiting for a load. .... Bored

scottm4211 · Dec 27, 2011

Falligator said:
At home waiting for a load. .... Bored

Trade ya. Sitting at duty free in Detroit after finding out the stupid broker doesn't open until midnight.

MissKat · Dec 27, 2011

Panther Orientation. Mayfield Express here we come tt division driving the Big Red Truck.

PreacherRich · Dec 29, 2011

Delivered in Shipshewana, IN at 6am now waiting for that next load. Hurry dispatch, the wife is gonna wanna shop soon!

Come Florida Load, come! (Beach Towels and bathing suit packed)

Falligator · Dec 29, 2011

scottm4211 said:
Trade ya. Sitting at duty free in Detroit after finding out the stupid broker doesn't open until midnight.

Took a load from Akron, OH to Three Rivers, MI. Now sitting at the yard bored....

Wish I had brought my PS3 and TV. I'd be playing Modern Warfare 3 all weekend!

ChrisGa23 · Dec 29, 2011

Falligator said:
Took a load from Akron, OH to Three Rivers, MI. Now sitting at the yard bored....Wish I had brought my PS3 and TV. I'd be playing Modern Warfare 3 all weekend!

Have you tried BF3 yet? Great game. When I get back on the road been trying to figure out the best way to get on wifi to play online?

ntimevan · Dec 29, 2011

HEY LOAD 1 ers , yes I'm that LONER Bolt guy on their forum.

I could careless if any OTHER BOLT drivers respond on that forum. I've talk to a few of you on here over the last 1 1/2 years of researching and now driving ( ovm , jujubeans, chefdennis ) and you answered my QUESTIONS and supported me. Since many of you ONLY respond on the LOAD 1 forum, I know you check out the BOLT forum. So i'm only informing those who care to READ.

I know there's other BOLT drivers on here, but they choose not to respond on the forum, BUT they P.M. me and thats OK with me, TO EACH THERE OWN.

Oh yeah HOME in IOWA, lost out on a 800 mile ( BID ) run this afternoon, BOLTS RATE must of been TOO HIGH .

Falligator · Dec 30, 2011

At home DOT physical due by Monday so driving up to Akron to get it done.

Falligator · Dec 30, 2011

ChrisGa23 said:
Have you tried BF3 yet? Great game. When I get back on the road been trying to figure out the best way to get on wifi to play online?

Either a MyFy hotspot, a lot of McDonalds has WIFI, some hotels offer it free, or one of those Verizon or other carriers wifi cards.

Falligator · Dec 30, 2011

Got done with my physical and the Doc said good to go. Weight was 229.8 and BP was 117/70. Lost 47 lbs since last Christmas.

chefdennis · Dec 30, 2011

Falligator wrote:

Lost 47 lbs since last Christmas

Congrats!! Thats great !!

ntimevan wrote:

Since many of you ONLY respond on the LOAD 1 forum, I know you check out the BOLT forum.

Most of us Load 1 contractors were told we needed to stop our "banter" here in the "main Location thread" as it was not welcome...so we took it to our Carriers board...Now that being said, I was thinking that since we have a new yr starting, I might start posting here again on a regular basis and see how long it takes the "whiners" to start up again....

As for reading the Bolt forum, yeap I do when i see a new post...Bolt was good to me and I still tell newbies to contact Anne M...that Bolt is a great place to learn the business....

highway star · Dec 30, 2011

Hi Chef! One of the whiners here. I can't speak for the whole group, but for me the problem was a small group turning every thread they got involved in into a "shorts jokes" session. It really did get out of hand. Had it been confined to just this thread it wouldn't have been so bad. Sure is better now though...

Looks like I'll be ringing in the New Year in Memphis.