stdon153 had a great bit of luck this week to offset a lot of the bad news tales of late. How 'bout anyone else telling us about their interesting loads/trips of late. Don't matter about a lot of money, just relate the lots of interesting run.
Good times!
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dhalltoyo
Veteran Expediter
Got a run from Bryan, OH to Lexington, TN.
Arrived around midnight on Friday.
Drove to the truck stop. Slept late on Saturday.
Too far to deadhead home so I spent the weekend.
Looked online for a close church to attend. Found one about 7 miles down the road.
Started out on Sunday morning and about 2 miles down the road I saw a sign that said "Old Path Baptist Church." Hmmm. I like the old paths and I remembered a verse in the Bible (Jeremiah 6:16)about them old paths.
Pulled in the lot and immediately knew that this is where I was supposed to be. Filled out a Vistors Card before Sunday School and the pastor noted that I was an ordained minister. After AM church I told them I would be back for evening service. They said, "Good, you can preach tonight." I kind of laughed.
Went to do some laundry and eat. God gave me a message during that time. Sure enough, they asked me to preach.
It was great! I was a different man. Things where coming to my mind that were not in my notes. After the service the folks were coming up to me and hugging my neck. They invited me back again to preach, offered to let me stay in their parking lot and they were willing to leave the church unlocked so I could use the restroom.
Wow! That just doesn't happen by chance.
Best run to date.
Arrived around midnight on Friday.
Drove to the truck stop. Slept late on Saturday.
Too far to deadhead home so I spent the weekend.
Looked online for a close church to attend. Found one about 7 miles down the road.
Started out on Sunday morning and about 2 miles down the road I saw a sign that said "Old Path Baptist Church." Hmmm. I like the old paths and I remembered a verse in the Bible (Jeremiah 6:16)about them old paths.
Pulled in the lot and immediately knew that this is where I was supposed to be. Filled out a Vistors Card before Sunday School and the pastor noted that I was an ordained minister. After AM church I told them I would be back for evening service. They said, "Good, you can preach tonight." I kind of laughed.
Went to do some laundry and eat. God gave me a message during that time. Sure enough, they asked me to preach.
It was great! I was a different man. Things where coming to my mind that were not in my notes. After the service the folks were coming up to me and hugging my neck. They invited me back again to preach, offered to let me stay in their parking lot and they were willing to leave the church unlocked so I could use the restroom.
Wow! That just doesn't happen by chance.
Best run to date.
theoldprof
Veteran Expediter
I cleaned out the garage.
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Last week, I got to run through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho: some of the most beautiful scenery in the whole country, up there! Coeur d'Alene, Flathead Lake, the Columbia River- and the best part: it's not obstructed by development, and you can see breathtaking views, mile after mile. (I don't know if antelope 'play', as the song goes, but they will jump in the road. Luckily, I didn't hit him - he really was FAST, lol)
arkjarhead
Veteran Expediter
Did you see any mule deer? I was in Thermopolis,Wy the week after thanksgiving last year and they were all over the place. They were pretty big compared to the white tail we have here in Arkansas. They racks weren't much to look at but thier bodies were stocky. Umm, more meat.
We had a really fun load a couple weeks ago!
We took a load from Los Angles to Vancouver BC. We picked up the band equipment for Robin Thicke who was opening for Beyonce at the downtown civic center. Great miles and great scenery on the way up. We got in line with the 13 semi's unloading Beyonce stage and equipment and then received a call from the shipper asking if we could like to bring the load back to LA! Well that was a silly question. We parked with all the semi's in the downtown area and took of site seeing. We took a really cool water taxi to Granville Island and spent some time looking in all the shops. Bob had told the shipper we where really glad to get the load as we needed to stop in Portland on the way back to buy new steer tires. Well when the shipper booked the load he made sure we had time to stop and get our tires.
We did learn a few things on this load. One was how to cross into Canada with a bond. We also crossed into Oregon and where pulled into the scale for being over weight on the drive axle. We where given a warning and put the tag axle down. We cross into Canada go to the scale house for permit and find out in British Columbia you cannot have a tag axle and now we are over weight again. The scale master looks at our paperwork and see where we are going and tells us to lift the axle and to proceed on without having to move the freight.
What a great couple of days!
We took a load from Los Angles to Vancouver BC. We picked up the band equipment for Robin Thicke who was opening for Beyonce at the downtown civic center. Great miles and great scenery on the way up. We got in line with the 13 semi's unloading Beyonce stage and equipment and then received a call from the shipper asking if we could like to bring the load back to LA! Well that was a silly question. We parked with all the semi's in the downtown area and took of site seeing. We took a really cool water taxi to Granville Island and spent some time looking in all the shops. Bob had told the shipper we where really glad to get the load as we needed to stop in Portland on the way back to buy new steer tires. Well when the shipper booked the load he made sure we had time to stop and get our tires.
We did learn a few things on this load. One was how to cross into Canada with a bond. We also crossed into Oregon and where pulled into the scale for being over weight on the drive axle. We where given a warning and put the tag axle down. We cross into Canada go to the scale house for permit and find out in British Columbia you cannot have a tag axle and now we are over weight again. The scale master looks at our paperwork and see where we are going and tells us to lift the axle and to proceed on without having to move the freight.
What a great couple of days!
Cheri,
If you saw a mule deer you would know it! They have rather large ears and they are pretty big! We saw so many of them and luckily they where out on the mountains coming down highway 395 from Spokane. What a nice drive but on September 23rd we ran in some snow up there. Bob mentioned once or twice enjoy the view as we are not doing this one again!
Linder
If you saw a mule deer you would know it! They have rather large ears and they are pretty big! We saw so many of them and luckily they where out on the mountains coming down highway 395 from Spokane. What a nice drive but on September 23rd we ran in some snow up there. Bob mentioned once or twice enjoy the view as we are not doing this one again!
Linder
Lucky you dpea9 for living in Coeur d' Alene. I haven't been there, well since I-90 went through. At least it hadn't been completed in western Montana. What a beautiful city, especially along the lake. It makes Wallace look like, well Wallace. Anyway Coeur d' Alene is one of my top five most beautiful cities in America.
I went through southern Idaho, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Twin Falls on my way to northern Nevada this past winter. Didn't get up north though. Hoping to soon. I'm sure it is as pretty as I remember.
I went through southern Idaho, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Twin Falls on my way to northern Nevada this past winter. Didn't get up north though. Hoping to soon. I'm sure it is as pretty as I remember.
Was sitting in Boston the other day and got a load picking up at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, which is on the southern tip of Maine across the inlet from Portsmouth, NH. At the main gate they searched the van thoroughly, and placed my camera, cell phone (has a camera) and laptop computer in a locker and gave me the key. I got all that back when I left. I picked up some HAZMAT paint and took it 680 miles to the Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding Yard in Newport News, VA, across the bay from the Norfolk Naval Base. I picked it up at 6PM and arrived in Newport News 12 hours later.
At central receiving they took one look at it and said, "We can't take that here. That's a military load and goes to Dry Dock {number}. Come back at 7AM (when they actually open for receiving business) and we'll get it sorted out."
Well, I'm confused. I'm thinking Dry Dock {number} is just a loading dock where they take only dry goods, or something, and they can't take HAZMAT at Central Receiving, or something. It never occurred to me that a "dry dock" wasn't a loading dock, it's actually a, uhm, dry dock, where they build ships. Then again, I'm at a dock several times a week, and so far, haven't seen a boat at any of them.
Eventually, I'm back at the main security gate waiting for a security escort to Dry Dock {number}. Two hours go by, as the security escort is dealing with 3 or 4 others back there (mostly flat beds hauling steel), and when they get unloaded I'm next. Finally, he comes to get me, takes one look at my paperwork, and says, "Oh, that's for Dry Dock {number}. I can't go back there. They have their own security escorts."
Wow. Northrup Security doesn't even have any contacts back there? No one to call to let them know I'm there? There's a contact name on the paperwork, which only gets me voicemail. Meanwhile, I'm rotting at the main gate, and Northrup Security won't even inspect my van. "It's a military load. We're not allowed."
Huh? It's PAINT, dood.
"You were loaded and cleared by Portsmouth Naval Operations, and you'll be unloaded and cleared by the Newport News detatchment of Portsmouth Naval Operations here. It's a Navy-to-Navy load, not Navy to Northrup-Grumman."
Oh, OK. Got it. At least they were nice, gave fun, pleasant conversation, and the time passed comfortably.
Finally, at 11AM the regular security guy comes by again and is surprised to still see me there. Said he'd make a few calls, and he took my paperwork back into the bowels of Northrup Grumman. He comes back after an hour or so, says he called a guy who knows a guy, who knows a guy who called a guy, who called the head guy in Portsmouth who called the head guy at Newport News, and that Navy Security should be along in a few minutes.
Right on cue four Navy MP vehicles pull up, each containing two sailors, come to escort me back to Dry Dock {number}. That's eight MP's to escort 800 pounds of paint. 100 pounds per person, I guess.
We get back there and it's a shipbuilding dock just like you see in the movies. I was unloaded 5 feet from the dry dock, could almost reach out and touch it, and as soon as I got there all this crap made sense. The security back there was unreal. It was the dry dock where they are putting the finishing touches on the Navy's latest and greatest nuclear attack submarine, the North Carolina.
Very kewl. Pictures were out of the question, tho. :+
Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop
At central receiving they took one look at it and said, "We can't take that here. That's a military load and goes to Dry Dock {number}. Come back at 7AM (when they actually open for receiving business) and we'll get it sorted out."
Well, I'm confused. I'm thinking Dry Dock {number} is just a loading dock where they take only dry goods, or something, and they can't take HAZMAT at Central Receiving, or something. It never occurred to me that a "dry dock" wasn't a loading dock, it's actually a, uhm, dry dock, where they build ships. Then again, I'm at a dock several times a week, and so far, haven't seen a boat at any of them.
Eventually, I'm back at the main security gate waiting for a security escort to Dry Dock {number}. Two hours go by, as the security escort is dealing with 3 or 4 others back there (mostly flat beds hauling steel), and when they get unloaded I'm next. Finally, he comes to get me, takes one look at my paperwork, and says, "Oh, that's for Dry Dock {number}. I can't go back there. They have their own security escorts."
Wow. Northrup Security doesn't even have any contacts back there? No one to call to let them know I'm there? There's a contact name on the paperwork, which only gets me voicemail. Meanwhile, I'm rotting at the main gate, and Northrup Security won't even inspect my van. "It's a military load. We're not allowed."
Huh? It's PAINT, dood.
"You were loaded and cleared by Portsmouth Naval Operations, and you'll be unloaded and cleared by the Newport News detatchment of Portsmouth Naval Operations here. It's a Navy-to-Navy load, not Navy to Northrup-Grumman."
Oh, OK. Got it. At least they were nice, gave fun, pleasant conversation, and the time passed comfortably.
Finally, at 11AM the regular security guy comes by again and is surprised to still see me there. Said he'd make a few calls, and he took my paperwork back into the bowels of Northrup Grumman. He comes back after an hour or so, says he called a guy who knows a guy, who knows a guy who called a guy, who called the head guy in Portsmouth who called the head guy at Newport News, and that Navy Security should be along in a few minutes.
Right on cue four Navy MP vehicles pull up, each containing two sailors, come to escort me back to Dry Dock {number}. That's eight MP's to escort 800 pounds of paint. 100 pounds per person, I guess.
We get back there and it's a shipbuilding dock just like you see in the movies. I was unloaded 5 feet from the dry dock, could almost reach out and touch it, and as soon as I got there all this crap made sense. The security back there was unreal. It was the dry dock where they are putting the finishing touches on the Navy's latest and greatest nuclear attack submarine, the North Carolina.
Very kewl. Pictures were out of the question, tho. :+
Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop
Coco
Seasoned Expediter
We got a load out of Windsor Locks CT to Everett WA to deliver on Sat 9/22. After seeing two other trucks checked in, we decided to run the coast down 101. As we entered Oregon our 48 state tour was complete. The scenery wsw so beautiful and the cool autumn weather was perfect. So we celebrated a belated anniversary and took our time down to San Francisco. On Wed. we got a call for a load picking up on Friday going to Minneapolis for a Monday delivery. It was a good load and was getting us back to the freight lanes.
After picking up on Friday we drove to Reno and there decided to shower and eat dinner. When we were just leaving the restuarant we hit the Landstar jackpot. We got double loaded with a load picking up four miles away and going to Detroit for Tuesday. This was the perfecto after hitting a record week the previous week and having such a wonderful week end.
We were off for three weeks in Sept with Tod having yet another hand surgery so we needed this.
After picking up on Friday we drove to Reno and there decided to shower and eat dinner. When we were just leaving the restuarant we hit the Landstar jackpot. We got double loaded with a load picking up four miles away and going to Detroit for Tuesday. This was the perfecto after hitting a record week the previous week and having such a wonderful week end.
We were off for three weeks in Sept with Tod having yet another hand surgery so we needed this.
Broompilot
Veteran Expediter
Terry Espar EXCELLENT service! Great People, Clean Office. The only negative is they still charged me for the Unit.
(they were very happy, I mean very happy to see that my truck was clean.) Imiagne from a guy with the name Broompilot?
(they were very happy, I mean very happy to see that my truck was clean.) Imiagne from a guy with the name Broompilot?