I hope normal service will be resumed pretty soon,i thought i would have a read of what tripe i have put on here for the last few months,i sound like a big mard girl whinging on about hard this is, yes it is but get a grip you big soft lad.So after my woman moment had passed off i went to do some work, sometimes you know straight away that this isn't going to be one off the better days, pretrip done off i went to pick my trailer up,yep this wasn't going to be a good start to the day,i always check my load and then secure it then reseal the trailer,the whole bloody load had been shot, 1 nice kind driver had left it like this,there goes my nice steady day.I backed the trailer on to the bay now there are 3 things i can do here,1,Help restack the load and guess how much i get paid for doing this (along side a
nother driver who works just on the island who gets paid by the hour),2, Sit in my cab and wait till its been restacked or 3,go home.Well i lose out in every way i will still take the load but the longer it takes the later i will have to work, so i opt for helping them restack it,3 hours for absolutely nothing, i wonder if the driver who did this was having such a nice day hopefully his ears were burning.So i set off now a lot later than i intended i wanted to get down to Kittery Maine but now thats looks like to much and to be honest i didnt really want to work that late so i planned to stop at Bangor ME,a nice uneventfull trip down to the border where for a very nice change the lady guard was ever so pleasent (For a change).My destination was Scaramento Pennsylvannia so sunday was all running,there are certain States that allow bikers not to wear helmets i couldn't list them except as you got to the Connecticut/N
ew York state line there were loads of bikers pulling up to put there Helmets on,it sort of made me chuckle (yes small things and all that).So i parked up in the customers yard ive been there loads of times they just give you a knock in the morning when they want you, so you dont have to get up and sit there waiting.I think i have mentioned it before Sacramento is part of the tri valley region settled into the Valleys (DERRR)about 15 miles off the i 81,there is a harmish community here and it reminds me of a wild west area, all you need do is rip the tarmac up and it would be of resmblelance to those sort of towns.Well im tipped pretty handy so off i head back to the highway, now it is school time all th
e kids are sat in there own verandas waiting for the bus to pick them up not running around or causing havoc, just sitting there i was gonna take some piccys but thought better about taking piccys of Kids,the bus then stops at each house non of this where mums drive them to school causing bedlam with all the cars on the road.My reload was out of Vineland New jersey i had been to the industrial place before but not to this customer,we are down this way all the time now the last time i went here i went down the US 322 route but i decided i would take route 40 towards Atlantic City, i really like to get away from the Highways,Interstates etc and onto proper roads driving through quaint villages and towns and seeing the America i want to see, this road takes you through Woodstown and Elmer and these towns didn't dissappoint, when i have more time im going to park and have a shufty around.I get to the customer and after booking in i was told to wait a while (now theres a surprise)not bad only 1 film later (Father of the bride with Steve Martin)given a bay the guy starts loading me 16 pallets of pears going to Toronto so off he goes duly loading me unfortunately he absolutely demolishes 1pallet base,i think that needs to be sorted buddy i said,no probs he said, i was about to put the broken part under the base before he put it back down, no you dont need to do that mate he said put it in the garbage,ok you know better, Guess what happened next,CRASH the whole bloody pallet fell over, the dispatch was full of pears( Quite tasty actually lol) an army of little men came to restack it, now for the 10 points guess where they wanted to put the restacked pallet,do you give up On my truck thick eds i know he couldn't understand why i wasn't having any of that.This was badly stacked if it gets refused at the destination i then have the problen of going to try and getting it off loaded somewhere and yes without pay so You have more chance platting sawdust mate,eventually problem solved 1 new pallet arrived i signed the notes and off i set, well not very far just down to Carneys Point, a quick weigh off told me i was slightly overloaded on my drive axle so a quick shufty with the Tandems to sort that, fax my paperwork to my broker im good to roll.I really love the drive through Pennsylvannia i could live in this part of the world the rolling hills,mountains etc.I head north up the 476, then when i get to Hazelton i take the i 80 west before taking the i 180 towards Williamsport,not having anything to eat i decided against my better judgement to take in a maccys UKKK UKKK UKKKK i normally keep well clear of such junk.I had already ready informed despatch that i wasn't going to make my delivery time,i told them what time i was going to arrive (4 hours later)but there didnt seem to be a problem,so i arrived here just outside Toronto, no one about they were all sat there in despatch watching a safety video, so off i went to take in a bit off the 31 degree heat Lovely,not bad 1 hr later off i roll to the truck stop down the road for a lovely shower and some better food.
I hope normal service will be resumed pretty soon,i thought i would have a read of what tripe i have put on here for the last few months,i sound like a big mard girl whinging on about hard this is, yes it is but get a grip you big soft lad.So after my woman moment had passed off i went to do some work, sometimes you know straight away that this isn't going to be one off the better days, pretrip done off i went to pick my trailer up,yep this wasn't going to be a good start to the day,i always check my load and then secure it then reseal the trailer,the whole bloody load had been shot, 1 nice kind driver had left it like this,there goes my nice steady day.I backed the trailer on to the bay now there are 3 things i can do here,1,Help restack the load and guess how much i get paid for doing this (along side a
nother driver who works just on the island who gets paid by the hour),2, Sit in my cab and wait till its been restacked or 3,go home.Well i lose out in every way i will still take the load but the longer it takes the later i will have to work, so i opt for helping them restack it,3 hours for absolutely nothing, i wonder if the driver who did this was having such a nice day hopefully his ears were burning.So i set off now a lot later than i intended i wanted to get down to Kittery Maine but now thats looks like to much and to be honest i didnt really want to work that late so i planned to stop at Bangor ME,a nice uneventfull trip down to the border where for a very nice change the lady guard was ever so pleasent (For a change).My destination was Scaramento Pennsylvannia so sunday was all running,there are certain States that allow bikers not to wear helmets i couldn't list them except as you got to the Connecticut/N
ew York state line there were loads of bikers pulling up to put there Helmets on,it sort of made me chuckle (yes small things and all that).So i parked up in the customers yard ive been there loads of times they just give you a knock in the morning when they want you, so you dont have to get up and sit there waiting.I think i have mentioned it before Sacramento is part of the tri valley region settled into the Valleys (DERRR)about 15 miles off the i 81,there is a harmish community here and it reminds me of a wild west area, all you need do is rip the tarmac up and it would be of resmblelance to those sort of towns.Well im tipped pretty handy so off i head back to the highway, now it is school time all th
e kids are sat in there own verandas waiting for the bus to pick them up not running around or causing havoc, just sitting there i was gonna take some piccys but thought better about taking piccys of Kids,the bus then stops at each house non of this where mums drive them to school causing bedlam with all the cars on the road.My reload was out of Vineland New jersey i had been to the industrial place before but not to this customer,we are down this way all the time now the last time i went here i went down the US 322 route but i decided i would take route 40 towards Atlantic City, i really like to get away from the Highways,Interstates etc and onto proper roads driving through quaint villages and towns and seeing the America i want to see, this road takes you through Woodstown and Elmer and these towns didn't dissappoint, when i have more time im going to park and have a shufty around.I get to the customer and after booking in i was told to wait a while (now theres a surprise)not bad only 1 film later (Father of the bride with Steve Martin)given a bay the guy starts loading me 16 pallets of pears going to Toronto so off he goes duly loading me unfortunately he absolutely demolishes 1pallet base,i think that needs to be sorted buddy i said,no probs he said, i was about to put the broken part under the base before he put it back down, no you dont need to do that mate he said put it in the garbage,ok you know better, Guess what happened next,CRASH the whole bloody pallet fell over, the dispatch was full of pears( Quite tasty actually lol) an army of little men came to restack it, now for the 10 points guess where they wanted to put the restacked pallet,do you give up On my truck thick eds i know he couldn't understand why i wasn't having any of that.This was badly stacked if it gets refused at the destination i then have the problen of going to try and getting it off loaded somewhere and yes without pay so You have more chance platting sawdust mate,eventually problem solved 1 new pallet arrived i signed the notes and off i set, well not very far just down to Carneys Point, a quick weigh off told me i was slightly overloaded on my drive axle so a quick shufty with the Tandems to sort that, fax my paperwork to my broker im good to roll.I really love the drive through Pennsylvannia i could live in this part of the world the rolling hills,mountains etc.I head north up the 476, then when i get to Hazelton i take the i 80 west before taking the i 180 towards Williamsport,not having anything to eat i decided against my better judgement to take in a maccys UKKK UKKK UKKKK i normally keep well clear of such junk.I had already ready informed despatch that i wasn't going to make my delivery time,i told them what time i was going to arrive (4 hours later)but there didnt seem to be a problem,so i arrived here just outside Toronto, no one about they were all sat there in despatch watching a safety video, so off i went to take in a bit off the 31 degree heat Lovely,not bad 1 hr later off i roll to the truck stop down the road for a lovely shower and some better food.
i was just saying to louise that when you sit and read these bloggs you can see peoples moods going up and down and back in to the real world again. i am sure it will happen to us in the coming months once we have made the move to saskatchewan
ReplyDeleteHi Mark you can plan and research all you like but one thing you cant control or prepare yourself for is your feelings,if your coming out on your own as much as you think you can handle it 1, little problem seems to escalate into emourmous proportions.Obvisously if your coming out with family you encounter other sorts of problems.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck in your imminent move
I'm sure the trick is to keep moving Dom, and the time will pass quicker until your lass gets back.
ReplyDeleteDrive safe.