Posts Tagged ‘load’
On My Way to Laredo
I am in San Angelo, TX, tonight. Tomorrow I head on over to Laredo. Our load is loading on Wednesday. Then we head to California.
Route Survey Lottery
For those of you who have done route surveys, you will understand the use of the word lottery. Sometimes, it is just the luck of the draw on which route will work out. Today I completed one route survey and began another one. My second survey of the day is for the exact same load [...]
Surveying for a 20′ 6″ load
I am in Tucumcari, NM, tonight. I am trying to find a route for a 20′ 6″ high load through eastern and northeastern NM. Any time you have a load more than 17 ft high, it can be a challenge, and this certainly is no different. I underpriced this job, without question. At least I [...]
One load dropped…another to pick up
Today, I dropped the load I’ve been on since last Friday. There were two notable experiences related to that. The first was a 20 mile trip around a lake on narrow winding 2 lane roads with a 14 foot wide load. Actually it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Traffic was lighter [...]
Busy day!
I dropped a load (temporarily) near Gallup, NM. We can’t leave until Monday after the driver gets his Arizona permit. We are en route to western Nevada. After leaving that load, I came back to Albuquerque to perform a route survey for a 23 foot wide load going into Colorado on US 285. I thought [...]