SOrry my fellow cherries that it has been a while. Been running my butt off. Went from Texas to Fl (I have to say I 10 from Lousiana to FL is some of the roughest road I have traveled. I 75 isn't much better... Then From Fl to Ok....And then from Ok to Dodge City Ks where I am cuurently at...yes all since my last post. The title refers to time.....And I'll get into that here in a moment.
Firstly..Their is a reason My nickname is Super.....Because my handle is Supe....Now for anyone that has seen re-runs of the ol black and white superman tv show....they will understand that Supe was used by Jimmy Olson in regards to Superman. Superman is the handle that was came up by with my dispatcher. WHy....because I am the runner...the go to guy.....If anyone can get the load Legally there on time....I can. Day after day week after week...I get the load that looked like it was going to be late.....there early. But I do So LEGALLY. Don't get me wrong, I aint no saint. If their is a loophole in Federal regulations I will use it...I will bend the rules...but I will NEVER break or DIrectly violate the Federal regulations. I am a firm believer in doing things right.
Because of my ability to work myself to near exhaustion for weeks at a time....I am the man that gets the under the gun loads. The type of loads I get fall into two catagories....Not enough time...or too much followed up by not enough. The first type I won't go into because it is obvious.....time is simply tight....For example a trip needing 2.25 days to get there and only 2 to do so. The other though I will give you a simple example because it is my latest trip.
In Ok I recieve my next load assignment on 12/9 @8am. Go to Dodge City and Pick up meat load 12/10....no problem right. Wrong. Meat loads have 2 types of times as does produce sometimes. Appt Time and DLD (which basically is a guarenteed ready by time). Apt time was anytime on the tenth....DLD is...12/11 0500......Naturally I get here and it isn't ready...they never are. So now I have had basically two days with not much to do. Now comes the tight part. Most likely load will be ready around or After the DLD time. Then I have to travel and be to Ca (over 1200 miles and the flagstaff mountian range as well as either Tehachapi or Cabbage)...and have it there 12/13 in the morning....not a problem if there wasn't a governer on my truck lol.....SO once again I'll have to change into the tights and cape and get it there....Thus the too much, not enough saying.
The one thing I have to say is thank god my time off is almost here. I will be home or had better at least be heading home by 12/19 for two weeks off.....to much time off...I think not since I stay out 4 months at a time.
Will write more later my friends and fellow cherries...but right now think I am going to go veg.....picked up a few movies to kill time.
